In this unit, you learn how to install and configure microclimate.
You can install microclimate locally or you can install it in IBM called private.
The demonstration that follows this video shows how to install micro-climate locally.
The steps are simple.
After you verify the prerequisites,
download and uncompressed the installation files,
and then run the installation script.
The demonstration, uses a beta version of
microclimate and some details might change after launch of this course.
If so, refer to the online documentation for the latest information.
After viewing the demonstration,
proceed to the assignments in this unit to verify prerequisites
and install microclimate on your own computing device.
You can find more details and guidance for
installation in the microclimate documentation.
To start creating projects with micro-climate,
you can use any popular IDE,
such as Eclipse, Visual Studio, or Atom.
Or you can use the included Theia IDE,
which supports Java, javascript,
python and many other languages.
Theia is an open source extensible cloud and desktop IDE.
That is built on the language server protocol.
You can use it to create applications,
or create extensions that provide a set of widgets,
commands, handlers, and other functions.
A reading assignment in this unit,
provides more details about Theia.
Microclimate uses a Docker Compose YAML file for installation.
Docker Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications.
With compose, you use a YAML file to configure your application services.
Then with a single command,
you create and start all the services from your configuration.
A reading assignment in this unit provides more details, about Docker Compose.