How to deploy a docker image from docker hub to ibm cloud free tier

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I am kind of new here. I would like to know to deploy my docker image from the docker hub to IBM cloud-free tier using IBM cloud standalone CLI. I was using the Openshift online starter plan, where with just about 4 commands the image can be deployed. Can someone list me how its done or point me to a resource that shows how it's done.

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So if you can explain more about your free-tier, I can edit my response later. For now, I will explain for both options. You can find free services from here. You will need IBM Cloud Cli tool which can be downloaded:

First account type is: The lite account. In this option, you cannot create IBM Kubernetes service or OpenShift cluster. You can only access to some lite services (apprx. 40 services) and one of them is Cloud Foundry Public. IBM Cloud let you use 256 MB of RAM on Cloud Foundry Public with free of charge. You can use the following command:

ibmcloud cf push \
  --docker-image <your-image> \
  --docker-username <your-username> \
  --random-route \
  -i 1 \
  -m <memory_limit_max_256_mb>

You can find more details by writing ibmcloud cf push --help

Second account type is: trial/free-tier account which can be had by two ways: a feature code or switching to pay-as-you-go.

This option includes the Cloud Foundry Public also, I won't repeat it. But with this account type, you will have IBM Kubernetes Service Free (Deletes itself 30 days later, you can create one more after that time)

When you create a kubernetes cluster on IBM Cloud, you will see the service page. There is an access menu on left tab-menu. You have to follow those steps to be able to access to your kubernetes cluster from your workspace.

Then it is easy to deploy your image by entering:

kubectl create deployment app --image=<your_image_url>

If your image is not publicly accessible, then you have to create an imagepullsecret and bind it to your service account but this is out-of-topic. You can find it in here

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For free tier clusters (kubernetes only, no OCP) you'll need to do this in the web console.

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OpenShift worker nodes are available for paid accounts and standard clusters only. You can create OpenShift clusters that run version 4.3 or 3.11 (deprecated). The operating system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Following the instructions in this tutorial to create a standard Red Hat OpenShift on IBM Cloud cluster, open the OpenShift console, access built-in OpenShift components, deploy an app in an OpenShift project, and expose the app on an OpenShift route so that external users can access the service.

To create an application from a container image in DockerHub, you just have to run the below command with the image name

oc new-app mysql

For other strategies to build the container image, check the documentation here

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There is a new option to deploy Docker images to IBM Cloud. The new option is called IBM Cloud Code Engine and is currently in Beta and available in the us-south region.

Login to IBM Cloud:

ibmcloud login or if you are authenticated in your browser try ibmcloud login --sso

Target the us-south region and an existing resource group:

ibmcloud target -r us-south -g default

Install the Code Engine plugin into your ibmcloud cli: ibmcloud plugin install code-engine

Create a Code Engine project:

ibmcloud code-engine project create --name myProject

Create a Code Engine application from a docker image:

ibmcloud code-engine application create --name myapp --image docker.io/ibmcom/helloworld

Wait until it's deployed.

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