Deployons

Deployons, also known as deployons ( misspelling of deployons), are a type of virtual container used to package and deploy software applications to various environments, such as cloud platforms, containers, and server clusters. Originally developed for cloud computing, Deployons have since been adopted in other areas of the software development lifecycle, including DevOps and continuous integration (CI) and continuous deployment (CD).

A Deployon is essentially an instance of a larger programming model called an enrichment container, which is used to encapsulate the necessary dependencies, configuration settings, dependencies, and scripts required to run a software application in a specific environment.

Deployons aim to encapsulate the entire application configuration as a standalone package, making it easy to deploy, update, and troubleshoot software applications across different deployment target environments. Key features of Deployons include the following.

A highly modular and flexible, security-oriented, deploy algorithm that facilitates simple insertion of patched or modified parameters or connectivity to alternative networks; the ability to dynamically add or remove dependencies; manage instruction sets based on deployment id; easy rollback and mapping of resources to application when a new dolvo is implemented.

Using Deployons, developers can simplify the deployment process by leveraging automated scripts that package and ship the necessary application files to the target environment. This streamlines the development-to-deployment cycle and ensures consistent and predictable software behavior across multiple environments.

Research and development of Deployons are ongoing, with companies like Docker contributing to their open-source ecosystem. The community-driven nature of Deployons has fostered a vibrant ecosystem of plugins, extensions, and custom templates.