The document discusses the evolution of cloud platforms, emphasizing the shift from traditional IaaS to PaaS and its implications on DevOps practices. It highlights concepts such as application dial tone, which includes configuration, runtime, logs, and health management to enhance operational efficiency. Additionally, it outlines the benefits of these changes, including continuous integration, optimized IT practices, and improved security.

1. A NEW PLATFORM FOR A NEW ERA

2. Evolving DevOps
The Benefits of PaaS and Application Dial Tone
Cornelia Davis
Director Platform Engineering
@cdavisafc
December 2014
Abby Kearns
Product Marketing
@ab415
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 2

3. Consumer Expectations Drive New Software Patterns
Changing development and release disciplines
• Agile
• Cloud-native App Design
• Continuous Delivery
• DevOps
Expectations Innovation Gap
Time
Automation
IaaS
Startups
DevOps, CD, Agile
Enterprise
PaaS
Traditional IT
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 3

4. The Cloud Platform Evolution
TRADITIONAL IAAS
Your Application
Database
Code
Web
Server
Messaging
Operating System
Virtualization Platform
Physical Servers
Your Application
Database
Code
Web
Server
Messaging
IAAS
PAAS
Your Application
Code
PAAS
Virtualized
Infrastructure
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 5

5. Enhanced IaaS
PAAS
Your Application
Code
PAAS
Virtualized
Infrastructure
IAAS IAAS+
Your Application
Code
Database
Web
Server
Messaging
IaaS+
Virtualized
Infrastructure
Your Application
Database
Code
Web
Server
Messaging
IAAS
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 7

6. Application Dial Tone
Your
Application
Code
PAAS
Virtualized
Infrastructure
Emits application “dial tone”
• Config
• Runtime
• Logs
• Metrics
• Health Management
• Security
• Operations
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 8

7. Application Configuration
DEVELOPMENT
Other dev apps
App1
John’s dev ver
DEVELOPMENT
Other dev apps
App1
Mary’s dev ver
Agile Development
Staging
Other Stg. apps
App1
Stg. version
Staging
PRODUCTION
Other Prod apps
App1
Production version
Production
No code or embedded configuration changes
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 9

8. Application Logging
• Aggregating application-level
logs
• Visibility into application
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 10

9. Managing Application Health
• Confirm application
accessibility
• Validate application
performance
• Responsive application
automation
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 11

10. Securing the Application
• Outbound firewall rules to restrict
network traffic to applications
• Configurable application-centric
whitelist rules
• Rules automatically applied to
applications
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 12

11. Application Runtime
Increased server utilization, portability, consistency and speed
 Changes “dial tone”
 Faster than booting up a VM
 “Disposable”
 Reduce OS footprint
 Higher workload density
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 13

12. Infrastructure-centric Operations Model
Your Application
Code
Database
Web
Server
Messaging
IaaS+
Virtualized
Infrastructure
App Team
(dev and ops)
IT Ops Team
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 14

13. Application-centric Operations
Emits application “dial tone”
• Configuration
• Runtime
• Logs
• Metrics
• Health Management
• Security
Your Application
Code
Database
Web
Server
Messaging
IaaS+
Virtualized
Infrastructure
Your Application
Code
PAAS
Virtualized
Infrastructure
App Team
(Dev and Ops)
PaaS Ops Team
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 16

14. Benefits of Application Dial Tone
 Continuous Integration/Delivery
– environment uniformity and proper abstractions
 Optimized IT Practices
– standardized runtimes
 Application boundaries for security and more
– lightweight containers
 Separate operational concerns
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 17

15. Questions?
© Copyright 2014 Pivotal. All rights reserved. 18

16. A NEW PLATFORM FOR A NEW ERA