Zulu by Azul: OpenJDK for Azure...This talk is focused on Java for Azure This is not a “how to write a Java program” talk This is a talk about how Java fits into the Azure landscape

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Zulu by Azul:

OpenJDK for Azure

Matt Schuetze

Azul Director of Product Management

4/30/2015 1

Houston Java User Group

Houston, Texas

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This Talk’s Purpose / Goals

This talk is focused on Java for Azure

This is not a “how to write a Java program” talk

This is a talk about how Java fits into the Azure

landscape and why Zulu by Azul plays a big role.

Purpose: Once you understand where Zulu fits,

you’ll know just enough to be dangerous... The “Azul makes the world’s greatest JVMs” stuff

will only come at the end, I promise...

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Welcome to all Houston JUG members


About Azul Systems

Vega

C4

We make scalable Virtual Machines

Have built “whatever it takes to get job done” since 2002

3 generations of custom SMP Multi-core HW (Vega)

Now Pure software for commodity x86 (Zing)

Certified OpenJDK (Zulu)

Known for Low Latency, Consistent execution, and Large data set excellence

Zing, Zulu, and everything about Java Virtual Machines

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High Level Agenda

Java history, evolution, and current picture of

industry

Zoom into the Java Virtual Machine, the

architectural heart of Java

Zoom out, seeing where the JVM fits in the

greater application universe

Focus back in on Azure and pick apart why Java

on Azure isn’t so weird as it initially sounds. Introduce and describe Zulu, a new OpenJDK

distribution offered by Azul Systems

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Notice: we’ll be laying a lot of ground work to get to the Azure parts


Azul’s Evolution in Java Context Year Azul Java Milestone

1996 Sun ships Java 1.0. Codename “Oak”.

1999 Sun builds Java 1.2 w/ Swing and Browser plugin. First use of HotSpot

as trade name of JVM. “Java 2”, split as J2SE, J2EE, and J2ME

2002

Founded J2EE called best platform for web. J2SE 4.x solid for server apps, 1st

64-bit VM. BEA acquires Appeal, the JRockit VM creators.

2005

Vega J2 Version 5, Codename “Tiger”, is huge. BEA WebLogic 8.1 hot. “IBM J9” VM replaces “IBM Classic” VM under WebSphere 6.1

2007 Oracle acquires BEA. JRockit VM kept intact over Oracle VM.

2010 Zing VE Oracle acquires Sun. Java and Sparc kept intact. JRockit pushed for

specialty workloads only.

2011

Zing LX Oracle ships JSE 7. OpenJDK becomes base codeline for JSE7.0. IBM

ships WAS 8.0 on J9 JDK6. Zing 5 released.

2013

Zing PE IBM ships WAS 8.5 and it can be configured to use J9 JDK7. OpenJDK

7 is released. IcedTea 6 is released. JRockit revived.

2013 Zulu OpenJDK 8 will be foundation of Oracle’s JSE 8.

2014 Zulu Ent OpenJDK 8 released in March. Zulu8 beats IcedTea and J9 to market.

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Azul’s Product History Explained

Founded 2002

First hardware product (Vega): 2005

First virtualized software-only product (Zing): 2010

First fully native-mode software product (Zing 5):

2011

First bundled WebSphere solution (Zing PE): 2013

First free open source Zulu product for Microsoft

Azure VMs running Windows Server: 2013

Zulu Enterprise for Windows, Linux, Mac: 2014

Zulu Embedded: 2015

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Rome was not built in a day, either.


Six Dimension of Java

Java Virtual

Machine

Platforms

Life Cycle

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Point cuts through the Java Virtual Machine


Runtime Instance

Code Transformation

Java Virtual

Machine

Machine Assembly 01010110

*.java

*.class

Author Source

Compile to Bytecode

Load Link Initialize

JIT Compile Execute Monitor ReJIT

*.jar

Consume APIs

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From developer’s source code to a running Java process


Simplified Java Life Cycle

Business Requirements

As Inputs

Dev

QA

Prod

IDEs: Eclipse, NetBeans, IntelliJ Platforms: Desktop, Laptop Tools: JUnit, Ant, Maven, Profilers, Debuggers, Emulators

Tools: JUnit, JMeter, Grinder Platforms: Servers, Mobile Virtualization

Tools: Profilers, JMX monitors, deployers Platforms: Servers, Mobile, Clusters, Cloud, Grids, Virtualization

Business provides

team with

requirements.

Developers author

Java source code on

laptops, pull in 3rd

party frameworks or

APIs. Commit code to

repository where

builds compiled,

JAR/WAR, and data

components

integrated, and QA

testers validate full

server application.

Upon passing all tests,

Ops staff push JARs

to final server and

client targets.

Working Applications

As Outputs 4/30/2015 9

Real life cycle for applications involves humans, so far greater complexity


Java Editions

Java Virtual

Machine

Standard Edition

Micro Edition

Enterprise Edition

JVM, JDK, API

Language Standard

Runtime Standard

Same Language

Cutdown API

Tailored JVM Runtime

Tiny Footprint

Includes JSE

Standard Services:

JMS, JDBC, EJB,

Servlet, JNDI

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One size does not fit all, but three try to fit many.


HotSpot & Java SE envelope

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Trivia: This figure (or one like it) is on the first page of every Java release in Oracle/Sun documentation

http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/index.html


Java VM Platforms

Java Virtual

Machine

Bytecode Ensures Architecture Neutrality

Chip Architectures

Intel x86

Intel/AMD x64

IBM Power

HP PA-RISC

ARM

Sparc

Itanium

Operating Systems

Linux

Windows

Solaris

HPUX

AIX

zOS

Mac OS/X

Android

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Hardware portability was foundational and existential goal in original Java VM designs


Active Java/JVM Vendors

Java Virtual

Machine

+8 others on

Azul Systems,

IBM, Red Hat

Oracle

Arm Ltd., Eclipse Foundation, HP,

Intel, Nokia, SAP, Software AG

JCP Executive Committee

Perm JCP EC member. Retains Brand, Trademarks and many Copyrights

Oracle Hotspot Oracle JRockit

Azul Zing Azul Zulu IBM J9

Red Hat IcedTea

^Google Dalvik

EC and TCK Licensees

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Commercially relevant organizations driving Java forward globally

Penalty Box


Types of JVMs

Java Virtual

Machine

JRockit

Azul Zing

HotSpot

IBM J9 OpenJDK

Azul Zulu

IcedTea

Free, Open Source, GPL

Semi-Free, Closed Source,

Restrictions

Commercial, Closed Source,

Licensed

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A JVM ships in a package (JDK or JRE) and that binary package is what is licensed


Middleware on the JVM

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Ultimately it is the applications that matter. That’s what your users feel and see.


Deployment

Putting the Zulu runtime to good use in a real Java application

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Computing Services Models

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Applications

Data

Runtime

Middleware

OS

Virtualization

Servers

Storage

Networking

Applications

Data

Runtime

Middleware

OS

Virtualization

Servers

Storage

Networking

Applications

Data

Runtime

Middleware

OS

Virtualization

Servers

Storage

Networking

Applications

Data

Runtime

Middleware

OS

Virtualization

Servers

Storage

Networking

OnPrem IaaS PaaS SaaS

Zulu << >>

The choice of who provides parts of your software stack is open ground.

a. b. c. d.


On Premise

Use native packaging to install Zulu like any other download:

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.msi .rpm .deb .dmg

Virtualization also encouraged:

or just use a Zip file.

This is the general “use this software” case. Install and go. a.


IaaS Using Azure

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Azure provides a choice of OS to setup a VM. After that, adding anything else is up to you. b.


Web Platform Installer

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WebPI is simple way to fetch and install current Zulu in one step. Works on regular Windows too. b.


Azure Eclipse Workbench

Eclipse IDE/

Workbench

tailored for

Java on

Azure

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Microsoft Open Tech’s purpose-built toolchain for Java development on Azure. b.


Azure SDK Integrated Zulu

Create Azure VM

Deploy a JDK

Select current Zulu

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Compose a Java application using Zulu, a choice of server/container, and integrated Azure security and roles b.


PaaS Azure Marketplace

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search on “zulu”

find two Zulu VM templates

Azure provides everything but your application and data. Zulu and other goodies installed and ready. c.


SaaS on Azure

Microsoft partners working on SaaS offerings using Zulu as

Java runtime

– Hadoop by Hortonworks

– IBMs Liberty WAS Profile

Microsoft Open Tech actively promoting Zulu for their Java

efforts. Search opentech for “Java” for list. – https://msopentech.com/?s=java

Azul partner ecosystem rich and growing

– We welcome any SaaS deployments on Zulu and on Zing

– Many SaaS operators often choose Zing for powerhouse

infrastructure

– Crossover into other providers (ie. AWS and Rackspace)

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Beyond the JVM is the realm of Azul partners d.


Java on Azure

Java connectors to Azure web services

– Access Control, Blob Service , Media Services, Queue Services, Service Bus Queues, SQL Database and Table Service

Build facilities to use Azure for dev use cases

– Jenkins, Hudson, Ant, Application Insights, JetBrains TeamCity

Additional Site construction choices

– Tomcat, Jetty, Typesafe Play framework

Great resources on the Azure Blog. Just search “java” – http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/?s=java

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Now that you are on Azure, no matter which computing context, you’ve got help


Review Zulu Comparison Azul Zulu

Oracle HotSpot

Red Hat Iced Tea

Full HotSpot compatibility 4 4 4

Support for Azure 4 4 0

Support for Windows servers &

Hyper-V

4 2 0

Browser plugins 0 4 0

Dedicated JVM customer support 4 4 0

Out-of-release-cycle Bug Fix Delivery 4 2 0

Company 100% focused on Java 4 1 0

JVM certification program for ISVs 4 4 1

Upgrade path to additional features (trade-up

option)

4 1 0

Community participation (JCP EC) 4 4 4

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Conclusion

Zulu gives Azure deployers a solid, dependable

Java runtime.

Zulu gives Java developers a huge boost on

Windows, leveraging OpenJDK, expanding

alternatives.

Through Zulu and Zing, Azul gives application

developers worldwide the flexible, robust, and

trusted Java server capability they need.

Consider Azul as de facto provider of server

JVMs.

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Compulsory Marketing Pitch

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Azul Hot Topics

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Zing 15.05 imminent

1TB heap

ReadyNow!

JMX

Oracle Linux

Zing for Cloud

Amazon AMIs

Rackspace

OnMetal compat

Docker in R&D

Zing for Big Data

Cloudera CDH5 cert

Cassandra paper

Spark is in Zing open

source program

Zulu

Azure Gallery

8u45 in the chute

So is 7u79 & 7u80

JSE Embedded


Q&A and In Closing…

Go get some Zulu today!

Boot an Azure VM and dip a toe.

Perhaps look at Zing.

Grab a Zing Free Trial card.

azul.com

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Zulu by Azul: OpenJDK for Azure...This talk is focused on Java for Azure This is not a “how to write a Java program” talk This is a talk about how Java fits into the Azure landscape