Deploy a Node.js app on Bluemix with a Mongo DB

You can deploy the todo list application either as a Cloud Foundry application or as a Docker application on Bluemix.

You need an account on the Bluemix platform (http://www.ibm.com/bluemix).

Cloud Foundry with CLI

Install the Cloud Foundry CLI (https://www.ng.bluemix.net/docs/starters/install_cli.html).

Clone locally the application on your machine

  git clone https://github.com/edevregille/node-todo.git

Login on the Cloud Foundry platform (UK data center API hereunder)

  cf login -a https://api.eu-gb.bluemix.net

Create a Mongo DB. You can either choose to use Mongo By Compose (via the Web Dashboard) or you can use experimental MongoDB via the command line as below:

  cf create-service mongodb 100 MY_MONGO_DB

where MY_MONGO_DB is the name of the service.

Modify the manifest file to give a name to your application and use the same name for the host. Update also the name of the mongo service with the one you just have created. Find here all the details on the manifest file options you can use: https://docs.cloudfoundry.org/devguide/deploy-apps/manifest.html

Go back to your command line and go into the root of your source code application folder to run the push command to the cloud.

  cf push

Your application is deployed!

Docker Container

Install Cloud Foundry CLI (https://www.ng.bluemix.net/docs/starters/install_cli.html) and install the IBM Container plugin (https://www.ng.bluemix.net/docs/containers/container_cli_ov.html).

Clone the source code on your local machine

  git clone https://github.com/edevregille/node-todo.git

Login on the Cloud Foundry platform (UK data center API hereunder)

  cf login -a https://api.eu-gb.bluemix.net

Login on the IBM Container service:

  cf ic login

Create a mongo database using the web dashboard (Mongo by Compose) and bind it to a runtime (Node.js, Java... does not matter). This runtime will be used by our container to access the Mongo DB credentials.

Create a Docker image from the application using the Dockerfile already created:

  docker build -t ./<PATH_DOCKERFILE> <IMAGE_NAME>

Tag your image with the URL of your Bluemix private image registry

  docker tag <IMAGE_NAME> <URL_REGISTRY>/<NAME_SPACE>/<IMAGE_NAME>

Push your image to your Bluemix private registry:

  docker push <URL_REGISTRY>/<NAME_SPACE>/<IMAGE_NAME>

Create a Docker container from your pushed image by running the following command:

  cf ic run --name <NAME_CONTAINER> -p 8080:8080 -e CCS_BIND_APP=<BRIDGE_APP> <IMAGE_NAME>