You&#x27;re right. But it&#x27;s complex because this is an irreducibly complex problem space. Making distributed systems Just Work can&#x27;t be made simpler.<p>So there are two alternatives: first is to use a hosted CF. There are several. My company has one in Pivotal Web Services. IBM BlueMix is a Cloud Foundry instance. There are others around.<p>The second alternative is MicroPCF. It&#x27;s a new project specifically intended to allow you to run a full CF on your laptop.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;pivotal-cf&#x2F;micropcf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;pivotal-cf&#x2F;micropcf</a>