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TosKer: A synergy between TOSCA and Docker for orchestrating multicomponent applications
Author(s) -
Brogi Antonio,
Rinaldi Luca,
Soldani Jacopo
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.2625
Subject(s) - orchestration , cloud computing , computer science , representation (politics) , software engineering , distributed computing , software , operating system , art , musical , politics , political science , law , visual arts
Summary How to flexibly manage complex applications across heterogeneous cloud platforms is one of the main concerns in today's IT enterprise. The OASIS standard TOSCA (Topology and Orchestration Specification for Cloud Applications) and the Docker ecosystem are two emerging solutions trying to address this problem from different perspectives. In this paper, we propose a solution that tries to synergically combine the pros of both TOSCA and of Docker. More precisely, we propose a TOSCA‐based representation for specifying the software components and the Docker containers forming an application. We also present T os K er , an engine for orchestrating the management of multicomponent applications based on the proposed TOSCA representation and on Docker. Finally, we illustrate how T os K er was fruitfully exploited in a concrete case study based on a third‐party application.