Updating application code

1. An application code updating apparatus, comprising:

a processor to:

prior to receiving application deployment code defining an application to be deployed in a cloud-computing environment, intermittently poll the cloud-computing environment for an attempted deployment of an application;

responsive to detecting an attempted application deployment in the cloud-computing environment, determine that the attempted application deployment experiences a deployment error;

receive the application deployment code;

determine, from the application deployment code, an identity of a cloud-based repository from which to retrieve the application;

obtain, from a database, an authentication credential for the identified repository;

generate, based on the authentication credential, an access token to provide access to the repository; and

update the application deployment code to include the generated access token.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the application comprises a computer-executable image of a container-based application.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is to poll the cloud-computing environment periodically, at approximately every 10 to 14 hours.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the database comprises a secure authentication credential storage facility.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, responsive to determining the identity of the cloud-based repository from which to retrieve the application, the processor is to:

retrieve the application from the identified cloud-based repository.

6. An apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the processor is to:

deploy the application in the cloud-computing environment.

7. An automated application code modification method comprising:

prior to receiving application deployment code defining an application to be deployed in a cloud-computing environment, intermittently polling the cloud-computing environment for an attempted deployment of an application;

responsive to detecting an attempted application deployment in the cloud-computing environment, determining that the attempted application deployment experiences a deployment error;

receiving the application deployment code;

determining, based on the application deployment code, an identity of a cloud-based repository from which to retrieve the application;

obtaining, from a database, an authentication credential for the identified repository;

generating, based on the authentication credential, an access token to provide access to the repository; and

modifying the application deployment code to include the generated access token.

8. A method according to claim 7 , wherein the application deployment code comprises a computer-executable image of a container-based application.

9. A method according to claim 7 , wherein intermittently polling comprises polling the cloud-computing environment periodically, at approximately every 10 to 14 hours.

10. A method according to claim 7 , wherein the database comprises a secure authentication credential storage facility.

11. A method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

responsive to determining the identity of the cloud-based repository from which to retrieve the application, retrieving the application from the identified cloud-based repository.

12. A method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

deploying the application in the cloud-computing environment.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

intermittently poll the cloud-computing environment for an attempted deployment of an application;

responsive to detecting an attempted application deployment in the cloud-computing environment, determine that the attempted application deployment experiences a deployment error;

analyse deployment code associated with the application to be deployed in the cloud-computing environment;

identify, based on the deployment code, a cloud-based repository from which to retrieve the application;

retrieve, from a secure authentication credential source, an authentication credential for the identified repository, the secure authentication credential source comprising an authentication credential for each of a plurality of repositories;

generate, based on the retrieved authentication credential, an access token to provide access to the identified repository; and

update the deployment code to include the generated access token.

14. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the application deployment code comprises a computer-executable image of a container-based application.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , further comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

poll the cloud-computing environment periodically, at approximately every 10 to 14 hours.

16. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , wherein the secure authentication credential source comprises a secure authentication credential storage facility.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium according to claim 13 , further comprising instructions which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

retrieve the application from the identified cloud-based repository; and

deploy the application in the cloud-computing environment.