title: How to get VCAP_SERVICES environment variables WITHOUT binding to an application?
body: <p>Frequently, I'm create standalone services in Bluemix.  For example, Analytics for Apache Hadoop, Cloudant and DashDB.</p>
  
  <p>I don't need an application to work with these services, but it seems I have to bind to an application just to get access to the VCAP_SERVICES environment variables with urls, usernames, passwords, etc.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Question</strong>: How to get VCAP_SERVICES environment variables WITHOUT binding to an application?</p>