In this blog post the Launchpad team uses juju to deploy oops-tool, a Django-based tool that aggregates bug reports for the Launchpad project.
We typically talk about services that people commonly deploy, such as Mediawiki or WordPress. However there is another use case for juju that is just as powerful, as a tool to help iterate on whatever you’re working on faster. oops-tool is not a general tool that most people will want to use; it’s very specialized.
However the Launchpad team have encapsulated their service in a charm. Any person can now deploy oops-tool in 4 commands. Now have a think about a project you and your team might be working on and the complexities of that service and how wonderful it would be if any person on any team could deploy any service in your project’s code base with that kind of ease. You’re codifying the management of your service so that as you work on a feature branch you can deploy, test, and then iterate.
juju strives to deploy your service in the same way that people strive to have their software build in one set of processes, but it’s more than just that. Deploy-and-forget is nice, but being able to manage a service over its lifetime is what people need in the cloud and you can do that with a juju charm.
Launchpad has a myriad of services it provides, we’ll keep you in touch on how that team is using juju to simplify their processes. Got more questions about juju and how we can help you manage in the cloud? Feel free to Contact Us and ask questions!