Building Applications on the Zend Developer Cloud

To create a GitHub account:

1. Open the GitHub website at https://github.com/.

2. Click Plans, Pricing and Signup in the center of the welcome page.
   The Plans and Pricing page appears.

3. Click Create a free account.
   The Signup for GitHub page appears.

4. Enter your account details in the requested fields, and click Create an account.
   Your new account page appears.

5. Follow the instructions on the GitHub homepage and create a project and repository.

For more information on creating a GitHub project go to the http://github.help.com 

To create a Zend Developer Cloud account:

1. Go to the Zend Developer Cloud Website at http://www.phpcloud.com/.

2. In the top-right corner of the page, click Login here.
   The Log In page is displayed.
3. Currently, the Zend Developer Cloud platform is open for early access. If you have an existing zend.com account, log in with your credentials and skip to the next step.

4. Click I do not have an account.
   The Create a new account page appears.

5. Enter your account details in the requested fields, and click Register.
   The Thank you for creating a Zend account page appears.

6. Please answer the questions that appear on the page and click Finish.
   The Log In page appears.

7. Enter your account credentials, and click Log In.
   The Developer Cloud Registration page appears.

8. Read the terms, and click I accept the terms, sign me up!
   The Zend Developer Cloud Welcome page appears.

9. Click Start now to begin working!

Save your Zend Developer Cloud credentials as you will need them later in this workflow.

To create a new container in the Zend Developer Cloud:

1. Go to the Zend Developer Cloud homepage , open your account and click Start Now on the welcome page.
   The Create Container page appears.

2. Enter the container name and password in the relevant fields, and click Create Container.
   The SSH Keypair created window appears.

3. Click Download private key in PEM format.
   Save the key on your machine as you will need to browse to it when connecting Zend Studio to your server. Your container has been created and will appear under My Containers on the homepage.

To create a new project from GitHub in Zend Studio:

1. Go to File | New | PHP Project from GitHub.
   The Create Project from GitHub dialog appears.
   If the GitHub plugin is not installed, Zend Studio will automatically begin the process for installing the plugin that will include restarting the program. Wait until this installation is complete before continuing. For more information see Customizing and Registering Zend Studio.

2. Enter the following details:

• Project Name: helloworld

• User: gadigold

3. Click Refresh.
   Your application URL will appear in the Location URL field.

4. Click Next to move to the Launch Settings dialog.

5.  Select Zend Application Deployment,and create a new target by clicking on the PHPCloud icon
   The Add Target dialog box appears.

6. Enter your Zend account credentials, and select the Save password check-box to save your Zend Developer Cloud password. This is recommended for a faster response time from hibernating containers.

7. Click Browse and select your SSH Private Key. You can also click Generate to create and use a new key.

8. Click Test Connection, and if no errors appear, click Finish.
   The Launch Settings section reappears with the target you added in the Select an existing target field.

8. Select the new target from the drop-down list, and click Finish.
   Your application opens in the Zend Studio workspace.

To launch your application on the Zend Developer Cloud:

1. After creating your project, the default file, deployment.xmlAfter enabling deployment on your application, Zend-Studio creates a deployment.xml file that is displayed in the PHP Explorer view. This file is used to customize and define your deployment and to package the application., opens in the Overview tab.

2.  In the Testing area, click Launch a PHP Application.
   The Launch PHP Application dialog opens with the default container you defined during the project creation selected, and your application’s URL.

3. Click Finish and Yes when prompted about your container’s authenticity.

4. Your application appears in your container’s page in the Zend Developer Cloud website, and opens in Zend Studio’s internal browser.

Note:

After deployment, Zend Studio connects to Zend Developer Cloud via the .PEM file using SFTP. Any changes that you make in your application will from now on be automatically updated on the cloud.

To debug your application in Zend Studio:

1. In the Testing area, click Launch a PHP Application in Debug Mode.
   Your application now appears in the Debug perspective and stops at the first breakpoint.

2. To continue the debug click  .