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surfspider
surfspider

Reputation: 767

Bind a service to two different app spaces in cloudfoundry

Is it possible to bind a service (i.e. MariaDB) to apps in different spaces? How can I achieve it if I want to use the same database for two different spaces?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1743

Answers (3)

sonali k
sonali k

Reputation: 3

you can same service instance in two different spaces/orgs follow:

1) https://docs.pivotal.io/pivotalcf/2-3/services/enable-sharing.html

2) https://docs.pivotal.io/pivotalcf/2-3/devguide/services/sharing-instances.html

Upvotes: 0

surfspider
surfspider

Reputation: 767

I tried the solution from https://docs-cloudfoundry-staging.cfapps.io/devguide/services/sharing-instances.html. If I run the first command I get the following error:

$ cf enable-feature-flag service_instance_sharing
    Server error, status code: 403, error code: 10003, message: You are not authorized to perform the requested action

The second command works and now I can see the service in the space B on the dashboard. 

$ cf share-service SERVICE-INSTANCE -s OTHER-SPACE [-o OTHER-ORG]

Note: if I click on the service on the dashboard it says: This is a shared service. It is accessible only in the space it was shared from. The service is also shown greyed out.

Upvotes: 0

Sybil
Sybil

Reputation: 2592

Currently we don't support service instance sharing. We made the necessary code changes already and tested it (Service Broker), but don't roll it out on prd because the feature is at the moment beta.

Sharing a service instance between spaces allows apps in different spaces to share databases, messaging queues, and other types of services. This eliminates the need for development teams to use service keys and user-provided services to bind their apps to the same service instance that was provisioned using the cf create-service command. Sharing service instances improves security, auditing, and provides a more intuitive user experience.

See this discussion for more info when this feature will be generally available from upstream.

Upvotes: 3

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