Beginner
Create a Service Instance and Bind It to Your App
2020-01-07
10 min.
Create an instance of the Application Logging service and bind it to your app, as a way to explore how SAP Cloud Platform Cloud Foundry services and apps are connected.
You will learn
- How apps and services are related
- How to bind a service to an app
In the Cloud Foundry environment there are apps and there are services. In many cases, apps are what you write, and services are what are available for your app to make use of.
The Application Logging service enables the central capture and analysis of log messages from applications that are bound to it. You can manage the availability of services, and the instances thereof, in the SAP Cloud Platform cockpit.
Step 1: Open service bindings for your app
In the SAP Cloud Platform Cockpit, navigate to the page for your app, as you learned to do in the Deploy an App to SAP Cloud Platform Cloud Foundry Environment tutorial.
Choose Service Bindings in the navigation area.
Step 2: Bind an instance of the Application Logging service to your app
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Choose Bind Service.
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Choose Service from the catalog and choose Next.
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Choose the Application Logging tile and choose Next.
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Choose the Create new instance option, select a service plan from the Plan field, and then choose Next.
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Skip specifying parameters by choosing Next.
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Enter a name for the service instance and choose Finish.
The binding is created and added to the list of service bindings:
In the text area below, enter the name of the service used in the service bindings of your application. HINT: The name appears in the Service column in the list of service bindings.
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Step 3: Explore your binding
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In the navigation area of the cockpit, choose Overview.
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Choose Restart to restart your application.
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In the Application Routes section, choose the URL to open the application.
A new tab opens that displays the app information.
In the app, you can see the additional information about the service binding.