CUPS & services

What is a service? Can you name some examples? 

• A service is a PCF component (a resource reserved) to access on demand components. 
• Examples
• Database on a shared server. 
• Access to a SaaS app. 

What is the “marketplace”? Does it show all services? 

• Is a list of all service brokers
• Cf marketplace will show all services. And 
• Cf services will show all the services available inside a particular space. 

What is the difference between a managed and user-provided service? 

• Managed services are services available in the marketplace. 
• User provided service enable developers to create and use custom services. 

How would you create a managed service? 

  cf create-service SERVICE PLAN SERVICE_INSTANCE -c '{"name":"value","name":"value"}'

  cf create-service db-service silver mydb -c '{"ram_gb":4}'

How would you use a managed service? 

   cf bind-service APP_NAME SERVICE_INSTANCE -c '{"name":"value","name":"value"}'

      cf bind-service myapp mydb -c '{"permissions":"read-only"}'

How would you create a user-provided service? 

   cf create-user-provided-service SERVICE_INSTANCE [-p CREDENTIALS] [-l SYSLOG_DRAIN_URL] [-r ROUTE_SERVICE_URL]

  cf create-user-provided-service my-db-mine -p "username, password"

How would you use a user-provided service? 

  cf bind-service APP_NAME SERVICE_INSTANCE -c '{"name":"value","name":"value"}'

What is VCAPS_SERVICES? 

VCAP_SERVICES are environment variables that contain the details of bindable services that CF adde