1. Cloud Foundry
Overview
Compiled by Rajdeep Dua
Director
Developer Relations VMware India
twitter : @rajdeepdua
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2. The Shift
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3. Cloud Computing
• Once in 10-15 years shift
• Moving compute / storage / heavy lifting to the
cloud
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4. Shifting Priorities of the
Cloud
1. 2000 : Web
2. 2002 : Infrastructure
3. 2008 : Platform
4. 2012 : Developer and Polyglot
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5. Cloud Foundry
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6. cloudfoundry.com
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7. cloudfoundry.org
github.com/cloudfoundry
! .NET x 2 ! Memcached
! PHP ! SQL Server
! JRuby ! Neo4j
! Python ! CouchDB
! Rails 2.x ! VirtualBox
! Closure ! Mono
! Erlang ! Rack
! Haskell ! VirtualBox
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8. Cloud Foundry
Architecture
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9. Architectural Elements
• No Single Point of Failure
• Self Healing
• Distributed Architecture
• Horizontal Scaling
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10. Cloud Foundry Layers
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11. Cloud Foundry Inner Shell
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12. Cloud Foundry Inner Shell
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13. Cloud Controller
• Interfaces with VMC, STS
and Portal
• Rails Application
• Provides Rest Interfaces
for
• Apps
• Services
• Orgs
• Spaces
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14. Cloud Controller..contd
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15. Stager
• Converts the App into a
standard binary
• Uses Pluggin Architecture
• Each Pluggin understands a
Framework or runtime
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16. DEA - Execution Agent
• All the Apps run in this
container
• Monitors Apps memory
and disk usage
• Consistent view of the
App irrespective of
runtime
• App Isolation
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17. DEA - Application Isolation
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18. Services
• Interfaces between the
Controller and the Service
Nodes.
• Service Gateway for each
type of Service
• Services deployed in
separate VMs
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19. Router
• Responsible for routing
request from outside
world to external facing
components :
• UAA
• Controller
• User Apps in DEA
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20. Cloud Foundry Outer Shell
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21. OuterShell : Cloud Foundry
Clusters
• 5000+ VMs
• 40+ unique node types
• 75+ software packages
• 24/7 Operations
• No downtimes
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22. BOSH
• Automated Virtual Infrastructure
• Software Deployment, Configuration and Updates
• Active Monitoring and Alerting
• Used to Manage Cloud Foundry Clusters
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23. Components of Bosh
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24. Components of Bosh..
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25. Cloud Provider Interface
• Provides abstraction to the
Infrastructure
• Implementation for
vSphere, OpenStack and
AWS
• Pluggable architecture
allows other stack to be
added like vCloud
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26. Deployment on vSphere
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27. Steps to Deploy on
vSphere
1. Setup the Hardware -
1.1.ESXi boxes, vCenter, SAN based Storage, Private
Network with L2 / L3 Switch
1.2.Domain Name Server
2. Install Bosh CLI
3. Install Micro Bosh
4. Use Micro Bosh to Install Bosh - 6 VMs
5. Use Bosh to Install Cloud Foundry - 49 VMs
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28. Summary
• Cloud Foundry is a Polyglot Open Source Paas
• Can be run on Public or Private Cloud
• It is Iaas agnostic : Supports vSphere, AWS,
OpenStack
• Avoids vendor lock-in
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29. To Get Started
Signup at
http://www.cloudfoundry.com
To Setup Cloud Foundry
http://github.com/cloudfoundry
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