How OAM Transforms Cloud‑Native Application Deployment and Operations

This article introduces the Open Application Model (OAM), explains its key features—application‑first design, clear extensibility, and cloud‑agnosticism—and demonstrates how Alibaba’s SREWorks leverages OAM to enable modular, plug‑in‑driven, multi‑cloud, scalable application deployment, management, and lifecycle operations.

Application DeploymentOAMSREWorks

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How OAM Transforms Cloud‑Native Application Deployment and Operations

Didi Tech

Mar 6, 2025 · Cloud Native

Evolution of the Application Center Platform with OAM and KubeVela

Over two years, our Application Center Platform evolved through four stages—initial KubeVela‑based delivery, added bottom‑up synchronization for legacy services, a standardized OAM‑aligned application model, and multi‑active governance with delivery rules—boosting hybrid‑cloud delivery efficiency by over 60% and enabling automated clustering, resource detection, and compliance.

Application PlatformDeployment AutomationKubeVela

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Evolution of the Application Center Platform with OAM and KubeVela

Didi Tech

Sep 26, 2024 · Cloud Native

Didi Internationalization Site Building: Application Modeling and Cloud‑Native Delivery Framework

Didi’s international travel platform created an application‑centric, cloud‑native delivery framework that uses an OAM‑based model, KubeVela, and CUE to standardize workload descriptions, automate multi‑cloud deployment, integrate with CI/CD pipelines, and dramatically improve planning, delivery, and refactoring efficiency.

Application DeliveryInfrastructure AutomationKubeVela

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Didi Internationalization Site Building: Application Modeling and Cloud‑Native Delivery Framework

Didi Tech

Sep 12, 2024 · Cloud Native

Improving Site Build Efficiency for Didi International Travel: Architecture, Application Modeling, and Automated Delivery Framework

To cut site‑provisioning time from months to weeks for Didi International Travel, the team built an OAM‑driven, KubeVela‑based automated delivery framework that separates environment configuration, integrates Terraform, and provides a UI, achieving an 80 % reduction in manual effort while improving reliability across hybrid‑cloud environments.

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Improving Site Build Efficiency for Didi International Travel: Architecture, Application Modeling, and Automated Delivery Framework

Architects' Tech Alliance

Sep 11, 2023 · Artificial Intelligence

Open Acceleration Specification AI Server Design Guide (2023): Architecture, OAM Modules, UBB Board, and System Design

The 2023 Open Acceleration Specification AI Server Design Guide details the hardware architecture, OAM module and UBB board specifications, cooling, management, fault diagnosis, and software platform needed to build high‑performance, scalable AI compute clusters for large‑model training.

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Open Acceleration Specification AI Server Design Guide (2023): Architecture, OAM Modules, UBB Board, and System Design

Didi Tech

Sep 7, 2023 · Cloud Native

Service Management and Resource Abstraction in Cloud‑Native Environments Using OAM and KubeVela

To tackle the exploding number of microservices and heterogeneous infrastructure in cloud‑native enterprises, the article proposes a unified service‑and‑resource abstraction built on the Open Application Model and its implementation KubeVela, enabling declarative application definitions, cost attribution, automated lifecycle management, and cross‑region efficiency through component marketplaces, an application center, an operations platform, and a site‑building center.

KubeVelaOAMService Management

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