OpenAperture

System Goals

To provide an OSS hybrid Cloud Application Management Platform which...

• Runs in a centralized cloud
• Runs on-prem
• or...both

OpenAperture should build, deploy, and manage 12-factor compliant applications

Build

The OpenAperture build platform should:

• Build stateless application Docker containers
• Inject all configuration at runtime
• Support sending notifications via HipChat or Email as needed

Deployments

The OpenAperture deploy platform should:

• Deploy stateless containers via Fleet, while injecting environment-specific configuration
• Ensure application scalability and redundancy
• Support sending notifications via HipChat or Email as needed

Application Management

The OpenAperture deploy platform should:

• Provide host monitoring
• Provide OpenAperture system monitoring
• Provide developer access to logs

Key Technologies

Docker

Docker is an open platform for developers and sysadmins to build, ship, and run distributed applications.

Docker helps developers build and ship higher-quality applications, faster.

Docker helps sysadmins deploy and run any app on any infrastructure, quickly and reliably.

CoreOS / Fleet

CoreOS uses Linux containers to manage your services at a higher level of abstraction.

With fleet, you can treat your CoreOS cluster as if it shared a single init system. It encourages users to write applications as small, ephemeral units that can easily migrate around a cluster of self-updating CoreOS machines.

CoreOS / Etcd

Cetcd is a distributed key value store that provides a reliable way to store data across a cluster of machines.