The document outlines VMware's application model for cloud deployment, highlighting its focus on creating a flexible and efficient framework for managing applications across various cloud environments. It discusses the evolution of cloud adoption trends, the need for application-centric management, and the importance of automating deployment processes. The application model emphasizes separating application definitions from deployment platforms, enabling developers and IT administrators to collaborate effectively while ensuring adherence to policies throughout the application lifecycle.

1. Application Model for Cloud DeploymentADD07Komal Mangtani, Snr R&D Manager, VMware, Inc.

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3. AgendaOrigins of Cloud deployments – the essence of *aaSTypes of Cloud environmentsCloud adoption trends Problems to solveEfforts within VMwareDetails of app modelSummary

4. Origins of Cloud Deploymentsdeveloptestreleaseinstallconfigoperateoperatedeveloptest

5. The Essence of “aaS” (as a Service)It just plain worksSomeone else is responsible for keeping it runningSomeone else is responsible for keeping it up to dateSomeone else is responsible for capex and capacity planningAgilityDaily, weekly, monthly release cycle (as appropriate)Continuous improvement: performance, features, languages and frameworks, services, etcQuickly react to trends: competitors, business plan options, distribution optionsVisibilityAggregate analytics and metricsPage views per day, hour, by region, organization, partnerLanguage and framework usage by region, organization, partner

6. Various Cloud EnvironmentsPublicPrivatePaaSApplication stacks + languages + frameworksIaaSInfrastructure modelwith servicesUtilityHosted infrastructure –physical and virtual machines

7. Cloud Adoption Trends We Are ObservingLarge enterprises starting their journey to pure Clouddeployments with Virtualization first and then Private cloudsPublic Cloud in use for development and testingSwitch to private Cloud for production deploymentsDevelopers getting involved in defining the application deployment environment along with infrastructure teamsAll you can see in Cloud is your app! Application level management becoming more critical

8. Problems to SolveEase deployment in dev, test, production zones across CloudsEnable collaborative hand-off of applications between applications group and infrastructure groupPreserve the knowledge built during deployment to create optimalruntime env for appsAutomate generation of run book steps Most automation tools are useful AFTER run book steps are determined by userHelp derive hardware requirements from application topologyApplication-centric management Application level operationsBackup, DRS, start/stop operations at app levelView chargeback information at app levelMapping of applications to VMs and hosts underneath

9. Efforts within VMware

10. What Are We Up To?Vision Collaborative portal for discovering/modeling, deploying, configuring and monitoring enterprise applications Target usersEnterprise customers currently using vCenter and vCloudApplication groups in IT organizationTargeted applicationsClustered, complex app deploymentsN-tier web applicationsVarious app stacks : JEE, RoR, .NetLet the cloud richness shine throughSupport deployments in various Clouds by leveraging the richness of eachCloud environment

11. vCloud(off-premise)AmazonApplications Management in Various CloudsVMVMappserver clusterVMweb server load balancerProvisioningconfiguration managementapp-aware DRSCloud Driversapp-aware BackupmonitoringVMVMdatabase clusterexternal pluginsdiscoveryApp specific SolutionsApplications Managementapp awareChargebackDRSBackupvCentervCenterESX hosts

12. Key Link: Application Modelapplication modelEnforce app modelProvision app modelDesign app modelInitial EnforcementPlacement rules

13. Cpu/mem reservations

14. Security requirements

15. Configuration mappingsRuntime EnforcementRuntime monitoring

16. Raise policy violations

17. Analyze drift from original modelCreate new apps OR Discover appsComponent based model

18. Simple relationships :

19. Containment

20. Association

21. Map configuration properties

22. Model network

23. Model node and node arrays

24. Model policies

25. Cloud agnosticServer ApplicationsDeploy and/or

26. Package as appliance

27. Configure apps

28. In-place updates

29. Rolling upgradesDeployment PlatformsvCenter

30. vCloud

31. amazon cloudGoals for our Application ModelSeparate application definition from deployment platformEnable late binding of model to the platformDevelopers should be able to model application topologyIncluding internal and external dependencies for their appInfrastructure administrators can have control over final deploymentEnsure IT policies are adhered toShould be able to see deployment plan and add additional activiesCarry information about various phases of an application lifecycleApp model travels with the applicationDeployment time changes allowedPolicies to enforce during runtimeImpact of updates and rollback of a s/w component on the applicationCorrelate monitoring information to parts of application Leverage OVF standard for vm/vApp descriptionRelies on OVF for virtual machine description

32. Our Application ModelComponent basedConsists of Application profile aka app blueprint Deployment profile aka platform bindingsApplication compositionApplication components eg: db component, tc component, war componentRelationships between componentsConfiguration properties for each componentMapping of app components to nodesBindings to external dependencies Application assemblyDerives the process of deploying the applicationAllows adding maintenance operations at certain pointsOperational policiesAffinity and anti-affinity rules Resource allocation policies

33. Modeling ApplicationStep 1:Define components (parts) of your application

34. Step 1: Component DefinitionComponent models a specific part of your applicationTypical 3-tier JEE contains Database component, appserver component, war component, monitoring agent componentComponent definition contains ContentInstall/config scriptsProperties it exposesDependencies to other components