Cloud Foundry Day Europe 2024

In this talk you'll explore how the Cloud Foundry business case is still alive and that there might be an increase of momentum in the Cloud Foundry ecosystem. Kubernetes is versatile and its community is growing fast. However, the hypothesis that Kubernetes will fully cannibalize Cloud Foundry territory did not come true. Large scale Cloud Foundry environments running lots of cloud native applications provide a much better economy of scale compared to Kubernetes environments. With a closer look at the issues arising from using Kubernetes in large scale environments, you will learn how the operational efficiency of large Cloud Foundry environments remains superior for a range of workloads.

First-class support for Cloud Native Buildpacks is coming to Cloud Foundry. In this talk I want to give an overview on how Cloud Native Buildpacks work and how we brought them to Cloud Foundry. This includes the current state, challenges we faced, (architectural) decisions we took and an overview of the overall process. We hope to spread the word regarding Cloud Native Buildpacks and invite curious minds to give it a try on Cloud Foundry (once fully available).

We all love the smooth “push” experience that Cloud Foundry brings along. But all the cool kids want to run on Kubernetes these days. Meet Korifi - your ticket to the Kubernetes ecosystem. Sounds interesting? Hop on the train and let us share the lessons we learned while trying to integrate Korifi into the SAP Business Technology Platform. Spoiler alert: it has not been a smooth ride.

In this session, we will go over what it takes to wrap carvel packages in a bosh release, for distribution into air-gapped environments.

This talk dives into the challenges facing those making genomic medicine to tackle age related diseases like cancer, and focuses on the goal of prioritizing wet lab experiments to control cost and accelerate success by using AI and Machine Learning. We highlight how Cloud Foundry provides a useful platform for this work in a highly automate-able and portable fashion.

The Create Service workflow has empowered Cloud Foundry Developers for years, but we have seen many places wrestle with Enterprise grade data services vs the simplicity of the Create Service workflow. We want you to see how we are bridging the gap. We will show you the next generation of service broker, that combine the CF BrokerAPI service with Blacksmith (a service to create services with BOSH), a simple interface to create services with scripting (scripts to create RDS, CloudDB, MongoDB Enterprise, etc) and handle the secrets generated, with a UI that the Data Team can use to manage all the services the way they want to, included “pre-allocated services”. We will talk about “Temperature Gauge”, our tool to add monitoring to services via Prometheus Node Exporter, or other tools that can provide basic metrics to the dashboard for monitoring and alerting. We can forward alerts to the Developer, the Operators, and Data Team, so no team is left blind anymore. Show how we can help automate the backups for services in PCF/OCF Finally, we will discuss upgrading services, and multi-home services (add the same Blacksmith to two CF's in different regions and share a service)

Loggregator, the Cloud Foundry's Logging and Metrics Stack, enables different ways of collecting and sending logs and metrics to third party logs and metrics management solutions. In this talk, Jovan will summarize the possible ways of collecting logs and metrics from Cloud Foundry, give a detailed description of Syslog Drains, compare them with Firehose Nozzles and show why the Syslog Drains are the best and most reliable way to collect logs and metrics from Cloud Foundry. From the experience gathered at SAP with Syslog Drains, a few common problems were detected when using Syslog Drains. Jovan will go through the common problems when building CF apps and configuring and using Syslog Drains, will show how to troubleshoot and fix these problems, which tools can be used for that and how to monitor Syslog Drains. The application developers as well as the platform operators can see and hear how to leverage Syslog drains without disturbing the others on the platform and how to monitor that everything is working properly. Everything will be backed with many practical hands-on examples, so that this talk can be a guide for everyone working with or troubleshooting Syslog Drains.

This session will explore how leveraging economies of scale can lead to significant cost optimizations in Cloud Foundry environments. Participants will learn strategies for maximizing resource utilization, reducing operational expenses, and achieving efficient scaling in cloud deployments. Through real-world case studies, we'll illustrate successful implementations and best practices for cost-efficient cloud management. Attendees will leave with actionable insights to enhance their cloud infrastructure's economic efficiency and scalability. Join us to uncover practical methods to optimize costs and drive value in your Cloud Foundry operations.

Our clients frequently express a paradoxical need: They value the developer experience and production readiness of Cloud Foundry (CF) but simultaneously seek novel and innovative solutions. While they are committed to utilizing CF for the next 3 to 5 years, or even up to a decade, they are also exploring new, cutting-edge technologies. This presentation will address how to overcome this challenge by modernizing CF while retaining its core strengths. We will discuss how advanced customization tools can enhance CF's cost efficiency and how integrating AI can further improve the developer experience through automation and performance optimization. This session will provide key insights, resources, and strategies to ensure CF remains a compelling solution for the foreseeable future.

Join the Cloud Foundry Weekly crew as we are thrilled to host an incredible real-world Cloud Foundry User, Daniel Boegelein (Datev eG). We are also delighted to host Amelia Downs (a leading Cloud Foundry contributor) and promote conversation between our Cloud Foundry Users and Contributors. They'll share practical insights on how their organizations run their businesses with Cloud Foundry. We're excited to close out the show by demonstrating how the Cloud Foundry contributor’s work is used in the real world and how Cloud Foundry drives your everyday lives.