Creating Smart Application for AB Pty Ltd using IBM Blue mix Services

This article explains the process of creating a smart application for AB Pty Ltd using IBM Blue mix Services. It discusses the business problems faced by the company and their solutions to simulate the trucks movement. It also explores the difficulties faced during the process. The article provides a step-by-step guide to configure and deploy the smart application.

Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
IBM Blue mix Services...................................................................................................................3
Case Study Analysis......................................................................................................................13
Business Problems.....................................................................................................................13
Possible Solutions......................................................................................................................13
Smart Applications Configuration and Deployment.....................................................................14
Difficulties on Smart Applications................................................................................................24
Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................24
References......................................................................................................................................25
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Introduction
Main scope of this project is to create the smart application for an AB pty Ltd company
because this company is a product deliver company by using the trucks. It has three trucks to
deliver the product for third parties and customers. This company has the set of deliver zone and
it covers an overall regions. Basically, this company delivers the products 5 times per a day but
current average for their trucks is only 3 times per day. So, the company general manager was
decided to hire and appoint the business analyst to identify the business problems and their
solutions to create the new smart application to simulate the trucks movement. This application
is a based on cloud simulating environment by using the IBM blue mix service and this tool is
used to identify and understand the problem stated in the Company. These are will be discussed
and analyzed in detail.
IBM Blue mix Services
To create smart application by using the IBM blue mix services because this tool is used
to provide the effective web application for a company. The IBM Blue mix tool is used to
supports various programming languages as well as services and integrated DevOps for building,
running, deploying and managing the applications on the cloud. The Blue mix is also helps to
have easy access of cloud across various deployments (Ibm.com, 2018). To create and develop a
web application by using the following steps,
Create the IBM account.
Login the IBM Blue mix account by entering the Login ID and Login Name. Use below
link to login the IBM account.
https://idaas.iam.ibm.com/idaas/mtfim/sps/authsvc?
PolicyId=urn:ibm:security:authentication:asf:basicldapuser
Once, user successfully login the IBM account and then launch the IBM cloud. To launch
a IBM cloud to view the left navigation and click the launch IBM cloud. This process is used to
open the new tab and it displays the IBM cloud Dash board. After, click the catalog to see the
IBM cloud service list. It is shown below.
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Then, user needs to create the cloud foundry application by click the cloud foundry
application from the service list. But, this application only creates the application without
infrastructure (Bloomberg.com, 2018). In cloud foundry application, click the SDK for a node to
configure and deploy the application server and it is used to providing the application and host
name. It is shown below.
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The cloud foundry application without infrastructure was created successfully, and then
users require creating the new data base for a applications. To create a database by click the
database analytics from IBM service list. The database analytics is used to provide to see view
the third party database. This process is displayed in below (Www-03.ibm.com, 2018).
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In database analytics windows, user needs to create the new database by click the DB
MYSQL. Once the data base was created successfully, then it needs to configure and deploy the
database. After, establish the data base by click the connection button on left navigation pane.
This process is displayed in below.
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Once users successfully create and establish the database and it needs to initialize the
smart application instances. If user wants to see the initialization process for the smart
application by see the view tab and it display the initialization process for the applications. It is
shown below (Quotes.wsj.com, 2018).
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Then, IBM blue mix services are display the configuration code file for a smart
application. User wants to edit, build and deploy the code to view the right side navigation pane
to click the edit code. This process is displayed in below (En.wikipedia.org, 2018).
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Once, configuration code file editing is completed, and then deploys the code. Once user
deploys the code file successfully and then if user wants to re-deploy the code file to view the
centre of screen to click the red button (Azure.microsoft.com, 2018). This process is used to
display the pop up window to ask user to whether we have to re-deploy the code file or not. This
process is displayed in below.
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Once configuration and deployment code is completed and then click the OK button. It
will be open the GIT repository window and it used to edit the repository file. Then, user needs
to commit the code editing by click the commit button (Ibm.com, 2018). This process is
displayed in below.
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If all the processes are completed, it will show the changed file details in the left side of
the window. This process is shown below (Dgs.ca.gov, 2018).
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Then IBM blue mix service is created the deployed and builds state for a smart
application in few seconds. The build and deploy state is created successfully, and it will be
display the successful acknowledgement message. It is shown below.
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Then, click the last execution result and it is used to display the deploy application
successful message.
Case Study Analysis
Business Problems
This company is a product deliver company by using the trucks. It has three trucks to deliver
the product for third parties and customers. This company has the set of deliver zone and it
covers an overall regions. Basically, this company delivers the products 5 times per a day but
current average for their trucks is only 3 times per day. So, the company general manager was
decided to hire and appoint the business analyst to identify the business problems and their
solutions to create the new smart application to simulate the trucks movement. Because of this
company provide poor service to deliver the products. So, it has the very poor feedback for
delayed product delivery and they are extended out the queue. This smart application is used to
see the status of product delivery by using the IBM Blue mix services. The problem will be
identified in many ways like the running of truck failed unfortunately, the product delivery time
extended out of queue and out of station (Seshachala et al., 2018).
Possible Solutions
User solve business problem by create the truck based smart applications and it will be
created by using IBM Blue mix services. IBM Blue mix has various services to create an
application but here we will use the Geospatial Analytics service to monitor the Location of
device (Salesforce.com, 2018).
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 It delivers the products for four regions are available in the product delivery. We can
easily identify the product delivery location by using these regions and we can
communicate with the truck drivers.
 This application is sued to show the details of vehicles like the problems in the vehicles.
Smart Applications Configuration and Deployment
The IBM blue mix software is used to configuration and deploys the smart application and it is
displayed in below.
Vehicle tracking system
First, login to the IBM Blue mix services (Console.bluemix.net, 2018).
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To configure and deploy the smart application by creates the internet of things instance
by using the internet platform services in the IBM dash board. After, user needs to configure the
IoT foundation from the IBM dashboard. If configuration is completed successfully, then it user
needs to select the device type by enter the device name and device ID. This process is shown
below (Azure.microsoft.com, 2018).
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Then, download the starter kit and it used to configure and deploy the smart applications.
After, user needs to configure and deploy the starter kit by use the fork project. This project is
used to create the own project and it needs to clone it with repository file by click the modified
and edit the code by using the manifest.yml file. User needs to store the all the devices
information on config.jsr file and also store the information of API key configuration. Then, user
needs to use below link to check the created application on IBM blue mix services.
https://api.ng.bluemix.
After, user creates the geospatial analytics to monitor the entire regions. Then, configure and
geospatial analytics to identify the region and bind the geospatial analytics and starter kit with
IoT application. Start the services by uses the below URLs. Then, click the alert button to view
the process (Ibm.com, 2018).
http://app-name.mybluemix.net/GeospatialService_start
Finally, tester has sends the commands to corresponded vehicles and it are used to bind
the map application (Ibm.com, 2018).
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Difficulties on Smart Applications
To create the small applications based on truck delivery system by using the IBM blue mix
service. It has some difficulties to create the application like,
 Editing the source and configuration code
 Smart application configuration
 Smart application Development
 Smart application Deployment
 Creation of Geospatial analytics
Conclusion
The IBM blue mix service was successfully created the smart application for AB pty Ltd
because this company is a product delivers company by using the trucks. It has three trucks to
deliver the product for third parties and customers. This company has the set of deliver zone and
it covers an overall regions. Basically, this company delivers the products 5 times per a day but
current average for their trucks is only 3 times per day. So, the company general manager was
decided to hire and appoint the business analyst to identify the business problems and their
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solutions to create the new smart application to simulate the trucks movement. It was created
successfully and discussed in detail.
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