Automating Developer Workspace Construction for the Nuxeo Platform

Vladimir Pasquier - Developer, NuxeoSun Tan - Developer, CodenvyBrad Micklea - COO, Codenvy

Webinar Agenda

1. Introductions

2. The Developer Environment Configuration Problem

3. Codenvy Factories: 1-Click to Contribute

4. Nuxeo Platform: Use Case Story

5. Docker: What Is It? Why Does Codenvy Use It?

6. Q&A Session

About Codenvy

ProductsCodenvy SaaS

Codenvy On-Prem

Codenvy Factories

Eclipse “Che” OSS Project

360,000 ProjectsOver 55 countries

25 of the Fortune 100

>120,000 DevelopersCompanyFounded: 2013

HQ: San Francisco, CA

49 Employees

Operations in 5 Countries

About NuxeoThe Company and Our Vision

● Offices in NYC, Los Gatos and Paris

● Provider of Nuxeo Platform, a powerful

and versatile content management

platform

● Highly modular and extensible, designed

by developers for developers

● Openly developed on Github, 100+ active

contributors, 5y old

● Powerful application development

environment, SaaS-based tools

● Super scalable deployments

The Nuxeo Platform

Core Use Cases of the Nuxeo Platform

The Biggest Inhibitor toDevelopment Productivity is Developer Environment Maintenance

“Simple” Installation of Tomcat and Eclipse IDE

Development Teams Want Modern Architectures

Containers

Decomposes applications into separately configured parts.

Continuous Delivery

Shifts operation burdens to development.

Open Source

Downstream changes cause configuration reverberations.

MicroservicesIncreased setup, update and maintenance.

. . . without absorbing the configuration complexity caused by each.

Contribute in 1-Click with Codenvy Factories

A developer can view the code and then modify it,

build it, debug it, and run it without installing anything.

OLD WAY: MANUALhttp://codenvy.com/factory?...

OUR WAY: 1 CLICK

Never ending steps, manually

executed.

Failure and abandonment rates high.

Codenvy Factory Features

FREENO SIGN-UP

Clicking on the Factory

instantiates the project in a

temporary workspace.

No account required.

POST-PROCESSING ACTIONSParametrized, start a run, open files or data sources

ANY TYPE OF PROJECTUses Docker to build any Linux environment

FACTORY BUTTONGet a button to easily publish and share your Factory

ANY SOURCESStart from a Git repository or SVN

GUIDED TOURCreate a custom project tour for new contributors

Creating A Codenvy Factory

1

2

3

Import your project in Codenvy and ensure it is running

Prepare the Factory configuration files

Create the Factory and magic URL

Tune and customize to create a really delightful experience

Nuxeo Platform Factory In Action

https://codenvy.com/f?id=pqc56f54rim6rm1u

Docker and Codenvy

What Is Docker? Why Does Codenvy Use It?

● Open source project for Linux containers.

● Simplifies creation of highly distributed systems with lightweight containers.

● Containers are isolated and use a defined amount of compute resources.

● Dockerfiles are recipe-style scripts that dictate how an environment is created.

● Dockerfiles ensure consistency.

● Docker runs under Codenvy - you have full access to create any stack with Dockerfiles.

● Projects are injected in your Docker machines.

● Codenvy defines machines with Dockerfiles so they’re portable & shareable.

● Developers can leverage 1000s of Dockerfiles on Docker Hub.

● Our microservices let developers launch parallel processes to build, run and deploy.

Using Docker with Codenvy

Goal: Pre-prepare as much as possible to speed loading:

● Include all build dependencies in your image

● Create image from a completed platform setup

● Always cleanup images to minimize DockerHub images size○ Good post from CenturyLink: http://www.centurylinklabs.com/optimizing-docker-images/

○ And another from Jason Wilder: http://jasonwilder.com/blog/2014/08/19/squashing-docker-images/

Docker Optimizations for Codenvy

Wrap-Up and Questions

Factories: Endless Possibilities

Automate Workspace Creation

One-Click Developer On Boarding

Simplify Project Contribution Flow

Instant Code Review & Run

Secure Code & RunTask Oriented Workspaces

Issue-Tracker Integrated with FactoryCI Integration

Plugin & Extensions Testing

Workspaces Without Maintenance

Instant & Consistent Environments

Easy Workspace Sharing

Live Tutorials

Simpler Training Sessions

Thank You