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Architectural Principles for Cloud Software

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Pooyan Jamshidi,

Olaf ZimmermannAuthors Info & Claims

ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT), Volume 18, Issue 2

Article No.: 17, Pages 1 - 23

https://doi.org/10.1145/3104028

Published: 02 February 2018 Publication History

Abstract

A cloud is a distributed Internet-based software system providing resources as tiered services. Through service-orientation and virtualization for resource provisioning, cloud applications can be deployed and managed dynamically. We discuss the building blocks of an architectural style for cloud-based software systems. We capture style-defining architectural principles and patterns for control-theoretic, model-based architectures for cloud software. While service orientation is agreed on in the form of service-oriented architecture and microservices, challenges resulting from multi-tiered, distributed and heterogeneous cloud architectures cause uncertainty that has not been sufficiently addressed. We define principles and patterns needed for effective development and operation of adaptive cloud-native systems.

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Architectural Principles for Cloud Software
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
  2. Software organization and properties
    1. Contextual software domains
      1. Software infrastructure
    2. Software system structures
      1. Distributed systems organizing principles
        Cloud computing
      2. Software architectures

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