Cloud Foundry
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Cloud Foundry is an open-source, multi-cloud application platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of cloud-native applications.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cloud Foundry canonical | 2 |
| Cloud Foundry Foundation | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2913660 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cloud Foundry Context triple: [cloud.gov platform, builtOn, Cloud Foundry]
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A.
IBM Cloud
IBM Cloud is a hybrid cloud computing platform and suite of services from IBM that provides infrastructure, platform, and AI capabilities for enterprises.
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B.
cloud.gov platform
cloud.gov platform is a U.S. government-managed cloud hosting and deployment service designed to help federal agencies build, run, and maintain compliant web applications and digital services.
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C.
Heroku
Heroku is a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and scale applications without managing underlying infrastructure.
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D.
OpenShift Platform
OpenShift Platform is Red Hat’s Kubernetes-based container application platform for building, deploying, and managing cloud-native applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
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E.
Loudcloud
Loudcloud was a pioneering early-2000s cloud and managed hosting company co-founded by Marc Andreessen that later evolved into the software firm Opsware.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cloud Foundry Target entity description: Cloud Foundry is an open-source, multi-cloud application platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of cloud-native applications.
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A.
IBM Cloud
IBM Cloud is a hybrid cloud computing platform and suite of services from IBM that provides infrastructure, platform, and AI capabilities for enterprises.
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B.
cloud.gov platform
cloud.gov platform is a U.S. government-managed cloud hosting and deployment service designed to help federal agencies build, run, and maintain compliant web applications and digital services.
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C.
Heroku
Heroku is a cloud platform as a service (PaaS) that enables developers to build, run, and scale applications without managing underlying infrastructure.
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D.
OpenShift Platform
OpenShift Platform is Red Hat’s Kubernetes-based container application platform for building, deploying, and managing cloud-native applications across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
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E.
Loudcloud
Loudcloud was a pioneering early-2000s cloud and managed hosting company co-founded by Marc Andreessen that later evolved into the software firm Opsware.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (84)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cloud application platform
ⓘ
open-source software ⓘ platform as a service ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
abstract infrastructure complexity
ⓘ
enable continuous delivery ⓘ simplify cloud application deployment ⓘ support DevOps practices ⓘ |
| documentationURL | https://docs.cloudfoundry.org ⓘ |
| feature |
API-based management
ⓘ
CLI-based management ⓘ application deployment automation ⓘ application lifecycle management ⓘ application scaling automation ⓘ autoscaling (via add-ons or services) ⓘ blue-green deployment support ⓘ buildpack-based application staging ⓘ centralized logging ⓘ container-based runtime ⓘ health management ⓘ horizontal scaling ⓘ log aggregation ⓘ metrics collection ⓘ multi-cloud support ⓘ role-based access control ⓘ routing and load balancing ⓘ self-service application provisioning ⓘ service binding ⓘ service marketplace ⓘ vertical scaling ⓘ zero-downtime deployment ⓘ |
| foundationType | non-profit foundation ⓘ |
| governanceModel | open governance under Cloud Foundry Foundation ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Cloud Foundry
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Cloud Foundry Foundation
|
| hasComponent |
BOSH Director
ⓘ
Cloud Controller ⓘ Diego Cell ⓘ Loggregator ⓘ Router ⓘ UAA ⓘ |
| hasInterface |
REST API
ⓘ
cf CLI ⓘ |
| isOpenSource | true ⓘ |
| laterStewardedBy | Pivotal Software ⓘ |
| license | Apache License 2.0 ⓘ |
| originallyDevelopedBy | VMware ⓘ |
| programmingLanguage |
Go
ⓘ
Ruby ⓘ |
| securityFeature |
TLS termination at router
ⓘ
application isolation via containers ⓘ authentication via UAA ⓘ |
| softwareGenre |
PaaS
ⓘ
cloud-native application platform ⓘ |
| sourceCodeRepository | https://github.com/cloudfoundry ⓘ |
| supportsArchitecture |
12-factor app methodology
ⓘ
microservices ⓘ |
| supportsCloudProvider |
Amazon Web Services
ⓘ
Google Cloud ⓘ
surface form:
Google Cloud Platform
Azure ⓘ
surface form:
Microsoft Azure
OpenStack ⓘ VMware vSphere ⓘ
surface form:
vSphere
|
| supportsDeployment |
12-factor applications
ⓘ
cloud-native applications ⓘ |
| supportsEnvironment |
hybrid cloud
ⓘ
private cloud ⓘ public cloud ⓘ |
| supportsLanguage |
.NET Framework
ⓘ
surface form:
.NET
Go ⓘ Java ⓘ Node.js ⓘ PHP ⓘ Python ⓘ Ruby ⓘ binary buildpacks ⓘ static file apps ⓘ |
| supportsServiceType |
caching services
ⓘ
databases ⓘ message queues ⓘ monitoring services ⓘ user-provided services ⓘ |
| usesTechnology |
BOSH
ⓘ
Diego ⓘ Kubernetes ⓘ
surface form:
Kubernetes (via cf-for-k8s or Korifi)
buildpacks ⓘ containers ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Cloud Foundry Description of subject: Cloud Foundry is an open-source, multi-cloud application platform-as-a-service (PaaS) that automates the deployment, scaling, and management of cloud-native applications.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Cloud Foundry Foundation