Keen to build web applications for the cloud? Get a quick hands-on introduction to Open Shift the open source Platform as a Service (Paa S) offering from Red Hat With this practical guide you'll learn the steps necessary to build deploy & host a complete real-world application on Open Shift without having to slog through long detailed explanations of the technologies involved Open Shift enables you to use Docker application containers & the Kubernetes cluster manager to automate the way you create ship & run applications Through the course of the book you'll learn how to use Open Shift & the Wildfly application server to build & then immediately deploy a Java application online Learn about Open Shift's core technology including Docker-based containers & Kubernetes Use a virtual machine with Open Shift installed & configured on your local environment Create & deploy your first application on the Open Shift platform Add language runtime dependencies & connect to a database Trigger an automatic rebuild & redeployment when you push changes to the repository Get a working environment up in minutes with application templates Use commands to check & debug your application Create & build Docker-based images for your application