How to Adapt Cloud Foundry

to Organizations’ Contexts ?

BOF introduction, Guillaume Berche

Intro • About Orange

• Disclaimer

• About me

• Contact me: @gberche or guillaume.berche [at] orange.com

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Session overview

• Sharing from Orange of specific

requirements

• Ways Orange is adapting CF to its reqs

• Potential future useful CF extension hooks

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Impact mapping introduction

Credits: Gojko Adzic http://impactmapping.org/ 5

Orange Paas impact map

https://www.mindmup.com/#m:h1gberche-orange/adapting-cf-to-org-

reqs:master:/Adapting%20CF%20to%20organizations.mup

http://goo.gl/LfjBDC

https://github.com/gberche-orange/adapting-cf-to-org-reqs

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> who > how > what

> objectives

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Actors overview

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> actors

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> app-dev > test toys/tools

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> app-dev > test toys/tools > provide CF instance

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> app-dev

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> app-dev

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My CF set up (is going great),

My production-ready paas is maturing

(fast)

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> app-dev

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Credit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diffusion_of_innovations 16

> app-dev > develop app on CF

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> actors

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> app-ops

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> app-ops > operate custom app

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Limitations/obstacles:

• organisation slow to change:

– lacking dedicated-ops,

– project vs product,

– outsourced software

– slow to accept transition « from centralized governance

to decentralized autonomy »

• legacy apps take time to transform

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• centralized governance to decentralized

autonomy... with transparency

• Provide common baseline

• Involve current experts in paas automation

– services is still the limiting factor

How can I help the « vast majority »

?

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ElPaaso Overview

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ElPaaso data model

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application user user user

processing service

release release release architecture

release release environment

{ data, comm, mgt} service

ElPaaso CF

environment space + space_roles

processing-service app + syslog_drain service + buildpack params

data service service instance

comm service route, esb service instance (arb param)

mgt service app env var

CF model ElPaaso model

with org-specific

meta-data

Pluggeable,

versionned

projection

> app-ops > operate custom app

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> app-ops > operate custom app > user standard operation model

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> app-ops > operate custom app > user standard operation model

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> app-ops > operate custom app > user standard operation model

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> app-ops > operate custom app

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• centralized governance to decentralized

autonomy... with transparency

• Provide common baseline

• Involve existing shared infrastructure experts

in paas automation

– services is still the limiting factor

How can I help the « vast majority » ?

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> actors

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> off-stage actors

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Alternatives for adapting cf to orgs reqs

• Use existing CF extension/customization

mechanisms

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Overview of existing customization mechanisms

• uaa backend: (ldap/saml)

• org (name)

• space (name)

• service brokers – static endpoints (instead of cups): smtp, splunk

– driving org systems (e.g. orange DBaaS)

– upcoming arbitrary params (e.g. api subscription)

• default buildpacks configuration – (through env vars, app bits hooks, forks)

• custom buildpack (e.g. jonas)

• custom syslog drains – intermediates that insert additional data

• custom services – bosh releases

– bosh docker service broker

– mesos

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• persistent fs bridge – fuse + riakcs

– aop interception.

• app security groups

• cli plugins

• notification service

• [custom stacks]

• [custom stemcells]

Alternatives for adapting cf to orgs reqs

• Use existing CF extension/customization

mechanisms

• Fork and extend CF

– insert additional components

– replace some components

• Add-on to CF

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Potential future useful CF extension hooks

• meta-data attached to some entities (app, space, service) – production

– ops entity

– app code name

– ops on call contacts/ids

– app version

– cost-center

• intercept some CC API verbs (router service or CC webhooks) – fine grain access control

– transformations

– extensions, new verbs

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Lets share our reqs and experience

Meet tomorrow at 10.40 am for a

related BOF

How have you adapted CF ?

Any remaining challenges to share?

Thank you.

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