Secure PAAS environment over hybrid cloud using load-balanced Docker containers

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to provide cloud service providers (CSP) a secure platform that can be accessed for configuring secure, silent software deployment on the hybrid cloud using load-balanced Docker Containers (LBDC) that are configured with different PAAS software solutions. As many researchers in the past have worked on providing PASS platforms using either a public cloud or private cloud less research is carried out on the hybrid cloud systems and researchers who have worked on the hybrid cloud have followed a different approach to providing PAAS to organizations in need but lack in securing the PAAS platform. This research will provide cloud service providers a secure deployment of the PAAS platform for the developers on the go and will reduce the overhead of CSP to deploy the PAAS services from scratch. Compared to the other researcher’s contribution this research work provides a load-balanced containerized secure PASS platform that can be scaled on-demand and be secure while scaling the resources for peak workloads. The admins of the hybrid cloud can access and deploy the Docker containers based on the requirement laid down by the developers. Once the Admin configures the Docker container with the required PAAS services he can then easily invoke the LBDC in the hybrid cloud and deploy the PAAS platform for the developers to work on in seconds. LBDC’s will help in scalable deployment of Secure PAAS services for different locations and machines simultaneously thus reducing the cost and time required for hybrid virtual machines to get up and running for the development process by the developers of the company. CSP’s can achieve less turnaround time for deployment of secure PAAS environments for organizations.