The document outlines the architecture and operation of Pivotal Cloud Foundry, focusing on its components such as Ops Manager and Elastic Runtime for managing cloud-native applications. It emphasizes the importance of built-in high availability, monitoring, and managing user quotas across organizations and spaces. Additionally, the document discusses deployment processes and operator responsibilities within the Platform as a Service (PaaS) environment.

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Pivotal Cloud Platform Deep Dive
Architecture and The Operator Experience
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Architecture and the Operator Experience
• Pivotal Cloud Foundry Architecture
• Structured Platform for Cloud Native Apps
• One Click CenturyLink Ops Manager and CenturyLink Dashboard
• The Operator Experience

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This…. (not cool)."

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And this…(also not cool)

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Loggregator
DEA Pool
Router
Cloud Controller
BOSH Director BOSH Agent
UAA/Login Servers Health Manager
Service Broker Node(s)
Messaging (NATS)
!
IaaS
Cloud Foundry Architecture Stack"

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Router
Cloud Controller
Service Broker
Node(s)
DEA
DEA
DEA
DEA
Blobstore DB
Runtime
1. Upload bits/metadata
2. Create/bind services
3. Stage app
4. Deploy app
push app
+ app MD
SC
+ =
Pushing an application"

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Router
Cloud Controller
DEA
Blobstore DB
Runtime
Detect
Compile Upload
No
System
Buildpacks
+ =
Yes
`"
Runtime

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BlobstoreRouter Cloud Controller
DEA
Messaging (NATS)
DEA DEA
Runtime
Access
App
Application containers and scaling"

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DB
Router
Service
credentials
reserve resources
obtain connection data
CLI Cloud
Controller
Service
Broker
Data
Service
Runtime
create service (HTTP)
bind service (HTTP)
create service (HTTP)
bind service (HTTP)
Service create and bind"

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2 Key Components to Pivotal Cloud Foundry
• Ops Manager/ Operations Manager: A web application that
you use to deploy and manage a Pivotal Cloud Foundry
PaaS
• Elastic Runtime: The set of core Cloud Foundry services that
are installed, upgraded and scaled via Ops Manager

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Demo"

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Pivotal CF deployment on CenturyLink Cloud"

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What’s on Pivotal Cloud Foundry
for an operator?
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Pivotal Cloud Foundry operations"
Developer
Operator

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Install runtime
and container
Deploy to dev

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Install runtime and
container
Install services (db,
messaging, hadoop, …)
Deploy to dev

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Install runtime and
container
Install services (db,
messaging, hadoop, …)
Setup load-balancing, SSL
termination and
dynamic routing
Deploy to dev

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Install runtime and
container
Setup load-balancing, SSL
termination and dynamic
routing
Setup / config High
Availability
Deploy to dev
Install services (db,
messaging, hadoop, …)

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Install runtime and
container
Setup load-balancing, SSL
termination and dynamic
routing
Setup / config High
Availability
Setup APM
Deploy to dev
Install services (db,
messaging, hadoop, …)

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Install runtime and
container
Setup load-balancing, SSL
termination and dynamic
routing
Setup / config High
Availability
Setup APM
Setup log
streaming
Deploy to dev
Install services (db,
messaging, hadoop, …)

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Install runtime and
container
Setup load-balancing, SSL
termination and dynamic
routing
Setup / config High
Availability
Setup APM
Setup log
streaming
Deploy to dev
App Deployed
Install services (db,
messaging, hadoop, …)

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Install runtime and
container
Install services (db,
messaging, hadoop, …)
Setup load-balancing and
dynamic routing
Setup / config High
Availability
Setup APM
Setup log
streaming
Deploy to dev
Deploy to Test
Deploy to QA
Promote to production
Scale up
Update app
Scale down
Redeploy
Unbind service
Bind service
Restart server
Change route
Scale Platform
Create service
Delete App
Blue-green deployment
Check logs
scale memory
Update app server
Change JDK
Upgrade app

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Install runtime and
container
Install services (db,
messaging, hadoop, …)
Setup load-balancing and
dynamic routing
Setup / config High
Availability
Setup APM
Setup log
streaming
Deploy to dev
Deploy to Test
Deploy to QA
Promote to production
Scale up
Update app
Scale down
Redeploy
Unbind service
Bind service
Restart server
Change route
Scale Platform
Create service
Delete App
Blue-green deployment
Check logs
Escale memory
Update app server
Change JDK
Upgrade app

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Deploy to dev
The Pivotal CF way"

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Deploy to dev
>cf push!
Cloud
Controller
Health
Manager
NATS
(message bus)
Router
App Deployed
The Pivotal CF way"

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The operator in the PaaS era"
Developer
Operator

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The operator in the PaaS era"

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Operator
Concerns
Monitor the
platform
Handle upgrades
and updates
Plan capacity
Manage users
and quotas
Install the
platform
Setup High
Availability

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IaaS
Pivotal CF
Install the
platform
Setup High
Availability
Handle live upgrades
and updates
Scale and
plan capacity
Install and
manage
servicesTarget multiple
clouds

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IaaS
BOSH Director BOSH Agent
Mobile Services
for Pivotal CF
ElasticSearch
for Pivotal CF
CloudBees Jenkins
Enterprise
Cassandra
for Pivotal CF

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IaaS
BOSH Director BOSH Agent
Mobile Services
for Pivotal CF
ElasticSearch
for Pivotal CF
CloudBees Jenkins
Enterprise
Cassandra
for Pivotal CF
Click to install
No downtime updates
Explore install logs
Click to scale the platform
Built-in High Availability
Built-in Platform Monitoring
Integrated services

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BOSH"

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Provision services,
not machines
Enables continuous
delivery
Cloud-agnostic view of
Platform Ops
Holistic Toolchain for
“rule them all"
Eliminate bespoke
automation on top of
config management
Why BOSH"

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Ops Manager + BOSH"
Blobstore
BOSH
Health
Monitor
DB
Deploy my
Services
Worker VMs
Messaging
Health Manager
Cloud Controller
BOSH Director
NATS
IaaS

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Operator
Concerns
Monitor the
platform
Handle upgrades
and updates
Plan capacity
Manage users
and quotas
Install the
platform
Setup High
Availability

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Orgs, Spaces, Users and Quotas"

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Organizations"
Logical division within a Pivotal CF
install / Foundation.
Each organization has its own users
and assigned quota
User permissions / roles are specified
per space within an organization
Sub-divided into Spaces

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Quotas and Plans"
Different quota limits (e.g. “small”,
“enterprise”, “default”, “runaway”)
can be assigned per Organization
Quota defines
• Total Memory
• Total # of Services
• Total # of Routes

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Spaces"
Logical sub-division within an
organization
Services and Applications are
created / specified per Space
Users authorized at an organization
level can have different roles per
space
Same Service can have different
meanings per space

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Operator
Concerns
Monitor the
platform
Handle upgrades
and updates
Plan capacity
Manage users
and quotas
Install the
platform
Setup High
Availability

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Platform Monitoring"
How do I know when to scale DEAs?
How many requests each Router is servicing?
What is the current load of my Cloud Controllers?

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Platform Monitoring"
Pivotal Ops Metrics provides a single
JMX interface to access metrics for
each Pivotal CF component
• DEAs
• Cloud Controllers
• Routers
• Health Managers
• NATS, UAA, Login Server, …

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Platform Monitoring"
Collector
JMX
Provider
JMX Monitoring
Tool

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Platform Monitoring"
Collector
JMX
Provider
JMX Monitoring
Tool

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Operator
Concerns
Monitor the
platform
Handle upgrades
and updates
Plan capacity
Manage users
and quotas
Install the
platform
Setup High
Availability

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4 Layers of built-in High Availability"
Application Instance
Platform Processes
Platform VMs
Availability Zones

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4 Layers of built-in High Availability"
Application Instance
Platform Processes
Platform VMs
Availability Zones

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App Instance HA"
Blobstore
Router
Cloud Controller
DEA
Messaging (NATS)
DEA DEA
Runtime
Health Manager
Actual State
Cloud Foundry

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4 Layers of built-in High Availability"
Application Instance
Platform Processes
Platform VMs
Availability Zones

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Platform Processes HA"
Blobstore
BOSH
Health
Monitor
DB
Messaging
Health Manager
Target
VM
Cloud Controller
BOSH Director
NATS
Agent
Agent
Agent
Process
Process
Process
Pivotal CF
DEA
Agent Process

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Platform Processes HA"
Target
VMCloud Controller
Agent ProcessRestart

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4 Layers of built-in High Availability"
Application Instance
Platform Processes
Platform VMs
Availability Zones

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Platform VMs HA"
Blobstore
BOSH
Health
Monitor
DB
Messaging
Health Manager
BOSH Director
NATS
Agent
Agent
Cloud Controller
Agent Process
Process
Process
Pivotal CF
Cloud Controller
Agent Process
Ressurector
Re-create VM
VM is
missing…

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4 Layers of built-in High Availability"
Application Instance
Platform Processes
Platform VMs
Availability Zones

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Availability Zone #2
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Availability Zones"
DEA
DEA
DEA
Router
Blobstore
Cloud Controller
Health Manager
Messaging (NATS)
Push app
Availability Zone #1
DEA
DEA

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Operator
Concerns
Monitor the
platform
Handle upgrades
and updates
Plan capacity
Manage users
and quotas
Install the
platform
Setup High
Availability

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Bonus Demo Time - Diego
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• Support for multiple backend implementations without warden rewrite
• Remove dependency between components
• Might as well be in Go
Diego?
DEA Pool
Cloud Controller
Health Manager

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So What?
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One Polyglot Cluster

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