Cloud Foundry is an open, informal, collaborative event for e-Infrastructure Engineers to relate their experience in building the next platform for e-Science.
We are a community of
builders.
Why are we doing this ?
Better together
There is a need for better collaboration between the architects of infrastructure. This is an open-ended, nonpartisan event. Wave any flag you want to.
Evolution
What the heck are we even building ? There is often confusion about where things fit into the stack, and what that stack even is.
Research communities are coming
along with complex workflows, going crazy about containers and other things, and it would be nice to be ready for them.
Presentations will describe components, products or platforms, focussing on themes and patterns.
Themes
Interoperability
Interoperability between science clouds and other infrastructures
Discuss
Re-Usability
Re-usability of infrastructure components
Discuss
The changing role
The role of the Research Infrastructure Engineer, the interface with e-Research Units
Discuss
Patterns
Can we identify emerging patterns in how infrastructure is developed, provisioned, operated and shared? What are these patterns? Where and how do they apply?
DiscussPatterns
The age of static recipes and cookbooks is over. We are building ever-more complex ecosystems . It is hoped that talking about what you built and how will emerge patterns that we may be able to point to and say "we tried this, it may work in the following conditons..."
X As Code
Infrastructure as Code ( everything as code ), Executable Infrastructure, Softwared-Defined Infrastructure
Discuss
CI/CD
Continuous Integration and Delivery, Test-Driven Development
Discuss
Automation
Frictionless infrastructure, automation, intelligent agents
Discuss
The Unknown
New Technologies, Prototypes, Usage Models - what is coming down the line?
Discuss