The document presents a technical overview from David Currie, a senior software engineer at IBM, discussing the application of Netflix's open-source software to scale applications for web environments. It emphasizes important disclaimers regarding the accuracy and use of the provided information and highlights specific technologies like WebSphere Liberty and microservices. It also outlines performance metrics and architectural considerations around cloud and mobile solutions, alongside integration tools and frameworks.

1. David Currie – Senior Software Engineer
30th September 2014
Taking the Application Server
to Web Scale with
Netflix Open Source Software
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WebSphere
Liberty Profile
WebSphere
eXtreme
Scale
(WXS)
JAX-RS
Servlet Filter
Data Service
Facade
Service Facade
Data Tier
App
Specific
Caching
WXS
Client
nginx
Browser
App
jQuery/DOJO
Hybrid
Worklight
App
jQuery/DOJO
nginx
IBM
Worklight
http://bit.ly/
acmeairblog

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programmableweb.com 2012
Peak Performance
and Scale
4.3 billion API calls/day
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Operational
Visibility


9. DevOps 
HA & DR
Elastic scaling
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http://techblog.netflix.com
http://netflix.github.io

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2012
Acme Air run
on IBM Cloud at
“Web Scale”
2013
2014
SPECjEnterprise
Portability cloud
Sample application
cloud prize work
prize work
Acme Air Cloud/Mobile
Sample/Benchmark born
https://github.com/EmergingTechnologyInstitute

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Monolithic
Application

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Monolithic
Application
Scaled

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Mircoservices
Application

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Microservices
Application
Scaled

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Service
Discovery
Eureka

17. Service
Invocation
Ribbon
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Hope is not a
design method
“
Michael Nygard, Release It! ”

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App Container
User Request
Dependency A Dependency B Dependency C
Dependency D Dependency E
Dependency F
Dependency G Dependency H
Dependency I
Dependency J Dependency K
Dependency L
Dependency M Dependency N Dependency O

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User Request
App Container
Dependency A Dependency B Dependency C
Dependency D Dependency E
Dependency F
Dependency G Dependency H
Dependency I
Dependency J Dependency K
Dependency L
Dependency M Dependency N Dependency O
FAILURE!

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User Request
Dependency A Dependency B Dependency C
Dependency D Dependency E
Dependency F
Dependency G Dependency H
Dependency I
Dependency J Dependency K
Dependency L
Dependency M Dependency N Dependency O
User Request
User Request
User Request
User Request
App Container
THREAD
STARVATION!

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User Request
Dependency A Dependency B Dependency C
Dependency D Dependency E
Dependency F
Dependency G Dependency H
Dependency I
Dependency A
(5 Threads)
Dependency B
(5 Threads)
Dependency C
(10 Threads)
Dependency D
(5 Threads)
Dependency E
(10 Threads)
Dependency F
(5 Threads)
Dependency G
(10 Threads)
Dependency H
(5 Threads)
App Container
FAIL FAST

23. Circuit
Breaker
Hystrix
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25. getLongProperty(“mywebapp.lock.waitTime", 1000);
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DynamicLongProperty timeToWait =
DynamicPropertyFactory.getInstance().
timeToWait.get();
Application
Runtime
URL
DB
App Property File
Libraries
Container
Dynamic
Configuration
Archaius

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Low memory usage
Simple configuration
Fast start up
Easy access
Free tooling
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27. zosSecurity zosTransaction collectiveController
jaxws
jmsMdb wasJmsSecurity
mongodb jaxb
wsSecurity wmqJmsClient
wasJmsClient wasJmsServer
oauth collectiveMember ldapRegistry webCache
ejbLite cdi managedBeans
localConnector beanValidation
monitor sessionDatabase
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z/OS
ND
Base, Express
Liberty Core
Application
Manager
jsp
servlet jpa
Feature Manager HTTP Transport
jsf
jndi jdbc
wab
blueprint
jaxrs
json
restConnector
osgi.jpa
appSecurity
ssl
clusterMember
concurrent
zosWlm
Liberty
Features

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GitHub
NetflixOSS
Cloud Foundry
Zero Turnaround
Jenkins
Opscode
Chef
Apache Maven
IBM UrbanCode Deploy
IntelliJ IDEA
Apache Ant
Gradle
WebSphere
Developer Tools
Liberty
http://wasdev.net
http://wasdev.github.io

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31. DynamicLongProperty timeToWait =
DynamicPropertyFactory.getInstance().
getLongProperty(“mywebapp.lock.waitTime", 1000);
timeToWait.get();
server.xml
<archaius>
<myWebapp><lock><waitTime>500</waitTime></lock></myWebapp>
</archaius>
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32. public class MyCommand extends HystrixCommand<String> {
protected String run() { // remote call }
protected String getFallback() { // local fallback }
}
String result = new MyCommand().execute();
server.xml
<hystrix>
<command><MyCommand>
<execution><isolation><thread>
<timeoutInMilliseconds>10000</timeoutInMilliseconds>
</thread></isolation></execution>
</MyCommand></command>
</hystrix>
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