Cloud applications consist of a set of interconnected software components distributed over several virtual machines. Setting up, (re)configuring, and monitoring these applications are difficult tasks, and involve complex management protocols. In this talk, I will first present two protocols for deploying and dynamically reconfiguring cloud applications, respectively. I will also present synthesis techniques for generating controllers in charge of coordinating autonomic managers and cloud applications. These approaches have been devised with the support of formal techniques and tools.
