Re: [camp] Cloud Foundry Core

[Tobias Kunze <tkunze@redhat.com>]

> Without some agreement the "name", the attribute space (e.g. "tomcatVersion", "javaVersion", etc.), and the value-space of those attributes - you can't tell if this template describes "the same service" as the ones described by Cloud Foundry (or some other registry).

Yes, but that's OK I'd think.

-Tobias


On Nov 14, 2012, at 8:59, GILBERT PILZ <gilbert.pilz@oracle.com> wrote:

> But what you get when you dereference the links in Platform.platformComponentTemplates[] is something like  the following:
> 
> {
>  "uri" : "http://slc03lgx.us.oracle.com/campSrv/PlatformComponentTemplate/2";,
>  "name" : "Apache Tomcat 7.0.29",
>  "description" : "Bitnami TomcatStack 7.0.29-0",
>  "created" : "2012-09-10T16:34:00-0800",
>  "resourceState" : {
>    "state" : "READY"
>  },
>  "tomcatVersion" : "7.0.29",
>  "javaVersion" : "1.6.0_33",
>  "servletVersion" : "3.0",
>  "jspVersion" : "2.2"
> }
> 
> Without some agreement the "name", the attribute space (e.g. "tomcatVersion", "javaVersion", etc.), and the value-space of those attributes - you can't tell if this template describes "the same service" as the ones described by Cloud Foundry (or some other registry).
> 
> ~ gp
> 
> On 11/14/2012 8:33 AM, Tobias Kunze wrote:
>> I think we have a mechanism, although not one dedicated to discovering new services: Platform.platform_component_templates[]. No?
>> 
>> -Tobias
>> 
>> 
>> On Nov 14, 2012, at 8:02, Ashok Malhotra<ashok.malhotra@oracle.com>  wrote:
>> 
>>> Do we have an issue that covers service discovery or should we open one?
>>> All the best, Ashok
>>> 
>>> On 11/14/2012 7:47 AM, Behrens, Michael V CTR (US) wrote:
>>>> Good info...Having a query REST API to get a list of services from a provider sounds like a basic/important interface.  If new services are installed, they should be able to make themselves visible, however that might be an internal mechanism (outside the spec).
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: camp@lists.oasis-open.org [mailto:camp@lists.oasis-open.org] On Behalf Of Adrian Otto
>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 10:22 AM
>>>> To: camp@lists.oasis-open.org
>>>> Subject: [camp] Cloud Foundry Core
>>>> 
>>>> Today there was an announcement in the news you should be aware of. The Cloud Foundry guys have made an attempt at cross-installation compatibility by defining supported application frameworks and services that applications can use. There is a test tool. If the list of standard ones is present, then you are considered compatible, and an application expecting those components is expected to work when moved to that platform.
>>>> 
>>>> http://core.cloudfoundry.org/definition
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> It seems simple, but it does validate the idea of keeping some registry or list of common common components, and a well defined way to check if a given application is expected to work on a target platform.
>>>> 
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