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Self-Adapting Systems

In this note, we cover some topics regarding self-adapting systems

Autonomic Computing Principles (Self-* properties)​

  • Self-Configuring: Automatic integration and distribution of resources by the system; it is concerned with more high-level policies ("what" to do, not "how" to do something. A good comparasion of this is terraform files: they state what resources should the system, not how to deploy them).
  • Self-Optimizing: Automatically change different parameters or resources, to achieve a more optimal state of the system, according to the current environment
  • Self-Healing: Detect when faults happen in the system's resources, and have the ability to automatically recover from them (e.g., if a container belonging to the system fails, automatically create a new one)
  • Self-Protecting: Indentify and protect against attacks