VMware Cloud Foundry –见解

什么是Cloud Foundry？

(What is Cloud Foundry ?)

Cloud Foundry is an open source (free) cloud computing platform as a service (PaaS) software developed by VMware, it is released as free software under the terms of the Apache License 2.0. The software has made use of Ruby. This was an initiative from the very popular VMware to offer a free to use Cloud Computing platform, and named it as ‘Cloud Foundry’. Currently it only supports few database services such as MySQL, MongoDB. Gradually, the company plans to include multiple frameworks, services, clouds etc within the product.

Cloud Foundry是VMware开发的开源(免费)云计算平台即服务(PaaS)软件，根据Apache License 2.0的规定，它作为免费软件发布。 该软件已使用Ruby。 这是非常受欢迎的VMware的一项举措，旨在提供免费使用的云计算平台，并将其命名为“ Cloud Foundry”。 当前，它仅支持很少的数据库服务，例如MySQL和 MongoDB 。 该公司计划逐步在产品中包括多个框架，服务，云等。

Multiple players already exist in the Cloud Computing Industry, among are the very popular Google App Engine, Microsoft Azure etc., webmasters can make use of any of these for developing applications suitable for Cloud. But all of these have a common drawback, users aren’t capable of switching to a different Cloud Hosting service provider unless the application code is re-written, which is highly difficult as the code is only present on the platform of the service provider.

云计算行业中已经存在多个参与者，其中包括非常流行的Google App Engine，Microsoft Azure等。网站管理员可以利用其中任何一个来开发适合于Cloud的应用程序。 但是所有这些都有一个共同的缺点，除非重新编写应用程序代码，否则用户无法切换到其他Cloud Hosting服务提供商，这非常困难，因为该代码仅出现在服务提供商的平台上。

Realizing this drawback, VMware released its own application development platform that would allow clients easily switch between hosts, and named it as ‘Cloud Foundry’. Its an open source product that gets installed in between the cloud infrastructure offered by the Cloud Servers provider and the software that is used for development. So, any provider that supports Cloud Foundry can run applications that are compatible with its included technologies. For that purpose, users aren’t required to run VMware vSphere virtualization platform underneath, this enables users to switch their applications between hosts without the need to rewrite the app. hence offering an extended flexibility to users.

意识到这一缺点，VMware发布了自己的应用程序开发平台，该平台将允许客户端轻松地在主机之间切换，并将其命名为“ Cloud Foundry”。 它是一种开放源代码产品，安装在Cloud Servers提供商提供的云基础架构与用于开发的软件之间。 因此，任何支持Cloud Foundry的提供商都可以运行与其所包含技术兼容的应用程序。 为此，不需要用户在下面运行VMware vSphere虚拟化平台，这使用户可以在主机之间切换应用程序，而无需重写应用程序。 因此为用户提供了更大的灵活性。

Currently Cloud Foundry only supports MySQL, MongoDB and Redis, more support would be added for other application services in the days to come as claimed on their website. Spring for Java, Rails and Sinatra for Ruby and Node.js are supported with the current version, moreover it is compatible with other JVM-based frameworks such as Grails. With its initial release, if offers a fully functional PaaS software that is shrinked into a virtual image which can run on a developer’s PC or laptops. It also offers compatibility with Dynamic DNS hence enabling programmers work on their applications irrespective of their locations or even connect external services with applications that run within Cloud Foundry instance. Regular updates would be released that are compatible with the latest versions of the parent software.

目前，Cloud Foundry仅支持MySQL ， MongoDB和Redis ，并将在其网站上声称对未来的其他应用程序服务增加支持。 当前版本支持Java的Spring，Ruby的Rails和Sinatra和Node.js，此外还与其他基于JVM的框架(例如Grails)兼容。 如果提供其最初的版本，if提供了一个功能齐全的PaaS软件，该软件可以缩小为虚拟映像，并可以在开发人员的PC或笔记本电脑上运行。 它还提供了与动态DNS的兼容性，因此使程序员无论他们身在何处都可以在其应用程序上工作，甚至可以将外部服务与在Cloud Foundry实例中运行的应用程序连接。 将发布与父软件的最新版本兼容的常规更新。

Though still in its beta stage, Cloud Foundry is currently available for downloads at https://www.cloudfoundry.com/micro.

尽管仍处于测试阶段，但Cloud Foundry当前可从https://www.cloudfoundry.com/micro下载。

Check for updates on Cloud Foundry : http://www.cloudfoundry.com/faq

检查Cloud Foundry的更新： http ://www.cloudfoundry.com/faq

As it seems, VMware has released the product for competing with the existing players, such as Heroku and  Salesforce and Windows Azure that connects to various Microsoft software and services.

看起来，VMware已经发布了该产品，以与现有的竞争对手(例如Heroku和Salesforce)以及与各种Microsoft软件和服务连接的Windows Azure竞争。

翻译自: https://www.eukhost.com/blog/webhosting/cloud-foundry-an-insight/