Cloud Foundry

Cloud Foundry is an open-source, multi-cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) that provides developers with a high-level abstraction for building, deploying, and scaling applications. Functioning within the cloud computing model, it automates the entire application lifecycle, from compiling source code and managing dependencies with "buildpacks" to running the application in a container and handling network routing. This allows development teams to focus purely on writing code without managing the underlying servers, storage, or operating systems, while its multi-cloud architecture ensures applications are portable across different infrastructure providers like AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud, thus preventing vendor lock-in.

1. Introduction to Cloud Foundry
   1. Overview of Cloud Foundry
      1. Definition as Platform as a Service (PaaS)
      2. Open-source nature and governance
      3. Cloud Foundry Foundation
      4. Community contributions and ecosystem
      5. History and evolution
   2. Core Problems Solved by Cloud Foundry
      1. Developer productivity improvements
      2. Operational overhead reduction
      3. Application code focus
      4. Infrastructure abstraction
      5. Application-infrastructure decoupling
      6. Multi-cloud provider support
      7. Application lifecycle automation
   3. Cloud Foundry in the Cloud Computing Model
      1. Cloud service models overview
      2. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
      3. Platform as a Service (PaaS)
      4. Software as a Service (SaaS)
      5. Containers as a Service (CaaS)
      6. Comparison with IaaS
      7. Comparison with SaaS
      8. Comparison with Kubernetes and container platforms
   4. Key Benefits of Cloud Foundry
      1. Application portability
      2. Multi-cloud support
      3. On-premises deployment options
      4. Vendor lock-in prevention
      5. Open standards compliance
      6. Interoperability
      7. Standardized development workflows
      8. Standardized deployment workflows
      9. Built-in scalability
      10. Built-in resilience
      11. High availability features
   5. Cloud Foundry Distributions
      1. Commercial distributions
      2. VMware Tanzu Application Service (TAS)
      3. SAP Business Technology Platform
      4. Open-source distributions
      5. Cloud Foundry on BOSH
      6. Cloud Foundry for Kubernetes (CF4K8s)
      7. Distribution selection criteria
      8. Feature comparison
      9. Support and community considerations