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Model checking is a formal verification approach where a system is typically represented as an operational model, together with a logical framework for expressing and checking that certain desired properties are guaranteed, or whether undesirable situations may occur....

In early 2023 PIACERE has been awarded with a third and final Horizon Results Booster programme focus innovation management to enhance the already mature exploitation work we have been developing so far. This is part of the Go to Market service and is following the...

While traditional log monitoring solutions require manual rule-based analysis, novel AI methods leverage Natural Language Processing to model log streams and capture normal operating conditions. But between this novel dynamic approach and the well-established static...

During the GA meeting in Valencia, there was a discussion group on the following topics: Panel on DevSecOps applicability, challenges and future directions During the session, some experts participated (Ismael Torres (Prodevelop), Juan Carlos Molina (Integranova),...

In the second year of the PIACERE project, the DevSecOps framework definition and its components implementation have reached a maturity level that consolidates the PIACERE architecture optimizing each component and their integration. Fully adopting the DevSecOps...

PIACERE, together with SWForum.eu and  AI-SPRINT projects, are organising the First FastContinuum workshop on 15/16 April 2023 at the ICPE2023 workshop in Coimbra, Portugal. Politecnico di Milano, one of our partners, is leading the organisation of the workshop....

With the increasing digital transformation across industries, in pair with the also fast increasing cybersecurity attacks of large impact, the need for a DevOps with security by design is essential. In the context of the innovative DevSecOps framework proposed by the...

The digital strategy defines a new vision and possibilities for digital transformation after the pandemic period and supports the implementation of the EU's strategic priorities until 2030. The strategy outlines the framework of digital transformation and emphasizes...

Maritime infrastructures are complex applications that need to be deployed on heterogeneous environments with high availability and require important security levels for both software and hardware systems. For this reason, Prodevelop started to embrace the DevOps...

The availability of many Infrastructure as Code (IaC) languages and tools in the IT automation and infrastructure provisioning world makes it difficult to know and use all of them. A possible solution to this problem, designed and implemented in the PIACERE project,...

In this month of June we are concluding the second couching programme by the European Commission initiative Horizon Results Booster in collaboration with the META Group. It concluded 6 sessions to define and analyse three Key Exploitable Results across two consecutive...

Interoperable Europe, within the NIFO Observatory on National Interoperability Frameworks, has published a report on Member States' plans and the measures they have taken to mitigate the effects of the health and economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The...

In this post, a rectification is made on the use of Theia + EMF.cloud and we return to the point where eclipse IDE + EMF is used for the development of the PIACERE IDE. This is due to the lack of documentation and the constant problems that we have encountered when...

We are developing the DOML (DevOps Modeling Language) to support end users in modeling an application and its required infrastructure and in generating ready to use Infrastructure as Code from it. The DOML specification is progressing. We have released the first...

The Infrastructure Code Generator (ICG) is the PIACERE component that allows generating executable infrastructural code (IaC) from models written in DevSecOps Modelling Language (DOML). In the PIACERE workflow, the ICG receives the DOML from the IDE (Integrated...

Blog entry by Radosław Piliszek and Marcin Byra from 7bulls   PIACERE Runtime Controller (PRC) is one of the essential components of the PIACERE project, which orchestrates the runtime part of the P­­IACERE framework and is a bridge for the IDE (Integrated...

DevOps methodologies came into play as a manner to narrow the gap between the development and operation teams, and produce faster, higher quality products. It comes with a series of stages that should be run iteratively to achieve the DevOps overarching goal of...

The implementation of the European interoperability framework (EIF) is guided by the following vision: Provide businesses and citizens with key interoperable, user-centered digital public services that support the free movement of goods, persons, services and data. In...

As part of the project PIACERE, a new IDE will be delivered. The tool to be developed is an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and therefore it must support up-to-date functionalities for programmers. A thorough study of existing technologies for building an IDE...

Currently, the PIACERE research team has submitted a paper to the 1st International Workshop on the Foundations of Infrastructure Specification and Testing (FIST) 2022. We identified four topics more closely studied in IaC-related publications, as follows: RQ1: IaC...

During 2021, 4 General Virtual Assemblies and the first integration workshop were held. Due to COVID-19, the meeting was held online using Teams. The Project began in December 2020. In the PIACERE kick off virtual meeting, where all the partners met and the procedures...

The Infrastructure Code Generator (ICG ) is the PIACERE component that allows generating executable infrastructural code (IaC) from models written in DevSecOps Modelling Language ( DOML). ICG can be seen as a DOML compiler that generates executable IaC code. The ICG...

PIACERE project was presented on the Conf42 DevSecOps 2021 by our partner Radoslaw from 7Bulls. You can find more info of the conference...

The value proposition of PIACERE includes the provision of an extensible modelling engine. It will enable users to visually describe all networks and nodes related to the deployment and operation lifecycle of complex applications. This engine is provided through...

The architectural complexity of an IT infrastructure is comparable to that of a building. Up-to-date and detailed building plans are indispensable. To ensure their availability, evolution and performance, a specific architecture capable of harmonizing the work of the...

Optimization is one of the most studied areas in the wide field of artificial intelligence. Hundreds of studies are published year after year focused on solving many diverse problems of this kind. In a nutshell, an optimization problem can be defined as the...

Blog entry by Radosław Piliszek and Paweł Skrzypek from 7bulls.com   Deployment of applications in cloud, multi cloud and, especially, more complex hybrid architectures incorporating edge and fog solutions, requires an efficient way to test and verify the...

The xOpera project (GitHub) provides a set of tools for orchestration and automation of the cloud applications. The xOpera includes opera – a general-purpose OASIS TOSCA orchestrator - with a set of plugins and add-ons. The project also includes a tool, called...

Blog entry by Alfonso de la Fuente Ruiz, Ismael Torres and Christophe Joubert The specification of the Use Cases [ 1 ] for PIACERE is moving forward, helping to outline the main advantages and savings that the project is set to achieve. In...

During the last week of March, the consortium has gathered together in the second General Assembly. The goals of this meeting were: Understand better the use cases: the current and future deployment topology, infrastructural elements needed now and, in the future, and...

On 25th March 2021, Juncal Alonso, from TECNALIA presented the position paper titled: “Programming Trustworthy Infrastructure As Code in a Secure Framework”. The paper explains the motivation and challenges of PIACERE and briefly explains the...