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edevregille
edevregille

Reputation: 209

Apps on Bluemix and Apps on Softlayer

I have an application running on Bluemix CF and another (client) application running on Softlayer (but does not matter, it could be on any other external data center).

I need the two applications to communicate together (TCP/HTTPS) with bi-directional communication.

If I install the Secure Gateway client on the Softlayer data center, can I get a bi-directional channel?

Or should I use another service? I have a firewall on Softlayer so maybe I could use a firewall on Bluemix too to filter the entering IP addresses? But did not see any firewall service.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 176

Answers (1)

hardillb
hardillb

Reputation: 59816

You probably want to have a look at the Vyatta service on Softlayer

http://www.softlayer.com/network-appliances

You should be able to use this as a secure gateway to limit what can talk to your Softlayer app to only traffic coming from Bluemix (it may take a little trial and error to work out the external range for Bluemix).

If your application on Softlayer is protected with a SSL/TLS connection then you should be able to have both directions protected by suitable level of encryption (Bluemix apps get HTTPS by default)

Upvotes: 2

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