In this chapter, you'll learn how to deploy your web services to the cloud. You'll get introduced to four hosted cloud solutions: Vapor Cloud and IBM Cloud (Bluemix). Vapor Cloud is the official hosting service for Vapor and there is built-in support in Vapor CLI to let you deploy and manage your Vapor instance easily without installing additional libraries and tools. Similarly, IBM Cloud is a natural choice for a hosted solution for Kitura web service since both of them are part of IBM cloud solutions.
You'll have the following knowledge after finishing this chapter:
- Getting familiar with the features offered in Vapor Cloud
- Having hands-on experience with deploying a sample project to Vapor Cloud
- Knowing how to monitor and manage your deployed applications on Vapor Cloud
- Getting familiar with IBM Cloud and its offered features for Kitura...