System Virtualization Tools for Software Development

  • Authors:
  • Juan C. Duenas;José L. Ruiz;Félix Cuadrado;Boni Garcia;Hugo A. Parada G.

  • Affiliations:
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM);Indra Sistemas;Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM);Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM);Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Internet Computing
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The configuration complexity of preproduction sites coupled with access-control mechanisms often impede the software development life cycle. Virtualization is a cost-effective way to remove such barriers and provide a test environment similar to the production site, reducing the burden in IT administrators. An Eclipse-based virtualization tool framework can offer developers a personal runtime environment for launching and testing their applications. The authors have followed a model-driven architecture (MDA) approach that integrates best-of-breed virtualization technologies, such as Xen and VDE.