Escape the Walls of PaaS: Unlock the Power & Flexibility of DigitalOcean App Platform With Docker
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DigitalOcean's App Platform is a managed PaaS designed for building cloud-native applications, offering flexibility and cost-effectiveness as scaling occurs. Unlike traditional PaaS, it utilizes cloud-native technologies and avoids vendor lock-in, integrating easily with existing Dockerfile workflows. The platform supports multiple programming languages and components, allowing teams to manage and iterate on applications efficiently.
Escape the Walls of PaaS: Unlock the Power & Flexibility of DigitalOcean App Platform With Docker
- 2. Phil Dougherty, Sr. Product Manager, App Platform @ DigitalOcean
- 3. DigitalOcean App Platform is a managed application PaaS that abstracts and encodes best practices of building and operating cloud-native web applications.
- 4. Traditional PaaS vs App Platform What is similar and what is different? Built on Cloud Native Technologies Programming Languages & Frameworks Utilizing Cloud Native Buildpacks Utilizing a Dockerfile Build system Dockerfile integrations DigitalOcean App Platform App Structure Flexibility with Components Outline
- 5. Traditional PaaS vs App Platform PaaS App Platform Built on Cloud Native Technology Easy onboarding Cost effective to start and at scale Open tooling - Avoid lock-in Suite of other products available in the DigitalOcean ecosystem Black Box - Not Open Easy onboarding Cost effective to start and expensive at scale Proprietary tooling - Not portable Limited built in add-on products and functionality - Relies on 3rd party tools
- 6. Traditional PaaS vs App Platform The traditional pure-play PaaS providers run on top of someone else’s cloud infrastructure, meaning more costs to pass on to you As you scale your application those costs begin to grow substantially When it comes time move your applications elsewhere to lower your costs, you are facing a complete infrastructure automation rewrite
- 7. App Platform is built on Cloud-Native technologies Running on a fleet of multi-tenant Kubernetes DOKS clusters. Workload isolation using gVisor. Network isolation using Cilium. Auto-build using Buildpacks and Kaniko. Global CDN with SSL for all using Cloudflare. Ingress with path-based routing using Istio and Envoy. App monitoring and alerting using Prometheus. App logging using Fluent Bit.
- 8. Languages & Frameworks Ruby PHP Python Golang Node.js Ruby on Rails React Vue.js Static Assets Dockerfile Laravel Hugo Django
- 9. Utilizing Cloud-Native Buildpacks ● Cloud native buildpacks have are leveraged for building our currently supported languages and frameworks ● Support for Procfile and other common patterns borrowed from Heroku and other traditional PaaS platforms ● Does not require any special configuration, just connect your Git repo and builds will be automated ● Support for adding custom commands that will be utilized during the build process
- 10. Utilizing a Dockerfile ● If you’re already utilizing Dockerfiles elsewhere, no changes need to be made to use them with App Platform ● Great for getting any language or framework running on App Platform in the case when we do not currently have a cloud-native buildpack available ● If we do detect that your App is a language or framework that we have a cloud-native buildpack available for, we will always default to using a Dockerfile for builds when we detect one in your repository
- 11. Build System Dockerfile Integration ● Build system has useful hooks and Dockerfile support to make integration with App Platform painless ● Automatically translates RUN commands into App Platform run commands ● Automatically translates EXPOSE commands into App Platform http_port settings
- 12. App Structure High-performance static front end Background workers for async processing Scalable API services Managed database for persistence My App
- 13. Flexibility with Components ● Mix and match Dockerfile based components with other components that are utilizing cloud-native buildpacks ● Quickly iterate and switch between the two build types as necessary to get your app components online and functioning ● Manage, scale, and iterate on individual components of your apps in tandem with other members of your team ● Organize and view insights and logs across all of your various components in a unified interface that makes troubleshooting and management simple
- 14. Flexibility with Components Static Sites Background Workers Services Jobs
- 15. Key Takeaways App Platform allows you to start out cost effective and remain cost effective as you scale. App Platform is built on open technologies and is not a black box, so you can feel confident that you are building on a platform that will grow with you. Mix and match cloud-native buildpacks and Dockerfile based components within your App as necessary.