Running MobileFirst Foundation 8.0’s Application Center on Bluemix

Andrii Vasylchenko August 22, 2016

MobileFirst_Foundation AppCenter Bluemix dashDB Liberty

Follow the steps detailed below to setup MobileFirst Foundation 8.0’s Application Center on Bluemix using Liberty and dashDB. It consist from three sections that will guide you though the whole setup process. All instructions were recorded on macOS, but you can use also almost any Linux or Windows environment.

Note: The below is experimental in nature.

Application Center on Bluemix Labs

Time to complete: 1 hour

Prereq: To follow the labs you will need files from installed MobileFirst Foundation 8.0 Server location. If you do not have it installed, you will need to setup it first. Afterwards, you will need to access the content of ApplicationCenter folder inside server installation location (for example, default path for linux will be /opt/IBM/MobileFirst_Platform_Server/ApplicationCenter).

Labs videos for offline watch: Dropbox OneDrive
Description: Using Bluemix create dashDB and then use sql script to prepare application center database.
Time to complete: 10 minutes
Lab number for offline usage: 8.4


Description:Setup Liberty profile runtime locally, setup Application Center on it using remote database on Bluemix.
Time to complete: 30 minutes
Lab number for offline usage: 8.5


Description:Using CF CLI push current local server configuration to Bluemix runtime instance and then verify Application Center setup using test device installation.
Time to complete: 15 minutes
Lab number for offline usage: 8.6


Last modified on August 22, 2016