Developer Tutorials

This section provides tutorials for working with key parts of the Apcera Platform. In general these tutorials assume that you have completed the Getting Started section of the Apcera documentation.

• Deploying a Static Web Site shows how to deploy a static web site to Apcera using the built-in static-site stager.

• Deploying WordPress shows how to deploy WordPress, a PHP application. You also learn how to register an external MySQL database as a provider, create a service from that provider, and bind the WordPress application to the service.

• Blue-Green Deployment for Java Applications shows how to deploy a newer version of an application by gradually increasing the amount of traffic being routed from the old application to the new version.

• Deploying Docker and Job Linking shows a basic example of creating a link between two jobs: an instance of the NATS server (a Docker image) and a simple Go client that sends messages to the NATS server.

• Creating TCP Routes shows how to define TCP routes for your applications.

• Creating UDP Routes shows how to define UDP routes for your applications.

• Adding a Custom Stager to a Staging Pipeline shows how to append a stager to the built-in Ruby staging pipeline.

• Creating a Package using Build Script shows how to create a custom package to Apcera from a third-party Node library and then how to deploy an application that uses the package.

• Deploying Apps Using Manifests shows how to deploy an app with services using a manifest file.

• Using templates shows how to use runtime templates.

• Creating a syslog job log drain with PaperTrail or Splunk shows how to send your application's log entries to a hosted application logging service.

• Debugging Live App Using Console show how to debug a live running app using an app console.

• Debugging Staging Errors shows how to debug staging errors.

• Instrumenting Apps with New Relic shows how to instrument apps using the New Relic Agent, including both Python and Java.

• Simulating Hybrid Cloud Deployments shows how to use update your platform configuration (cluster.conf) to include Instance Manger (IM) tags and simulate a hybrid cloud deployment.

• App Token Demonstrates how to automate workload composition using App Tokens.

• See also Supported Service Types for examples on how to create and consume services for all supported service types.