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CloudBridge: a Simple Cross-Cloud Python Library

Nuwan Goonasekera¹, Andrew Lonie¹, James Taylor²

¹Victorian Life Sciences Computation Initiative, University of Melbourne, 700 Swanston Street, Melbourne, Australia.

Proceedings of XSEDE16 : Diversity, Big Data, and Science at Scale : July 17-21, 2016, Intercontinental Miami Hotel, Miami, Florida, USA. Conference on Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (5Th : 2016 : Miami, Fla.)|August 23, 2021

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Summary

CloudBridge is an open-source Python library simplifying multi-cloud application development. It offers a uniform API, reducing cloud-specific code and testing complexities for developers utilizing diverse cloud services.

Area of Science:

Computer Science
Software Engineering
Cloud Computing

Background:

Cloud computing adoption is increasing for application deployment.
Proprietary vendor APIs create challenges for multi-cloud utilization.
Application developers face complexities and extensive testing due to API differences.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce CloudBridge, an open-source Python library.
To provide a simple, uniform, and extensible API for multiple cloud providers.
To abstract away cloud-specific complexities for developers.

Main Methods:

Developed an open-source Python library named CloudBridge.
Defined a standard API 'contract' for cloud providers.
Created a suite of conformance tests for provider uniformity.

Main Results:

CloudBridge offers a unified interface for accessing multiple cloud services.
The library eliminates the need for cloud-specific code.
Conformance tests ensure consistent behavior across supported cloud providers.

Conclusions:

CloudBridge enables seamless multi-cloud application development.
Developers can confidently deploy applications across different clouds without vendor lock-in.
The library simplifies resource utilization and reduces development overhead in multi-cloud environments.

Keywords:

Software Engineering

Programming Languages

Cloudbridge: A Simple Cross-cloud Python Library

Cloud Computing

Cloud computing

Computer systems organization

Distributed architectures

Interoperability