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Cloud Native Applications

What is Cloud-Native?

Cloud-native is about how we build and run applications taking full advantage of cloud computing rather than worrying about where we deploy it.

Cloud-native refers less to where an application resides and more to how it is built and deployed.

  • A cloud-native application consists of discrete, reusable components known as microservices that are designed to integrate into any cloud environment.

  • These microservices act as building blocks and are often packaged in containers.

  • Microservices work together as a whole to comprise an application, yet each can be independently scaled, continuously improved, and quickly iterated through automation and orchestration processes.

  • The flexibility of each microservice adds to the agility and continuous improvement of cloud-native applications.

Why Cloud-Native?

Cloud-native applications are different from the traditional applications that run in your data centres. The applications that are designed in the traditional way are not built keeping cloud compatibility in mind. They may have strong ties with the internal systems. Also, they cannot take advantage of all the benefits of the cloud.

So, we need a new architecture for our applications to utilize the benefits of cloud. There is a need to design the applications keeping cloud in mind and take advantage of several cloud services like storage, queuing, caching etc.

  • Speed, safety, and scalability comes with cloud-native applications.

  • Helps you to quickly deliver the advancements.

  • Allows you to have loose ties into the corporate IT where it most certainly would destabilize legacy architectures.

  • Helps you to continuously deliver your applications with zero downtime.

  • Infrastructure is less predictable.

  • Service instances are all disposable.

  • Deployments are immutable.

  • To meet the expectations of the today’s world customers, these systems are architected for elastic scalability.