The micro instance enables you to do local development in .NET on the Micro Cloud Foundry instance. The Iron Foundry team has worked very hard to make this an easy transition without much hassle. You are four steps away from running your own cloud locally with .NET support:
Step 1: Get all the bits needed to setup
Step 2: Get your Cloud Foundry Micro Cloud Working
It is very easy to get your Cloud Foundry Micro Cloud running. Here are the simple steps taken:
Next thing to do is register a user within your Micro Cloud (Required). Here is how to do this: http://start.cloudfoundry.com/infrastructure/micro/installing-mcf.html#registering-a-micro-cloud-foundry-user-with-vmc
If you are still having trouble getting this part working please refer to the Getting Started guide from the Cloud Foundry team.
Step 3: Get your Iron Foundry Micro Cloud Working
Now that you have the Cloud Foundry Micro Cloud installed and up and running you can easily extend it to support .NET with the Iron Foundry Micro Cloud. The Iron Foundry Micro Cloud is a Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard Edition Server running in the Core role and has no software keys initialized which means you will need to provide your own license key to keep it running after the Windows trial period.
Here are the steps to get started:
At the command prompt (C:\Users\Administrator) execute these commands:
C:\Users\Administrator>cd C:\IronFoundry\setup C:\IronFoundry\setup>RunSetup.cmd
Enter Micro CF Identity: This is your Cloud Foundry Micro Instance Url (example: jwray.cloudfoundry.me is the one we are using for this demo)
Step 4: Push an Application and feel the love
Now that you have been able to setup your Cloud Foundry instance running Iron Foundry you can now push and update your application by doing the following:
Choose “Manage Clouds...” to set up your new Micro Iron Foundry Cloud
Choose “Manage Clouds...”
Choose "Micro Cloud" from the dropdown at the bottom left. Be sure to replace "{username}" in the URL text box with the appropriate username entered in the Micro Cloud Foundry sign up. Enter your credentials and validate the connection
When your account validates, close the “Add Cloud” and Explorer windows to return to the push dialog.
Select the services you want to bind to your application such as a database.
Click the “Push” and it will package it up and push it live doing all the configuration of the services and application into Cloud Foundry with Iron Foundry.