Active representation of a composite application

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, a container image that includes at least one application, a nulecule file that defines at least one service corresponding to the at least one application, and one or more other files corresponding to the at least one service;

parsing the nulecule file according to a nulecule specification to identify a first service, a second service, a parameter corresponding to the first service, and a first unique identifier that references a first container image that is stored in a container registry, and an artifact for processing the at least one application, wherein the nulecule specification provides additional configuration information for processing the first service by passing a configuration file corresponding to the first service to the artifact, wherein the nulecule specification defines preconfigured keywords to be used during the parsing;

requesting, from the container registry, the first container image corresponding to the first service and a second container image corresponding to the second service;

receiving the first container image and the second container image from the container registry, wherein the container registry stores the first container image and the second container image;

presenting the parameter to a user, the user selecting or updating an input value for the parameter;

receiving the input value corresponding to the parameter;

modifying a configuration value in the configuration file corresponding to the first service to include the input value;

deploying the first service by instantiating the first container image on the computing device; and

deploying the second service by instantiating the second container image on the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first container image includes a first application corresponding to the first service, and wherein the second container image includes a second application corresponding to the second service.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein parsing the nulecule file to identify the first service and the second service includes:

parsing a second unique identifier that references the second container image that is stored in the container registry.

4. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

parsing a runtime order corresponding to the first service and the second service, wherein the runtime order specifies that the second service is to be deployed prior to the first service; and

deploying the first service and the second service in the runtime order.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second service is a dependency of the first service.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the input value includes one or more of:

network location information and login credential information.

7. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

specifying, in the nulecule file, information corresponding to the first service, the second service, and the parameter;

packaging the nulecule file in the container image; and

sending the container image to the container registry.

8. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

querying, by the computing device, the container registry for the first container image corresponding to the first service; and

sending the first container image from the container registry to the computing device.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising computer-readable instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

receive a container image that includes at least one application, a nulecule that defines at least one service corresponding to the at least one application, and one or more other files corresponding to the at least one service;

parse the nulecule according to a nulecule specification to identify a first service, a second service, parameter of the first service, and a first unique identifier that references a first container image that is stored in a container registry, and an artifact for processing the at least one application, wherein the nulecule specification provides additional configuration information for processing the first service by passing a configuration file corresponding to the first service to the artifact wherein the nulecule specification defines preconfigured keywords to be used during the parsing;

request, from the container registry, the first container image and a second container image;

receive the first container image and the second container image from the container registry, wherein the container registry stores the first container image and the second container image;

present the parameter to a user, the user selecting or updating an input value for the parameter;

receive the input value corresponding to the parameter;

modify a configuration value in the configuration file of the first service to include the input value; and

deploy the first service and the second service, wherein the deployed first service is configured with the configuration value.

10. The medium of claim 9 , wherein the first service interacts with the second service.

11. The medium of claim 10 , the instructions further executable by the processor to cause the processor to:

parse a runtime order corresponding to the first service and the second service, wherein the runtime order specifies that the second service is to be deployed prior to the first service; and

deploy the first service and the second service according to the runtime order.

12. The medium of claim 10 , wherein the second service is a dependency of the first service.

13. The medium of claim 9 , the instructions further executable by the processor to cause the processor to:

parse the nulecule to identify a second unique identifier that references the second container image that is stored in the container registry.

14. The medium of claim 9 , wherein the input value includes at least one information selected from the group consisting of: a network location information and a login credential information.

15. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, at a computing device, a container image that includes at least one application, a nulecule file that defines at least one service corresponding to the at least one application, and one or more other files corresponding to the at least one service;

parsing the nulecule file according to a nulecule specification to identify a first service, a second service, a parameter corresponding to the first service, and a first unique identifier that references a first container image that is stored in a container registry, and an artifact for processing the at least one application, wherein the nulecule specification provides additional configuration information for processing the first service by passing a configuration file corresponding to the first service to the artifact, wherein the nulecule specification defines preconfigured keywords to be used during the parsing;

requesting, from the container registry, the first container image corresponding to the first service and a second container image corresponding to the second service;

receiving the first container image and the second container image from the container registry, wherein the container registry stores the first container image and the second container image;

presenting the parameter to a user, the user selecting or updating an input value for the parameter;

receiving the input value corresponding to the parameter;

modifying a configuration value in the configuration file corresponding to the first service to include the input value.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first container image includes a first application corresponding to the first service, and wherein the second container image includes a second application corresponding to the second service.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein parsing the nulecule file to identify the first service and the second service includes:

parsing a second unique identifier that references the second container image that is stored in the container registry.

18. The method of claim 15 , the method further comprising:

parsing a runtime order corresponding to the first service and the second service, wherein the runtime order specifies that the second service is to be deployed prior to the first service; and

deploying the first service and the second service in the runtime order.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second service is a dependency of the first service.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the input value includes one or more of: network location information and login credential information.