MODAClouds - Solving Top Cloud Problems MODAClouds Project is a research project initiate to research in various fields in cloud Computing. The project was born with the objective to to provide methods, a decision support system (DSS) and an open source IDE and run-time environment to enhance the way we use multiple cloud services. In addition, the project builds leverages one key characteristic, guaranteeing quality of service in MultiCloud scenarios. MODAClouds Multi-Cloud DevOps Toolbox is a set of tools and best practice methods specifically created "for Clouds", for the most demanding Multi-Cloud scenarios. MODAClouds Toolbox is here to help developers and operators to change and improve the way software is created and operated, in a more agile manner.

1. MODAClouds
MODAClouds R&D Projects
Multi-Cloud
DevOps Solutions

2. Meet the Team
Dave
Developer
Percy
Operator
John
Sales Quality
Manager
Steve
CEO
Peter
CIO

3. Creator 4Clouds is a Multi-Cloud
DevOps Tool that facilitates
Multi-Cloud development

4. Without Creator 4Clouds
Dave “the Developer” has a non-cloud Application that
needs to migrate to the Cloud
Dave also has already another app running on Amazon
EC2 (MODAFin is a Java app built with EC2 APIs)
Peter
CIO
Percy “the Operator” deploys, monitors and administers
MODAFin App on Amazon EC2
Dave &Percy (slowly) collaborate on testing, performance
debugging and refactoring
Peter (the CIO) has been instructed by Steve (the CEO) to
move everything to the Cloud to be have an IT
infrastructure more Agile and Faster for the business
John, Dave and Percy identify various cloud providers and
services that could host different pieces of their
applications
Dave
Developer
Percy
Operator

5. Without Creator 4Clouds
Dave and Percy are in trouble:
since it implies knowing different APIs and will imply different
tools for operations and monitoring quality… is it possible to
change from cloud provider? is it worth it ? … to use various
cloud providers?
It took a lot of time developing the app for the cloud the first
time and migrating old components to cloud working code. It is
even worse, what if they want to redeploy it, or migrate it, to
another provider ? or to another since they don’t offer the right
QoS or you find a better service for your business?
Peter wants to improve IT: he wants to develop once and be
able to deploy in several cloud providers and services… they
want to embrace the world of Multi-Cloud applications.
They need Abstraction of the Cloud Context !!!
Plus they want to specify early in the game business and
technical requirements, constrains, rules etc… for deployment,
monitoring and operations
Dave
Developer
Peter
CIO
Percy
Operator

6. With Creator 4Clouds
Dave “the Developer” now has a set of development tools within an
integrated IDE with:
CloudML which allows him to model Applications and add the cloud
specific bits to enable deployment and runtime optimizations, automation
and self-adaptation according to requirements and live-monitoring
Venues 4Clouds and Analysis Tools like SpaceDev 4Clouds to send the
model and discover the best suitable providers and services according to
QoS and Service Levels and Constrains policies defined by others in the
organization (John or Percy)
Energizer 4Clouds:
to take advantage of abstraction and automating deployment scripts on
different cloud providers (compatible with ADDapters 4Clouds) to answer
the question about if it is worth it ro not to think about deployin in another
cloud?
and later obtain feedback from monitoring with Tower or SpaceOps
4Clouds
SLA Tool 4Clouds which enables defining early in the game Business and
Techincal Drive QoS rules and constrains that will be assured by Energizer
4Clouds for controlled operations and self-adaptation
Dave
Developer

7. Without Creator 4Clouds
Peter
CIO
Percy “the Operator” is now also involved in the
development process to help analyze runtime
information for improving applications at design time
for better performance
Percy
Operator
Peter “the CIO” now is managing a team embracing
DevOps and has Agility, Flexibility, and faster
response times

8. Venues 4Clouds helps reducing
risks associated to Cloud
Computing

9. Without Venues 4Clouds
Petter “CIO” has been tasked to support a new business model
for the company ASAP (next week)
Peter
CIO
John
Sales Quality
Manager
Petter sits with Jonh (Quality Manager), Dave (Developer) & Percy
(Operator) to define a plan
They decide that Cloud is the way
They decide to put various cloud services together for different
parts of the App and be able to quickly prototype and test the
Application that will support the new Biz Model
… but be careful, John says that not all cloud providers can
assure the same quality or service level
Dave
Developer
Percy
Operator
Dave has all the pieces of the application but they don’t have
cloud-specific bits
Percy says that operating on various Cloud Providers will bring
different risks and problems to the table

10. Without Venues 4Clouds
They are in trouble:
how can we reduce time to develop a complex application ?
how can we make this app embraces the Cloud way ?
how can we reduce times for creating development, testing or
production environments?
Dave
Developer
Peter
CIO
Percy
Operator
What Cloud Services are out there that i can use for my Application?
Which provider should i use in terms of technical functionality ?
… and from our business requirements point of view?
how can i compare these providers services and the conditions under
they are provided?
There are many similar solutions and cloud providers out there, how
can i compare them technically? and from the Biz point of view?
the selection is a complex process that involves business people,
developers and operators, in which they all have something to say that
affects the overall picture of the selection
therefore Cloud is great but it comes with new problems and risks for
your business (and then for your IT) !!!

11. With Venues 4Clouds
With Venues 4Clouds they all participate in the process and define
a list of requirements for different contexts such as development,
testing, and production so they have risks under control !!!
John
Sales Quality
Manager They can all now discover, identify and compare cloud providers
and services that they need
They can now define the service levels they require for different
parts of the application according to Business and Technical
aspects
They can now define rules that identify other suitable providers
on the fly and pass them to the runtime engine Energizer
4Cloudsfor deployment and migration from one to another
provider according to QoS or any other needs
They now are able to find the Best Execution Venue for their
applications
the Energizer 4Clouds monitoring tools provide information
back to Creator 4Clouds and Venues 4Clouds to learn and refine
the list of suitable options with runtime information
Dave
Developer
Percy
Operator

12. Energizer 4Clouds is a Multi-
Cloud DevOps Tool

13. Without Energizer 4Clouds
Dave “the Developer” creates MODAFin
MODAFin is a Java app built with EC2 APIs
Dave
Developer
Peter
CIO
Percy “the Operator” deploy, monitors and
administers MODAFin on EC2
Dave &Percy (slowly) collaborate on testing,
performance debugging and refactoring
Percy
Operator
Peter “the CIO” (Dave &Percy’s boss) thinks EC2 is too
costly!
Dave hacks the app to work on CloudBees
Percy is in real trouble… restart from scratch with
new deploy, monitoring & admin stack?

14. With Energizer 4Clouds
Dave “the Developer” creates MODAFin
MODAFin is a (MODA)CloudML app
Energizer 4Clouds deploys, configures, and simplifies
management on Multi-Clouds
Dave
Developer
Peter
CIO
Percy’s new role is to administer problems
Dave can do a lot of testing and refactoring without
help from Percy
Percy
Operator
Peter “the CIO” (Dave &Percy’s boss) thinks EC2 is too
costly!
However… this time thanks to MODACloudML and
Energizer 4Clouds they are ready for CloudBees...
even just clicks away!

15. Energizer 4Clouds is a Multi-
Cloud DevOps Tool

16. Without Energizer 4Clouds
Dave “the Developer” creates MODAFin
Dave
Developer
Carl “Sales Quality Manager” gets response time
requirements from the customers (SLAs) but John has
no way to provide an automated and cost-effective
IT based solution
Percy
Operator
Percy “the Operator” uses SLA monitoring
Percy reports to Dave response time violations
Dave has to work with Percy on log files to
understand what went wrong
John
Sales Quality
Manager Peter
CIO

17. Without Energizer 4Clouds
John “Sales Quality Manager” inputs response time
requirements in the Energizer 4Clouds SLA Tool
Dave
Developer
Dave and Percy watch Energizer 4Clouds’ metric explorer
Energizer 4Clouds tells Dave and Percy of response time
violations by components and providers
Energizer 4Clouds now automatically monitors log files to
find root causes instead of Dave and Percy
Dave now knows what the problem is and what he has to
do
Percy can offer his experience to provide guidance to
operate in different ways
Percy
Operator
Peter and John are now sure to operate under
customer-requested conditions and have a report of
violations to offer compensations
John
Sales Quality
Manager
John
Sales Quality
Manager Peter
CIO

18. John
Sales Quality
Manager
Peter
CIO

19. Without Energizer 4Clouds
John and Peter agree that the customer is important
and they have to comply with his service level
demands so they think that auto-scaling is the
solution
Percy “the Operator” sets up EC2 auto-scaling
Percy updates the auto-scaling thresholds when
problems arise using rules of thumb
Percy just makes sure that each VM does not exceed
a certain utilization
Percy
Operator
John
Sales Quality
Manager Peter
CIO

20. With Energizer 4Clouds
John and Peter now have an automated and cost-
effective solution that learns from the past…
Percy “the Operator” deploys MODAFin with Energizer
4Clouds
Tower 4Clouds and SpaceOps 4Clouds automatically
monitor and adjusts load balancing and can scale out
VMs on-demand based on SLAs and QoS Business and
Technical requirements
Percy
Operator
Dave
Developer
Dave is not worried if his boss asks him to be ready to
deploy the application in another provider with better
performance thanks to ADDapters 4Clouds
He is now working on a new functionality and
abstracting the new components with CloudML 4Clouds
John
Sales Quality
Manager Peter
CIO

21. Selection of BEV
according to needs
& requirements
MDD Approach
Design with Business
& Technical
Requirements
Monitoring and Operations
with QoS
Cloud Agnostic
Development: Build
Once, deploy in multiple
clouds
Multi-Cloud & Bursting
Operations
with various compatible
QoS-Aware Self Adaptation
Feedback
Loop
Business
& Technical
Requirements
Identify and Select
Providers & Cloud
Services

22. we live in a Multi-Cloud world
with specific problems to address
Claudification
migrate to the cloud in
a controlled way
Business
Driven Clouds
putting Business
Requirements into the
Development & Operation
workflow
Quality First
taking care of the
unexpected with
Monitoring and SLAs
Optimization
optimization of Code, Deployment,
& Operations
Feasibility
Analysis
identify the best
services available to
transform IT-
powered
infrastructures into
your business model
Agility in a
Multi-Cloud
World
select the best venue for
your business

23. MODAClouds
Oliver Barreto
MODAClouds.eu/downloads