Insights into building a Cloud Foundry-based multitenant SaaS
IT Days 2018, Cluj-Napoca
About me
- Technical Guidance Unit @ msg systems
- organizer and speaker at #itconsapcj, now at it's 6th edition. www.itconferencesap.com
- Interests & Background:
- #CloudNative, #CloudFoundry
- #ABAP, #BOPF, #S4HANA
https://people.sap.com/victor.ionescu
@ivictor88 ( <-- look here for slides )
ionescuv.github.io
Software-as-a-Service
the WHAT && the WHY
Customer
("subscriber")
Customer
("subscriber")
"Software-as-a-Service"
Vendor
("provider")
subscribes to
subscribes to
manages
Customer
("subscriber")
"Software-as-a-Service"
subscribes to
The "WHY" for Subscribers
- No upfront investments
- Predictable costs using pay-per-use model
- No lengthy implementation project
- Fast on- (and off-)boarding
"Software-as-a-Service"
The "WHY" for Providers
- all customers on the same software version
- 1 single active release to maintain
- Ship features fast, directly to production
Vendor
("provider")
manages
Building a multitenant SaaS
Challanges and how to address them
Choosing a Platform
Build vs. Buy
Infrastructure
Platform
Application
YOU
YOU
YOU
high availability !!
scalability !!
YOU
YOU
container orchestration !!
platform upgrades !!
security patches !!
YOU
Your added value!
- Container Management Platform and much more
- Hides the complexities of the underlying infrastructure
- Deploys applications to containers and manages their operation throughout the entire application lifecycle
app.
CloudFoundry
deploy
CF Buildpacks
Detecting buildpack:
staticfile_buildpack..
java_buildpack..
nodejs_buildpack..
ruby_buildpack.. MATCHED!
app.
Buildpack detection
CF Service Brokers
Service Brokers
Distributed Cache
Database
Messaging
...
iRe Cloud on SAP Cloud Platform,
Cloud Foundry edition
Handling multitenancy
Tenant 1
Tenant 2
"Software-as-a-Service"
Multitenancy
Tenant isolation levels:
- Security
- Persistence
- Connectivity
"Software-as-a-Service"
subscribes to
subscribes to
Customer account
- SaaS runtime environment
- Platform services (DB, messaging, ..)
- Users and Roles, IdP
- On-Premise Connectivity
Customer account
- Users and Roles, IdP
- On-Premise Connectivity
Provider account
Multitenancy on SAP Cloud Platform
Handling multitenancy on application level
GET https://ire-prod-<tenant identifier>.cfapps.....
Reaping the Benefits
Continuously deliver value
Every(!) change deployed directly to production
Try it:
Thank you for you attention!
https://people.sap.com/victor.ionescu
@ivictor88
Victor Ionescu
msg systems, Technical Guidance Unit
ionescuv.github.io