JXaaS turns any Juju charm into a service - we call this XaaS.

For example, running JXaaS with the MySQL charm can power a MySQL-aaS, similar to Amazon RDS.

JXaaS automatically gives you a simple RESTful API, which can be used from a command-line tool, or from another Juju system, or from CloudFoundry.

Authentication is pluggable; JXaaS currently supports OpenStack authentication.

JXaaS is written in Golang. It comprises a server that exposes a RESTful interface for creating, modifying & destroying services backed by Juju charms. It launches those services in a private Juju cluster, and exposes the service to the caller.

Highlights:

• Health-checking and monitoring of the services
• Supports TLS encryption for the exposed connections
• Metrics & logs are collected and can be exposed
• Simple manifest-based configuration
• Can act as a CloudFoundry service broker
• Can authenticate using OpenStack Identity

You should probably read or try out the tutorial.

If you want to create a service, you should read about the manifest

Check out all the official JXaaS projects on Github

Notable projects:

• The command-line interface
• Python client bindings for the API
• The integration test suite