[en] Low-code emerged as an evolution of model-driven engineering to accelerate software delivery, and it continues to gain traction today. However, low-code tools and solutions have primarily focused on development, often neglecting or offering minimal support for the application deployment process, such as lacking capabilities for multi-cloud deployments. In this paper, we propose an extension of BESSER, an open-source low-code platform, to address the packaging and deployment of applications in multi-cloud environments. This extension includes the definition of a language and a grammar to enable the modeling of the deployment architecture, also enabling the specification of public and on-premises clusters. Additionally, we have developed code generators to automate the application packaging, and cloud provisioning and deployment using Terraform. The complete infrastructure is available in an open-source repository.
Disciplines :
Computer science
Author, co-author :
Ul Haq, Fitash; Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Alfonso, Iván; Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
Sulejmani, Armen; Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
CABOT, Jordi ; University of Luxembourg > Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SNT) > PI Cabot ; Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
External co-authors :
no
Language :
English
Title :
Extending a Low-Code Tool with Multi-cloud Deployment Capabilities
Publication date :
2024
Event name :
Software Architecture. ECSA 2024 Tracks and Workshops
Event place :
Luxembourg City, Lux
Event date :
03-09-2024 => 06-09-2024
Audience :
International
Main work title :
Software Architecture. ECSA 2024 Tracks and Workshops, Proceedings
Editor :
Ampatzoglou, Apostolos
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
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