Learning OpenShift

Leverage the power of cloud computing using OpenShift Online to design, build, and deploy scalable applications

About This Book

• Use the OpenShift Online Platform as a Service to speed up application development and deployment
• Explore how to manage an application’s lifecycle including performance monitoring, debugging application code, and working in a team environment
• Enhance applications with add-on cartridges for job scheduling, database systems, continuous integration and management tools

Who This Book Is For

This book is ideal for you if you’re a developer experienced with the PHP or Java programming languages and have a basic understanding of using the command line.

In Detail

Cloud computing and particularly Platform as a Service is rapidly changing the way software engineers approach software development. Without knowing the gritty details of the operating system and application servers, developers are able to use the OpenShift Online platform to tune performance and achieve scalability while also ensuring that their applications are stable and reliable.

This book will guide you through the essential concepts necessary to use the OpenShift platform. Whether you are a years of experience or just starting to learn how to develop software, this book will provide you with all of the information you need from account creation, installation and configuration of client tools to integrating an IDE with the service, deployment, and management of PHP and Java-based applications.

With plenty of sample code and screenshots, this book will ensure your success in speeding up application development while also creating enterprise class scalable applications.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Creating Your First OpenShift Application
Chapter 2. Creating and Managing Applications
Chapter 3. Application Maintenance
Chapter 4. Using an Integrated Development Environment
Chapter 5. Creating and Deploying Java EE Applications
Chapter 6. Creating and Deploying Spring Framework Java Applications
Chapter 7. Adding a Continuous Integration Environment to Applications
Chapter 8. Using OpenShift for Team Development
Chapter 9. Using the OpenShift Web Console
Chapter 10. Debugging Applications
Chapter 11. Using the Marker and Action Hook System
Chapter 12. Scaling Applications
Chapter 13. Using the Do-It-Yourself Cartridge