Automated Configuration of Legacy Applications in the Cloud

Author

Etchevers, Xavier ; Coupaye, Thierry ; Boyer, Fabienne ; De Palma, Noel ; Salaun, Gwen

Author_Institution

Orange Labs., Grenoble, France

fYear

2011

fDate

5-8 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

170

Lastpage

177

Abstract

Current solutions for managing distributed applications in the cloud, typically covered by PaaS (Platform as a Service) offers, remain domain specific and are only partially automated. In this context, the task consisting in automatically configuring distributed applications is still a difficult issue. In this paper, we present an application architectural model and a self-configuration protocol that automates the deployment of legacy distributed applications. Our protocol is decentralized and loosely coupled to avoid the need of a global synchronization between virtual machines (VMs) during the configuration stage. An evaluation reports the performances of the protocol when applied to deploy enterprise web applications on a private cloud platform.

Keywords

Web services; business data processing; cloud computing; protocols; software architecture; virtual machines; PaaS; application architectural model; automated configuration; cloud computing; distributed application management; enterprise Web application deployment; global synchronization; legacy applications; legacy distributed application deployment; platform as a service; private cloud platform; self-configuration protocol; virtual machines; Databases; Fractals; IP networks; Protocols; Servers; Software; Virtual machining; cloud computing; components; deployment; self-configuration;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC), 2011 Fourth IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Victoria, NSW

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2116-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/UCC.2011.32

Filename

6123495