Creating Resilient, Docker based Applications using Lattice

When trying to install and get “hands on” with innovative technology, you may encounter frustrating barriers. It may seem daunting to install Cloud Foundry – especially when trying understand what to do after installation. Cloud Foundry’s Lattice simplifies this ops task. It allows you to get a sense of what Cloud Foundry does without having a "whole data center." Lattice also allows you to deploy apps in a Docker container. But then how do you create a Docker container that does something useful? This discussion will address installing Lattice using Terraform and will address the common Cloud Foundry operational concern of customizing a buildpack. To highlight a key feature of the new 3.0 Java Buildpack, we will use Cloud Rocker to build a Docker image with a customized Java Buildpack. The image will then be deployed to the new Lattice installation where some common ops tasks, such as scale up and scale down, will be demonstrated.

About the Speaker:

Dustin Ruehle has over 18 years of software development, integration and architecture expertise. For over eight years at ECS Team, he has architected, implemented and supported large-scale web application and service oriented environments for enterprise-wide programs. With a passion for creating value within the business, Dustin uses modern architecture to facilitate scalability and resiliency. He also serves as a strategic technical subject matter expert on modern architectures and is a Certified Practitioner of Pivotal Cloud Foundry. Dustin is a graduate of the Colorado School of Mines with a major in chemical engineering and a minor in computer science.

Speakers Needed:

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Meeting Details:

The meeting will begin at 6:30 PM, allowing members time to network, arrive and enjoy pizza. At 7 PM, ACFM will give an introductory welcome, and will be shortly followed by the presentation. As always, everyone has the option to head downstairs to Aja for networking and drinks after the meeting.

Important Note:

Parking at the One Alliance Center is $12 max. If you wish to go to Aja after the meeting they will validate part of your parking. If parking is a problem, some members park at Phipps Plaza for free and walk over. ACFM does NOT validate parking.