Technical overview of the CloudBees Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) by Mark Prichard, Evangelist and Senior Director at CloudBees. Covers ClickStarts (pre-configured cloud-ready projects) and ClickStacks (custom runtimes)

1. CloudBees: A Technical Overview
Mark Prichard

2. • Founded in April 2010
• Headquartered in MA (USA)
• Deep roots in Middleware and Open Source
• Award-winning platform in production today
• More than 15,000 Java accounts
About CloudBees
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3. Overview of CloudBees PaaS
cloudbees.com
Jenkins
Master
Test
Stage
Build
Code
Jenkins
Executor
ForgeRepositories
Git
SVN
mvn
Development
Services
(DEV@cloud)
Developer and
Operations
Interaction
End User
Interaction
Runtime
Services
(RUN@cloud)
CloudBees
API
Grand
Central
Web
Console
SDK
Session
Clustering
MySQL
Router
Application
Partner
Ecosystem
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4. cloudbees.com
Internal Overview of CloudBees PaaS
Service-Based PaaS Architecture
Agents
…DB AgentAS Agent
Message Bus
Shared Services
Identity Provisioning
Scaling
Alerting
Monitoring
Auditing
CloudBees
API
Grand
Central
Web
Console
SDK
Jenkins
Master
Test
Stage
Build
Code
Jenkins
Executor
ForgeRepositories
Git
SVN
mvn
Session
Clustering
MySQL
Router
Application
Partner
Ecosystem
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5. ClickStarts and ClickStacks
Extending the Platform
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6. ClickStarts – Defining Service Composition in
PaaS
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Jenkins
Master
Test
Stage
Build
Code
Jenkins
Executor
ForgeRepositories
Git
SVN
mvnCloudBees
API
Grand
Central
Web
Console
SDK
Session
Clustering
MySQL
Router
Application
Partner
Ecosystem
• Reusable templates specifying any or all of the
information needed to build an application from
source code, deploy it to CloudBees, and connect it
to other runtime services
• Specifies the named runtime that will be used for
the app
ClickStarts:
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7. ClickStacks – Defining Application Runtimes
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Jenkins
Master
Test
Stage
Build
Code
Jenkins
Executor
ForgeRepositories
Git
SVN
mvnCloudBees
API
Grand
Central
Web
Console
SDK
Session
Clustering
MySQL
Router
Application
Partner
Ecosystem
• Reusable templates specifying the set of server-side components that
will be assembled and managed as a runtime to support your app
• One ClickStack runtime is expected to be re-used by many apps
• Examples – Tomcat, JBoss, Java, Play!, LifeRay, ColdFusion; …
• Open model for creating new named runtimes for your use and to
share with others
ClickStacks:
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8. ClickStart Gallery – Choose Your App!
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9. ClickStart - Provide The Minimum Required Info
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10. ClickStart – Done!
Complete
Source Code
Working App
Continuous
Integration
and
Deployment
Working
Database
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11. Inside a ClickStart
clickstart.json
id
name
description
source
icon
runtime
databases
build-with-jenkins
doc-url
Source code
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For more details, see: How to make your own ClickStart

12. cloudbees.com
Use this
clickstart.json to
create a working app!
The Magic Behind ClickStarts
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CloudBees
Git
Repo
Database
Build/Test
db:create
App
Partner
Service
Partner
Service
CloudBees
API
Grand
Central
Web
Console
Bind
Bind
Trigger
Deploy
Wow! At your
service
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Modifying an App after ClickStarting
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CloudBees
Git
Repo
Database
Build/Test
App
Partner
Service
Partner
Service
Bind
Bind
Trigger
DeployI want to make some
changes!
Local Git
Repo
gitcommit
Changes
Wow! At your
service

14. Frictionless Extension and Reuse
Customer
Managed
Community
Managed
CloudBees
Curated
Fork
Push Push Clone
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15. Customized Runtime
StacksExtending the Platform
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16. • A runtime stack is more than just a language
• Runtimes require support for interactions that are
“native” for the developer and ops audience
• You can extend and customize runtime stacks on
CloudBees
• Continuous integration and delivery are instantly
available in all cases
Customizing Runtime Stacks
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17. How an App Becomes a Stack– Java Example
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Java App (jar)
Infrastructure
Java VM
Java APICloudBees-Curated
Stack
User-Created
CloudBees-Curated
Java EE App (war)
Infrastructure
Java VM
Java APICloudBees-Curated
Stack
User-Created
CloudBees-Curated
Java EE (jars)
• Interaction is with the JavaVM and API
• Deployment unit is jar file
• Interaction is with the Java EE Server
• Deployment unit is war file
• Extensions thru container contract and
vendor facilities
Java Runtime Stack Java EE Runtime Stack
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18. How an App Becomes a Stack– PHP/Drupal
Example
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PHP App (php)
Infrastructure
PHP Interpreter
ApacheCloudBees-Curated
Stack
User-Created
CloudBees-Curated
Site Profile (zip)
Infrastructure
PHP Interpreter
ApacheCloudBees-Curated
Stack
User-Created
CloudBees-Curated
Drupal (zip)
• Interaction is with Apache and PHP
• Deployment unit is PHP and HTML
files
• Interaction is with Drupal CMS
• Deployment unit is a web site Profile
• Extensions thru modules, libraries
PHP Runtime Stack Drupal Runtime Stack
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19. Inside a ClickStack
setup (shell script)
Source code
Zip
clickstack.zip
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See: ClickStack – Application Containers

20. ClickStack
Agent
ClickStacks
ClickStack Compositions
Tomcat
setup
NewRelic
setup
Papertrail
setup
CreateApp(
packageURL,
appMetadata)
App Working Directory
.genapp/
start
tomcat/
bin/
server.xml
app/
index.jsp
WEB-INF/
web.xml
newrelic.jar
Newrelic.yml
• Install tomcat bits
• Setup config files
• Generate start script
• Install newrelic agent jar
• Generate newrelic.yml
• Augment java args
• Generate syslog config syslog.conf
.genapp/start
App Metadata
{ plugins:
[“tomcat”
“newrelic”,
“papertrail”],
“newrelic” : {
“license”: “…”
}
“papertrail” : {
“host”:”…”
}
}
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21. ClickStack
Agent
ClickStacks
Customer Managed ClickStack Compositions
Tomcat
setup
NewRelic
setup
setup
CreateApp(
packageURL,
appMetadata)
App Working Directory
.genapp/
start
tomcat/
bin/
server.xml
app/
index.jsp
WEB-INF/
web.xml
newrelic.jar
Newrelic.yml
• Install tomcat bits
• Setup config files
• Generate start script
• Install newrelic agent jar
• Generate newrelic.yml
• Augment java args
• Generate syslog config
.genapp/start
MyPlugin
• Install binaries
• Generate configuration
• Augment java args
framework.jar
runtime.jar
nativecode.exe
config.xml
App Metadata
{ plugins:
[“tomcat”
“newrelic”,
“myplugin”],
“newrelic” : {
“license”: “…”
}
“myplugin” : {
“myparm”:”…”
}
}
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22. • CloudBees delivers an integrated, extensible open
Java PaaS
• ClickStarts get you up and going quickly and can
capture your common use cases for re-use.
• ClickStacks let you customize application runtimes for
re-use and mix with CloudBees-curated plugins
• CloudBees manages the platform for you in all cases,
reducing cost and improving efficiency
Summary
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