DECOUPLING CLOUD APPLICATIONS FROM THE SOURCE - A Framework for Developing Cloud Agnostic Software

Joaquín Guillén, Javier Miranda, Juan Manuel Murillo

2012

Abstract

Cloud computing and the utility computing model have aroused the interest of multiple vendors to provide their own public cloud services. Each vendor provides different services and establishes a series of restrictions for all of the applications deployed within its infrastructure, which results in cloud applications being modeled and developed for specific cloud environments. This leads to a tight coupling of applications to the cloud in which they are deployed, thus complicating their migration to other clouds. In this paper a different approach for developing cloud applications is proposed, based on the separation of cloud related metadata from the source code that comprises an application deployed in a cloud. Separating metadata related to how services are provided by the application and how it consumes cloud specific and remote services will allow developers to be oblivious as to which cloud the application is being developed for. This approach may be used both for developing new cloud applications as well as for migrating legacy software to the cloud.

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Guillén J., Miranda J. and Manuel Murillo J. (2012). DECOUPLING CLOUD APPLICATIONS FROM THE SOURCE - A Framework for Developing Cloud Agnostic Software . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-8565-05-1, pages 70-75. DOI: 10.5220/0003901700700075


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Guillén J., Miranda J. and Manuel Murillo J. (2012). DECOUPLING CLOUD APPLICATIONS FROM THE SOURCE - A Framework for Developing Cloud Agnostic Software . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-8565-05-1, pages 70-75. DOI: 10.5220/0003901700700075


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@conference{closer12,
author={Joaquín Guillén and Javier Miranda and Juan Manuel Murillo},
title={DECOUPLING CLOUD APPLICATIONS FROM THE SOURCE - A Framework for Developing Cloud Agnostic Software},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,},
year={2012},
pages={70-75},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003901700700075},
isbn={978-989-8565-05-1},
}


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@conference{closer12,
author={Joaquín Guillén and Javier Miranda and Juan Manuel Murillo},
title={DECOUPLING CLOUD APPLICATIONS FROM THE SOURCE - A Framework for Developing Cloud Agnostic Software},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,},
year={2012},
pages={70-75},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003901700700075},
isbn={978-989-8565-05-1},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,
TI - DECOUPLING CLOUD APPLICATIONS FROM THE SOURCE - A Framework for Developing Cloud Agnostic Software
SN - 978-989-8565-05-1
AU - Guillén J.
AU - Miranda J.
AU - Manuel Murillo J.
PY - 2012
SP - 70
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DO - 10.5220/0003901700700075


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,
TI - DECOUPLING CLOUD APPLICATIONS FROM THE SOURCE - A Framework for Developing Cloud Agnostic Software
SN - 978-989-8565-05-1
AU - Guillén J.
AU - Miranda J.
AU - Manuel Murillo J.
PY - 2012
SP - 70
EP - 75
DO - 10.5220/0003901700700075