Summary of Intro to Cloud Native Buildpacks - Javier Romero, VMware; Sambhav Kothari, Bloomberg

00:00:00 - 00:20:00

This video introduces the Cloud Native Buildpacks feature in VMware vSphere, and demonstrates how it can be used to create and update application images. Javier Romero and Sambhav Kothari discuss the advantages of using buildpacks over docker files, and mention some of the upcoming features for buildpacks in 2018.

• 00:00:00 Cloud Native Buildbacks allow for the transformation of application source code into runnable container images without the use of docker files. This is done by using build packs, which are a combination of an executable called "detect" and a command called "build". Multiple build packs can work together to build an application. The Cloud Native Buildbacks project maintains a registry of available build packs.
• 00:05:00 Intro to Cloud Native Buildpacks - Javier Romero, VMware; Sambhav Kothari, Bloomberg covers the benefits of buildpacks, how they can be used on different platforms, and how they can be used in conjunction with other Cloud Native technologies.
• 00:10:00 Cloud Native Buildpacks are a popular way to automate the deployment of applications on the cloud. Kpac is a tool that helps you declaratively declare your images and other components as resources, and then manages them automatically. First, we'll take a look at Pac for local development. We'll clone our app repository and cd into the app directory. We'll set a default builder, and then build our application. Next, we'll discuss how to use Pac to build an application with a sample builder not intended for production. Finally, we'll look at how to export all the layers created by the build pack and run the container execution command.
• 00:15:00 This video introduces the Cloud Native Buildpacks feature in VMware vSphere and Bloomberg's use of the feature to keep application images up to date with updated vulnerabilities. The video also demonstrates how Bloomberg's stack and build packs were used to create an application image. The video concludes with a demonstration of how VMware's Cloud Native Buildpacks feature updates an application image.
• 00:20:00 In this video, Javier Romero, VMware and Sambhav Kothari, Bloomberg discuss the basics of cloud native buildpacks. They discuss how buildpacks can be used to simplify the process of building images for use in cloud-based applications, and how configurability is one of the key advantages of using buildpacks over using docker files. They also mention some of the upcoming features for buildpacks in 2018, including the ability to create inline buildpacks and to secure images using security standards such as cosign.