PostgreSQL is one of the data management services available for applications running on the Predix platform. This article shows how to work with a Cloud Foundry-hosted instance of the Postgres service from an ASP.NET application.

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Diego has brought Docker to Cloud Foundry, but only public Docker images are supported out-of-the-box. In this post, I will go over two solutions for those who cannot have their data in the open: private Docker registries and Diego Docker Cache. Below, you will find installation steps for both and a demo of how to deploy Diego Docker Cache.

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AlchemyLanguage is a collection of APIs available in IBM Watson for analyzing text through natural language processing. In this post, we show how to create a browser extension that can extract insights—such as concepts, keywords, and emotions—from text on a page.

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React is a JavaScript library for building user interfaces; the technology is backed by Facebook and Instagram—among others. This article shows how to create a simple Tic Tac Toe game with React and then deploy the app to the Predix platform. The post also explains some of the React basics.

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Out of the box, Cloud Foundry doesn’t give us the ability to control application placement or to specify a target host(s) for an application. This may be critical when one needs to separate apps between different environments or host types—or for any other type of app segregation. The good news is that this can be resolved very easily.

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Java apps created in accordance with 12-factors are supposed to run in Cloud Foundry without modifications. However, sometimes the defaults provided by the public buildpacks don’t work. In this post, we will look at two ways to resolve out-of-memory errors.

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In this post, we show how to extract, analyze, and visualize a spectrum of personality attributes from Reddit comments and Stack Overflow answers / questions. It can be done using IBM Watson Personality Insight and Personality Sunburst Chart.

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Do you have a sample app built for Predix that you want to share with others? In the past, you had to describe how to clone a Git repo step-by-step, set up build tools, and provide a Cloud Foundry script for pushing your app to the platform.

Today, we’re introducing the functionality for implementing the “Deploy to Predix” button, which automates the process. This button can be embedded in any README file, blog, article, web page, etc., linking to a publicly visible GitHub repository. It makes your audience immediately productive, deploying a copy of your app into their own Predix accounts—with a single click.

Below, we cover how to create the button for your own app and also explain what happens when a developer clicks it.

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At the recent Dallas Predix meetup, the audience learnt how GE Predix is different from Cloud Foundry, IBM Bluemix, and other platforms. Embedded solutions for IoT with a focus on wireless / sensor technologies were also under discussion. Watch the video and slides from the meetup below.

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User Account and Authentication (UAA) is an identity management service in Cloud Foundry, used as an OAuth2 provider by the GE Predix platform. Being responsible for managing timed measurements, Time Series, in its turn, enables to efficiently and concurrently store data, as well as quickly retrieve it.

This post explains how to configure both services and to start using them in a sample Spring Boot app having two controllers (for querying and ingesting data).

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