Self-managing cloud-native applications : design, implementation and experience

Toffetti Carughi, Giovanni; Brunner, Sandro; Blöchlinger, Martin; Spillner, Josef; Bohnert, Thomas Michael

doi:10.21256/zhaw-3783

Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3783

Publication type:	Article in scientific journal
Type of review:	Peer review (publication)
Title:	Self-managing cloud-native applications : design, implementation and experience
Authors:	Toffetti Carughi, Giovanni Brunner, Sandro Blöchlinger, Martin Spillner, Josef Bohnert, Thomas Michael
DOI:	10.21256/zhaw-3783 10.1016/j.future.2016.09.002
Published in:	Future Generation Computer Systems
Volume(Issue):	72
Page(s):	165
Pages to:	179
Issue Date:	Jul-2017
Publisher / Ed. Institution:	Elsevier
ISSN:	0167-739X
Language:	English
Subjects:	TIIE; Microservice
Subject (DDC):	004: Computer science
Abstract:	Running applications in the cloud efficiently requires much more than deploying software in virtual machines. Cloud applications have to be continuously managed: (1) to adjust their resources to the incoming load and (2) to face transient failures replicating and restarting components to provide resiliency on unreliable infrastructure. Continuous management monitors application and infrastructural metrics to provide automated and responsive reactions to failures (health management) and changing environmental conditions (auto-scaling) minimizing human intervention. In the current practice, management functionalities are provided as infrastructural or third party services. In both cases they are external to the application deployment. We claim that this approach has intrinsic limits, namely that separating management functionalities from the application prevents them from naturally scaling with the application and requires additional management code and human intervention. Moreover, using infrastructure provider services for management functionalities results in vendor lock-in effectively preventing cloud applications to adapt and run on the most effective cloud for the job. In this paper we discuss the main characteristics of cloud native applications, propose a novel architecture that enables scalable and resilient self-managing applications in the cloud, and relate on our experience in porting a legacy application to the cloud applying cloud-native principles.
URI:	https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/7421
Fulltext version:	Accepted version
License (according to publishing contract):	CC BY-NC-ND 4.0: Attribution - Non commercial - No derivatives 4.0 International
Departement:	School of Engineering
Organisational Unit:	Institute of Computer Science (InIT)
Appears in collections:	Publikationen School of Engineering

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Toffetti Carughi, G., Brunner, S., Blöchlinger, M., Spillner, J., & Bohnert, T. M. (2017). Self-managing cloud-native applications : design, implementation and experience. Future Generation Computer Systems, 72, 165–179. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3783

Toffetti Carughi, G. et al. (2017) ‘Self-managing cloud-native applications : design, implementation and experience’, Future Generation Computer Systems, 72, pp. 165–179. Available at: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3783.

G. Toffetti Carughi, S. Brunner, M. Blöchlinger, J. Spillner, and T. M. Bohnert, “Self-managing cloud-native applications : design, implementation and experience,” Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 72, pp. 165–179, Jul. 2017, doi: 10.21256/zhaw-3783.

TOFFETTI CARUGHI, Giovanni, Sandro BRUNNER, Martin BLÖCHLINGER, Josef SPILLNER und Thomas Michael BOHNERT, 2017. Self-managing cloud-native applications : design, implementation and experience. Future Generation Computer Systems. Juli 2017. Bd. 72, S. 165–179. DOI 10.21256/zhaw-3783

Toffetti Carughi, Giovanni, Sandro Brunner, Martin Blöchlinger, Josef Spillner, and Thomas Michael Bohnert. 2017. “Self-Managing Cloud-Native Applications : Design, Implementation and Experience.” Future Generation Computer Systems 72 (July): 165–79. https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3783.

Toffetti Carughi, Giovanni, et al. “Self-Managing Cloud-Native Applications : Design, Implementation and Experience.” Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 72, July 2017, pp. 165–79, https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-3783.