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What exactly is a cloud-native platform? It's certainly a hot topic in IT, as enterprises today assess this option for developing and delivering software quickly and repeatedly. This O'Reilly report explains the capabilities of cloud-native platforms and examines the fundamental changes enterprises need to make in process, organization, and culture if they're to take real advantage of this approach.

Author Duncan Winn focuses on the open source platform Cloud Foundry, one of the more prominent cloud-native providers. You'll learn how cloud-native applications are designed to be ´infrastructure unaware´ so they can thrive and move at will in the highly distributed and constantly evolving cloud environment.

With this report, you'll explore:

Technical driving forces that are rapidly changing the way organizations develop and deliver software today
How key concepts underpinning the Cloud Foundry platform leverage each of the technical forces discussed
How cloud-native platforms remove the requirement to perform undifferentiated heavy lifting, such as provisioning VMs, middleware, and databases
Why cloud-native platforms enable fast feedback loops as you move from agile development to agile deployment
Recommended changes and practical considerations for organizations that want to build cloud-native applications



Chapter 1Introduction
The Competitive Advantage
The Development-Feedback Cycle
Velocity Over Speed
The Critical Challenge
Becoming Cloud Native
Undifferentiated Heavy Lifting
Chapter Summary
Chapter 2Adapt or Die
Anything As A Service
Cloud Computing
Containers
Agile
Automate Everything
DevOps
Microservices
Business-Capability Teams
Cloud-Native Applications
Chapter Summary
Chapter 3Cloud-Native Platforms
You Need a Cloud-Native Platform, Not a PaaS
The Structured Platform
Platform Opinions
The Open Platform
Cloud Foundry Constructs
Chapter Summary
Chapter 4Do More
Resiliency and Fault Tolerance
User Access and Authentication Management
Security
The Application Life Cycle
Aggregated Streaming of Logs and Metrics
Release Engineering through BOSH
Chapter Summary
Chapter 5Breaking Down Silos
Embracing Cloud Foundry
Decentralized Deployments
Shared Centralized Deployment
Changing the Culture
The Platform Champion
Chapter Summary
Chapter 6Summary
Becoming Cloud Native
Why Cloud Foundry?
Enabling the Fundamental Shift