Chapter 7. Compute Options on Bluemix
Compute capability provides Bluemix users with infrastructure resources with which they can deploy and run their applications. There are different flavors of compute supported on Bluemix. At the time of writing, the different compute options available are:
- Cloud Foundry applications (also referred to as instant runtimes)
- Containers (based on Docker)
- Virtual servers (based on Open Stack APIs)
- OpenWhisk (for event-based applications)
Note
At the time of writing, OpenWhisk is offered as experimental.
When you log in to Bluemix, and select the Compute option, you will see the different compute options available on Bluemix, as shown in the following screenshot:
In this chapter, we will learn more about these compute ...
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