Before starting, you will need to create an IBM Cloud account to work with IBM Cloudant.
If you do not have an account, visit cloud.ibm.com.
Note: IBM does asks for your credit card to verify your identity. You will not be charged for any usage within the free tier. Learn more: www.ibm.com/cloud/free
Login using your IBM Cloud credentials.
Step 1: Click on cloud.ibm.com/catalog/services/cloudant to create a free multi-tenent Cloudant instance.
Or you can alternatively click on Create resource, search for Cloudant on the Dashboard page.
You will be taken to the Cloudant instance creation page.
Step 2: Select the region under the Available regions.
Step 3: Scroll down to configure Cloudant instance.
Step 4: Set your instance name to mycloudant or anything else that you prefer.
Step 5: Select IAM and legacy credentials as your Authentication method.
Step 6: Select the Lite plan.
Step 7: Click on Create
You should see a screen like this
Your Cloudant service will be created and you will be redirected to the Resource list page.
Step 8: If you are not redirected, you can click on this link cloud.ibm.com/resources?groups=resource-instance
Step 9: Wait till the status turns Active and click on mycloudant or your custom instance name.
You will be taken to the Cloudant instance page.
Step 10: On the Cloudant instance page, click on Service credentials
Step 11: Click on New credential.
Step 12: Create credential pop up appears. Accept the default values for Name and Role and click on Add
Step 13: Your Cloudant Service credentials will be created. Click on the chevron to view the credentials.
Step 14: You will be using the apikey and url in the Final Assignment Project.
You have successfully created a Cloudant instance and Service credentials for your instance.