Case Study: SAP launches a local Cloud Foundry playground in under 10 minutes with Cloud Foundry

SAP sets up a local Cloud Foundry playground in under 10 minutes with Cloud Foundry

SAP sought a simpler method to install and test Cloud Foundry locally for development, learning, and feature demonstration. The traditional BOSH-based setup was unsupported, created a significant barrier to entry, and involved long setup times, which hindered developers from quickly trying `cf push` or testing changes.

The solution implemented by Cloud Foundry was a fully containerized local installation using `kind` (Kubernetes in Docker) and Helm for orchestration instead of BOSH. This approach deployed all the standard Cloud Foundry components and allowed for a complete local playground to be set up in under 10 minutes, with subsequent installations taking only around 2 minutes due to caching. This provided SAP developers with an identical Cloud Foundry experience for application development, testing, and learning, all while running efficiently on a local machine.

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