Cloud Foundry – Environment Set-Up

You need to know three URLs to access Cloud Foundry.

API Endpoint

• Identify Cloud Foundry instance

• Used to deploy applications, manage spaces, routes, etc.

• The cf utility makes RESTful requests to this URL.

Apps Manager

• An application management dashboard

• Product of Pivotal Cloud Foundry

Apps Domain

• Used to access the deployed applications.

• It can be same as the system domain.

The following are some of the most commonly used URLs while accessing Cloud Foundry.

For PWS

• System domain: run.pivotal.io

• API Endpoint: api.run.pivotal.io

• App Manager: console.run.pivotal.io

• Apps domain : cfapps.io

Your own cf Installation

• System domain: <your-cf-system-domain>

• API Endpoint: api.<your-cf-system-domain>

• App Manager: console.<your-cf-system-domain>

• Apps domain: <your-cf-apps-domain>

Pivotal Web Services is the largest Pivotal Cloud Foundry foundation in Operations.

• PWS is a fully managed version of Cloud Foundry that runs on a Public Cloud.

• Hosted on AWS.

• Makes it simple for the developers who want to know the working of Cloud Foundry.

• Provides a free trial subscription with 2GB of memory quota and $87 of Trial credit.

Get more information on PWS by accessing the link.

You need to create PWS account to get started working on it.

• Access https://run.pivotal.io/.

• Sign up by providing the details like First name, Last name, email address, and password.

• Once you sign up, you receive a verification link to the email.

• Click on Verify your email address link.

• Finally log on to the account with the right credentials.

The above GIF shows how to perform the steps to set up PWS account.

You can find the URL of a Cloud Foundry instance by

• Logging on to the App Manager dashboard

• Click Tools option.

Under tools option, you will be able to see the cf login procedure along with the endpoint as shown in the above image.