Beyond Mere Application Structure

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Thoughts on the Future of Cloud Orchestration Tools

Jörg Domaschka

a

_,

_{Frank Griesinger}

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_{, Daniel Baur}

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_{, Alessandro Rossini}

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a_{OMI, University of Ulm, Germany} b_{SINTEF, Oslo, Norway}

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Targeted shortcomings

1) 

Communication description abilities

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What we want to do

…

Load balancer

Application server (blog)

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Deploying in the Cloud

Deploying an application in the Cloud

:

1) Describe the application

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Application

Deploying in the Cloud

Deploying an application in the Cloud

:

1) Describe the application

Component A

Component B Communication

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Deploying in the Cloud

Deploying an application in the Cloud

:

1) Describe the application

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Deploying in the Cloud

Deploying an application in the Cloud

:

1) Describe the application

2) Click the

green button

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Deploying in the Cloud

Deploying an application in the Cloud

:

1) Describe the application

2) Click the

green button

3) Enjoy your application in the Cloud!

Component instance 1 Component instance 2 Component instance 3 install start stop shutdown initialize

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Application in the Cloud

Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS Component Communication Type level Blog application

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Application in the Cloud

Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS Component Communication Type level Deploy Blog application

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Application in the Cloud

Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS Component Communication Type level Deploy Load balancer Application server (blog) Application server (blog) DBMS

…

Component instance Instance level Channel instance Blog application

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Cloud Orchestration Tools

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• cloud deployment

• life-cycle handling

• monitoring

• application description

• …

infinite ca

rdinality

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Generic Communication Patterns

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Generic Communication Patterns

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Generic Communication Patterns

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Generic Communication Patterns

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Advanced Application Deployment

Assumption: Best performance if each DBMS interface is addressed by a maximum of 2 blog applications. è 1-M mapping (M=2) Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS Deploy

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Advanced Application Deployment

Assumption: Best performance if each DBMS interface is addressed by a maximum of 2 blog applications. è 1-M mapping (M=2) Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS Deploy Load balancer Application server (blog) Application server (blog) DBMS DBMS Application server (blog)

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Port and Link Boundaries

A

à

B : ([ out

_low

, out

_up

],[ in

_low

, in

_up

])

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Port and Link Boundaries

A

à

B : ([ out

_low

, out

_up

],[ in

_low

, in

_up

])

A

B

Out:

Low .. Up

In:

Low .. Up

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Port and Link Boundaries

A

à

B : ([ out

_low

, out

_up

],[ in

_low

, in

_up

])

Differentiation

:

- 

Component

- 

Application

- 

Application instance

A

B

Out:

Low .. Up

In:

Low .. Up

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Port and Link Boundaries

A

à

B

Component: -

Application: [ 1 , 1 ] , [ 1 , 2 ]

Application instance: -

Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS

A

B

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Where are we?

• Basic communication patterns

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VM 1 VM 4 VM 2 VM 5 VM 3 VM 6

Multi-tenant Deployments

Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS Deploy Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS

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VM 1 VM 2 VM 4 VM 3

Multi-tenant Deployments

Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS Deploy Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS Application server (blog)

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Apply a Facet

Load balancer Application server placeholder DBMS facet (blog) Application server (blog) path port application server cluster app. server port DBMS: connection properties Database port facet ports Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS

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Realizing a Facet

Properties:

• Mechanisms to introduce properties to the runtime system

• Components need advanced life-cycle actions

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Beyond Facets and Port Boundaries

Resource allocation

• When?

• Which?

• Where?

• Affection?

VM 1 VM 2 VM 4 VM 3 Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS Application server (blog) Application server (blog)

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Beyond Facets and Port Boundaries

Resource allocation

VM 1 VM 2 VM 4 VM 3 Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS Application server (blog) Application server (blog) VM 5 VM 6 VM 7 Load balancer Application server (blog) DBMS