MicroPCF

MicroPCF is a new distribution of Cloud Foundry designed to run on a developer’s laptop or workstation. MicroPCF gives application developers the full Cloud Foundry experience in a lightweight, easy to install package. MicroPCF is intended for application developers who wish to develop and debug their application locally on a full-featured Cloud Foundry. MicroPCF is also an excellent getting started environment for developers interested in learning and exploring Cloud Foundry.

More information about the project can be found on the FAQ.

Install

1. Download the micropcf-<VERSION>.zip from Github releases or nightly builds.
2. Unzip the micropcf-<VERSION>.zip.
3. Open a terminal or command prompt and navigate to the micropcf-<VERSION> folder.
4. Run vagrant up --provider=<provider> at a command prompt

• Where <provider> is virtualbox, vmware_fusion or vmware_workstation
• See Configuration for additional options for vagrant up

Check out the troubleshooting guide for more information.

Prerequisites

• Vagrant 1.7+
• CF CLI
• Internet connection required (for DNS)
• One of the following:
  • VirtualBox: 5.0+
  • VMware Fusion: 8+ (for OSX)
  • VMware Workstation: 11+ (for Windows/Linux)

VMware requires the Vagrant VMware plugin that is sold by Hashicorp.

Configuration

The following environment variables can be set during vagrant up to customize the MicroPCF deployment:

1. MICROPCF_IP - sets the IP address to bring up the VM on

• defaults to 192.168.11.11 locally
• defaults to AWS-assigned public IP on AWS

1. MICROPCF_DOMAIN - sets an alternate alias for the system routes to be defined on

• defaults to local.micropcf.io when deploying locally
• defaults to <MICROPCF_IP>.xip.io on AWS or when MICROPCF_IP is set

1. VM_CORES (local only) - number of CPU cores to allocate on the Guest VM

• defaults to host # of logical CPUs

1. VM_MEMORY (local only) - number of MB to allocate on the Guest VM

• defaults to 25% of host memory

Using the Cloud Foundry CLI

Follow the instructions provided at the end of vagrant up to connect to MicroPCF:

==> default: MicroPCF is now running.
==> default: To begin using MicroPCF, please run:
==> default: 	cf api api.local.micropcf.io --skip-ssl-validation
==> default: 	cf login
==> default: Email: admin
==> default: Password: admin

local.micropcf.io above will show the domain configured for your MicroPCF instance.

To stage a simple app on MicroPCF, cd into the app directory and run cf push <APP_NAME>.

See cf documentation for information on deploying apps and attaching services.

Contributing

If you are interested in contributing to MicroPCF, please refer to the contributing guidelines and development instructions.

Copyright

See LICENSE for details. Copyright (c) 2015 Pivotal Software, Inc.