ibm-cloud

name	ibm-cloud
description	Provides comprehensive IBM Cloud platform guidance including compute services (VPC, Virtual Servers, IKS, OpenShift, Code Engine, Cloud Functions), storage (Object Storage, Block Storage, File Storage), databases (Db2, Cloudant, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis), IAM security (access groups, service IDs, Key Protect, Secrets Manager), networking (VPC, load balancers, Direct Link), CLI automation, Terraform/Schematics infrastructure as code, monitoring, and cost optimization. Covers infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, security configuration, multi-zone high availability, and operational best practices. Use when working with IBM Cloud services, deploying cloud infrastructure, managing cloud resources, configuring security and networking, or when users mention "IBM Cloud", "IKS", "Code Engine", "Db2", "Cloudant", "VPC", "cloud provisioning", "IBM Kubernetes", "OpenShift", "Terraform IBM", "Schematics", or "IBM cloud platform".
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IBM Cloud

Systematic IBM Cloud platform guidance for enterprise cloud infrastructure, covering compute, storage, databases, networking, security, and operational best practices.

Workflow Decision Tree

Choose your path based on the task:

1. Service Category Selection

Compute & Containers → Load compute-services.md

• Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) and Virtual Server Instances
• IBM Kubernetes Service (IKS) and Red Hat OpenShift
• Code Engine (serverless containers) and Cloud Functions

Storage → Load storage-services.md