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IoT Application in VPC - UI Steps

Prerequisites

  1. Account must be enabled to access VPC Infrastructure.
  2. Have access to a public SSH key.
  3. Create a resource group for this scenario called priyank.
  4. Running IOT Platform and application setup
  5. Mobile device configure and streaming the data to the platform

Login to IBM Cloud

Browse to https://cloud.ibm.com/login and login.

Log in

Select VPC Infrastructure from the hamburger menu in the upper left corner.

VPC Infrastructure

Deploy VPC Infrastructure

Create an SSH Key

  1. An SSH key is required when creating a VPC instance. From the Compute menu select "SSH keys" SSH Key
  2. Click the "Add SSH key" button. In the modal dialog provide a name & public key and click the "Add SSH key" button. Add SSH Key
  3. Confirm the ssh key was added. Confirm SSH Key

Resource Group, Region and Zone

For this scenario use group priyank instead of default, and for location use Dallas with zone Dallas 1.

Create VPC

  1. From the Network menu in the navigation bar select VPC and Subnets & click the "New virtual private cloud" button. VPC Overview
  2. Click the "New virtual private cloud" button. Next fill out the form and hit the "Create virtual private cloud" button VPC Create
  3. Confirm the newly created VPC is available Confirm VPC Availability
  4. Check the status of the subnet. Initially it will be set to pending. Pending Subnet Status
  5. Confirm the status of the subnet is available Confirm Subnet Status

Create the instance to run IOT Application

  1. From the Compute menu in the navigation bar select "Virtual Server Instances" & click the New Instance button. Instance Overview
  2. Next fill out the form and hit the Create virtual server instance button Instance create
  3. Check the status of the newly created instance. Initially it will be set to pending. VPC Pending
  4. Confirm the status of the stance is available VPC Available

Reserve and Assign a Floating IP to the instance

  1. From the Network menu in the navigation bar select "Floating IPs" & click the Reserve Floating IP button. FIP Overview
  2. Next fill out the form and hit the Reserve IP button FIP Reserve
  3. Confirm a Floating IP has been reserved and associated with the instance. FIP Confirm

Configure the Security Groups

  1. From the Network menu in the navigation bar select "Security Groups" & select-click the security group associated with the vpc we created, in this scenario vpc-iot. SG Overview
  2. Next click the Add Rule button SG Rule overview
  3. Next fill out the form for TCP port 7000 and hit the Save button SG Rule add
  4. Confirm the rule for port 7000 has been added SG Confirm

Accessing the application

The application should now be available on the FloatingIP at port 7000 - http://169.61.244.117:7000 IOT Rickshaw Application