How does CF push work?

Contents

1 How does CF push work?
2 How do I push an app to CF?
3 How do I login to CF?
4 How do you see what will be pushed git?
5 What are the procedures for deploying apps with CF push?
6 How does CF push override an app manifest?

When you cf push your application code, Pivotal Application Service automatically:

Uploads your application code.
Determines and installs the correct runtime and middleware to run your application.
Sets up a route (or URL) for your application.
Creates a load balancing entry for your application.

How do I push an app to CF?

To push an app with default settings, do the following:

Choose a name for the app. The app name must consist of alphanumeric characters. The app name must be unique to your Cloud Foundry installation.
Run the following command: cf push APP-NAME. Where APP-NAME is the name of the app.

What does push CLI command do?

The git push command is used to upload local repository content to a remote repository. Pushing is how you transfer commits from your local repository to a remote repo. It’s the counterpart to git fetch , but whereas fetching imports commits to local branches, pushing exports commits to remote branches.

How do I push code into PCF?

Deploying an Application to Pivotal Cloud Foundry

Compile application and generate bundle.
Push the application to PCF.
Create result file for the deployment preparation step.
Start the container.
Define network routing rules for container.
Create result file for the deployment step.

How do I login to CF?

To list all users in an org or a space:

Log in to the cf CLI: cf login.
Run one of these commands: To list org users, run: cf org-users. To list space users, run: cf space-users.

How do you see what will be pushed git?

To get the list of files that are pushed using:

git diff –stat –cached [remote/branch]
git diff –stat –cached origin/master.
git diff [remote repo/branch]
git diff –numstat [remote repo/branch]
git difftool [filename]

How do I get CF API endpoint?

You could do cf api api.eu-de.bluemix.net to set the endpoint for Bluemix in Frankfurt, Germany. Or cf api api.ng.bluemix.net to configure Dallas, USA, as endpoint. See the above linked documentation for the full list of Bluemix Public. Bluemix Dedicated and Bluemix Local have other API endpoints.

Where do I put my manifest in CF push?

Note: By default, the cf push command uses the manifest.yml file in the app directory. To specify a different location for the manifest, pass its local path to the -f flag when you run cf push. Add the following content to the file: Where YOUR-APP is the name of your app.

What are the procedures for deploying apps with CF push?

The following topics provide procedures for deploying apps with cf push: For information about troubleshooting when running cf push, see Troubleshooting App Deployment and Health. The following topics provide information about how cf push works:

How does CF push override an app manifest?

cf push follows rules of precedence when setting attribute values: Manifests override most recent values, including defaults and values set by commands such as cf scale. Command line options override manifests. For a full list of attributes you can specify in an app manifest, see App Manifest Attribute Reference.

What does CF app command in Cloud Foundry do?

Running the cf app command on the application shows that Cloud Foundry is creating another instance of the application. Once the application has started, Cloud Foundry automatically starts load balancing traffic to it.