Cloud foundry provides facility to specify credentials as part of cf bind-service command. I am using this facility to specify custom credentials while binding WIoTP service to an app in Bluemix. As in below anonymized command
cf bind-service demo-app dev-iotf-service -c '{"apiKey":"a-dummyorg-dummy12345","apiToken":"dummyapikey","base_uri":"https://dummyorg.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com:443/api/v0001","http_host":"dummyorg.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com","iotCredentialsIdentifier":"dummyid","mqtt_host":"dummyorg.messaging.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com","mqtt_s_port":8883,"mqtt_u_port":1883,"org":"dummyorg"}'
I have generated service-key using cf create-service-key command.
Invalid configuration provided for -c flag. Please provide a valid JSON object or path to a file containing a valid JSON object.
What am I doing wrong? Or is it that Bluemix,WIoTP currently doesn't support specifying custom credentials as part of cf bind-service command. I really don't want to go CUPs route as that would need change in quite a few apps which expect WIoTP credentials to be present in iotf-service object.
I can invoke the command exactly as you have specified (apart from substituting my app and service name) using bx client:
bx cf bind-service myapp my-iotf-service -c '{"apiKey":"a-dummyorg-dummy12345","apiToken":"dummyapikey","base_uri":"https://dummyorg.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com:443/api/v0001","http_host":"dummyorg.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com","iotCredentialsIdentifier":"dummyid","mqtt_host":"dummyorg.messaging.internetofthings.ibmcloud.com","mqtt_s_port":8883,"mqtt_u_port":1883,"org":"dummyorg"}'
and it works. Possibly you simply have an old cf client. You should use the bx client as available at https://console.bluemix.net/docs/cli/index.html#downloads
However, IoTP does not support this and so ignores anything sent via this means. The obvious case would be to either create a limited API key or use an API key you have already created as you are attempting. Unfortunately you would need to submit an idea at https://ibmcloud.ideas.aha.io/?category=6343565373323972470 to get it considered.