Vertebra is a cloud control framework that provides an abstraction for hierarchical resource sets to simplify booting and managing clusters in the cloud. It defines relationships between resource sets using greater than, less than, and equals operators to model complex interactions and allow for interdependent tasks to be expressed and automatically executed.

1. Vertebra
p2p Cloud Control Framework
Ezra Zygmuntowicz

2. Problem:

3. Problem:
Booting a cluster is
a complex process

4. Problem:
Lots of
interdependent tasks
to perform

5. Problem:
No ‘init’ for
clusters...

6. Problem:
Lots of servers to
control in the cloud

7. Problem:
Complex
interactions and
deployment
scenarios

8. Solution: Vertebra

9. Operations on Resource
Sets is Vertebra’s
Fundamental Abstraction

10. Resources are
Hierarchical
‘/foo’ == ‘/foo’
‘/’ >= ‘/foo’
‘/foo’ >= ‘/foo/42’
‘/foo/42’ = ‘/foo’