WSO2Con EU 2016: Getting Started with App Cloud and API Cloud for SMEs

Ge#ngStartedwithAppCloudandAPICloudforSMEs

AmilaMaharachchiAssociateDirector/ArchitectWSO2Inc.

NecessityofITforSMEs

• Reachawideraudience○  TradiGonalwaysarenotenough

•  Improvetheuserexperience○  UXplaysabigrole

•  ReduceoperaGonalcost○  Automatecertaintasks

Challenges

• LiabilityofmaintaininganITstaff•  ExperGseoftheITstaff•  DevelopingsoluGons•  HosGngthesoluGons•  Infrastructurecosts•  Licensefees•  Timetomarket•  AnalyGcs

John’sStory

•  Johnrunsataxiservice•  Hewantstoexpandhisbusiness•  Someoneadviseshimtolaunchawebsite•  Johnhiresawebdeveloper-Bill

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Bill

•  Developsawebappwhichallowsuserstobookarideonline

•  Testsitlocally•  Nowlookingforaplacetohost

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RequirementsinHosGng

•  Notverycomplex○  Shouldbeavailable(mostoftheGme)○  Handletheload(althoughitisnotmuch)○  Shouldprovideacceptableperformance○  NeedsaDBtopersistdata○  MappedtoaniceURL

■  BillhasconvincedJohntobuyjohnscabs.comdomain

WSO2Cloud

•  PubliccloudofferingfromWSO2○  AppCloud○  APICloud

WSO2AppCloud

AppCloudFeatures

•  RunsonKubernetes•  Containerperappversion•  Horizontalscalability•  Containersizestoselectfrom•  CustomURLforapps•  Databaseprovisioning

MobileApp

•  Johnwantsamobileapptoreachmorecustomers•  HealsowantsanalyGcsonwhichappismorepopularetc.

PoorBill….

•  Billissmart•  Hehaswri^enthewebappwithbackend-frontendseparaGon

•  HeextractsthebackendanddeployitasaseparateappinWSO2AppCloud

•  Nowhewantsthistobeamanagedapi

APIManagement

•  Billhasheardabouttheapicloud○ Healsohasseenthelinktoitwhilehewasdeployingtheappinappcloud

•  Hegoestoapicloud

APICloudExperience

•  HegetsaninteracGvetutorial• Within5minshehasasampleapideployedandrunning

APICloudExperience

•  BillrefersthedocumentaGon○ h^ps://docs.wso2.com/display/APICloud/WSO2+API+Cloud+DocumentaGon

•  Therearedocsandvideoswithstep-by-stepinstrucGons

APICloudExperience

•  Createstheapi•  CreatestwovirtualapplicaGonsandsubscribestotheapi

•  Getstwosetoftokens•  InvokesviatheAPIConsole

APICloudExperience

Changesinwebandmobileapps

•  Billchangesthewebapptoinvokethemanagedapi•  Developsamobileappwhichusestheapi

Support

•  Docshelpedhimalot• Wheneverdocscouldn’thelphim,hecontactedthecloudteamviathesupportchannel○ Directemails○  Submitsupportrequests○  InteracGvechat

Becomingapaiduser

•  Trialwasgoingtoexpire•  Billrequestedanextensionforthetrial•  AcertesGngtheapiwiththeapps,hedecidedtobecomeapaiduser○  ItstartsatUSD100/month○ BillpayswithJohn’screditcardandupgradestheaccount

Upgradingtheaccount

StaGsGcs

ExpandingtheAPIaudience

•  Johnisimpressed.•  Hewantsthetravelsitestoalsobookrideswithhim

○ ViahisAPI•  JohnwantstoadverGsehisapi

CustomizaGons

•  JohnwantshisownURL○ Hehasalreadyboughtjohnscabs.com○ HisAPIStore-apistore.johnscabs.com

•  Hewantstheapistoretolooklikehiswebsite○ Billdesignathemetomatchthesiteanduploadsittothecloud

SubscriberSelfSign-Up

•  John’sAPIStoreisadverGsed•  ThirdparGesareinterestedinusingtheAPIs•  Theywanttosign-uptotheAPIstore

○  Selfsign-upisavailable○  Sign-upsareapprovedbyBillorJohn

ChangingtheAPI

•  Createdversionsoftheapi•  HosteddifferentversionsofthewebapppoinGngtotheapiversions○ Appcloudallowsit

•  Markedtheversionasdefaultwhenitisready○ Bothforwebappandapi

Happy

•  Johnishappy○  Businessisgrowing○  ItonlycostsBill’ssalaryandUSD100/month

•  Billishappy○  Noneedtoworryaboutmaintenance○  Hegotrewardedforhiswork:)

What’sNextonWSO2Cloud

•  IntegraGonCloudSupportscloud-to-cloud

integraGonscenariosESBasaService

•  IdenGtyCloudSSOtobeginwith

ThankYou!

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