Dependencies on other services 

IBM® Cloud Foundry is deprecated and no longer supported as of 1 June 2023. For more information, see the [deprecation details](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloud-foundry-public?topic=cloud-foundry-public-deprecationdep_details).

IBM® Cloud Foundry uses several services. How IBM Cloud Foundry connects to these services and how they are used depends on the service.



 Service name                                  Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

 Activity Tracker                              IBM Cloud Foundry integrates with Activity Tracker to forward workspace audit events to the Activity Tracker service instance that is set up and owned by the IBM Cloud Foundry user. For more information, see [IBM Cloud Activity Tracker events](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloud-foundry-public?topic=cloud-foundry-public-at-events). Additionally, the IBM Cloud Foundry service team uses Activity Tracker to monitor service-internal audit events.     
 Business Support Service (BSS) for IBM Cloud  The BSS component is used to access information about the IBM Cloud account, service subscription, service usage, and billing.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
 IBM DataPower Gateway                         This service is used to provide the global load balancer and firewall for IBM Cloud Foundry in a region.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
 Identity and Access Management (IAM)          To authenticate requests to the service and authorize user actions, IBM Cloud Foundry implements service access roles in Identity and Access Management (IAM). For more information about required IAM permissions to work with the service, see [Managing Cloud Foundry access](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloud-foundry-public?topic=account-mngcf).                                                                                         
 IBM Log Analysis                              IBM Cloud Foundry sends service logs to IBM Log Analysis. These logs are monitored and analyzed by the IBM Cloud Foundry service team to detect service issues and malicious activities.                                                                                                                                                                                    
 IBM Cloud Object Storage                      This service is used to store data used by IBM Cloud Foundry; for example, from an ibmcloud cf push command. All data is encrypted by using [Server-Side Encryption with Key Protect](https://cloud.ibm.com/docs/cloud-object-storage?topic=cloud-object-storage-encryption) in transit and at rest.