Smoother integration with Bluemix Devops

[hughesj]

I wanted to run the generated app on Bluemix Devops. So I:

1. created a repo in GitHub
2. unzipped the download from the app accelerator
3. git add .
4. git commit -m"xx"
5. git remote add origin <git url>
6. git push origin master

Then hit this URL: https://console.ng.bluemix.net/devops/setup/deploy?repository=<git url> which created a DevOps toolchain and pipeline.

The build stage failed because, the default java compiler in the build environment is Java 7 whereas Java 8 is required by the App Accelerator pom.xml. I had to add:

export JAVA_HOME=$JAVA8_HOME

to the Toolchain's Build Stage configuration.

Another observation here: when Bluemix Devops builds the project it runs the tests which causes Liberty 16.0.0.3 to be download (to Bluemix). That's fine, but I wonder if there's something smarter that could be done there.
Also, in this case it's not using the bluemix profile, even though I'm in Bluemix - Bluemix Devops in this case. Hopefully that isn't confusing for people.

[katheris]

@hughesj given recent updates to app accelerator can you verify whether this issue is still valid? If not you can go ahead and close it.