Rule based subscription cloning

• US 10,148,530 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2015
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Chatterjee, Ramkrishna, Arun, Gopalan, Vasudevan, Ramesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Georgandellis, Andrew C
• Application Number:
  US14/624,356
• Publication Number:
  US 20150365301A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,386 Days
• Field of Search: 709226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/808 User-type aware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]

Abstract

Aspects of the present invention relate to techniques for providing a user with access to a service provided by a cloud infrastructure system based on an existing service. A user may be provided with a clone subscription based on a base subscription to an existing service provided by the cloud infrastructure system. A clone subscription can provide the user with an environment (e.g., a service) that is designated for one use (e.g., development and testing) different from another use (e.g., production) designed for a base subscription. Changes made to a base subscription may be propagated to the clone subscription based on rules. A clone subscription can be modified to vary the clone configuration independently from the base configuration.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

providing multiple services in a service infrastructure system;

enabling, by the service infrastructure system, a customer to access a first service in the multiple services via a base subscription;

receiving, by the service infrastructure system, a request by the customer to access a second service;

establishing, by the service infrastructure system, in response to the request, a clone subscription that is cloned from the base subscription, the cloned subscription enabling the customer to access the second service that is cloned from the first service;

generating a data structure for storing configuration for the clone subscription;

creating, by the service infrastructure system, an association between the base subscription and the clone subscription, the association based upon a set of one or more rules, the set of one or more rules controlling how a change made to configuration for the base subscription is propagated to the configuration for the clone subscription, wherein the set of one or more rules comprises a first rule identifying a condition based upon one or more criteria, and wherein the condition further identifies a numerical threshold based upon one or more metrics;

detecting, by the service infrastructure system, a change to the configuration for the base subscription;

in response to detecting the change, determining whether the condition of the first rule is satisfied; and

upon determining that the condition of the first rule is satisfied based on the one or more metrics satisfying the numerical threshold, modifying the configuration for the clone subscription per the first rule, the modifying comprising modifying data stored in the data structure.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

establishing, based on information included in the request, the clone subscription;

wherein the information included in the request includes at least one of;

a type of the second service, a type of use intended for the second service, or one or more requirements for the second service.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the set of one or more rules indicate that the second service is a clone of the first service;

and

wherein the second service is established based on the set of one or more rules.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein creating an association between the base subscription and the clone subscription includes associating a life cycle of the base subscription with a life cycle of the clone subscription.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein:

the change to the configuration of the base subscription comprises changing a life cycle of the first service; and

modifying the configuration for the clone subscription comprises changing the life cycle of the second service based on the change of the life cycle of the first service.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the change to the configuration of the base subscription comprises adding a first resource component for provisioning of the first service, the change to the configuration of the base subscription being changed based on a request from the customer; and

modifying the configuration for the clone subscription comprises adding a second resource component for provisioning of the second service, the addition of the second resource component being based on the addition of the first resource component for provisioning of the first service.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the services include a Java®

service, a customer relationship management (CRM) service, or a human capital management (HCM) service.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a data structure for the base subscription,

wherein the data structure for the base subscription indicates a plurality of clone subscriptions for the customer;

and

wherein the plurality of clone subscriptions are associated with a plurality of types of uses different from a type of use associated with the base subscription.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the change to the configuration of the base subscription comprises enabling a first resource component for provisioning of the first service; and

modifying the configuration for the clone subscription comprises disabling the first resource component for provisioning of the second service.

10. The method of claim 1,

wherein the one or more metrics comprises at least one of:

a number of users granted access to at least one of the first service or the second service, a demand for at least one of the first service or the second service, or a measurement of one or more resources provisioned by the service infrastructure system for at least one of the first service or the second service.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the condition further identifies an operation performed on the configuration for the base subscription;

wherein the condition is satisfied when the identified operation is performed on the configuration for the base subscription.

12. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory operatively coupled with the at least one processor, the at least one processor executing computer code stored in the memory for;

providing multiple services in a service infrastructure system;

enabling a customer to access a first service in the multiple services via a base subscription;

receiving a request by the customer to access a second service;

establishing, in response to the request, a clone subscription that is cloned from the base subscription, the cloned subscription enabling the customer to access the second service that is cloned from the first service;

generating a data structure for storing configuration for the clone subscription;

creating, by the service infrastructure system, an association between the base subscription and the clone subscription, the association based upon a set of one or more rules, the set of one or more rules controlling how a change made to configuration for the base subscription is propagated to the configuration for the clone subscription, wherein the set of one or more rules comprises a first rule identifying a condition based upon one or more criteria, and wherein the condition further identifies a numerical threshold based upon one or more metrics;

detecting a change to the first service, wherein the change to the configuration for the base subscription;

in response to detecting the change, determining whether the condition of the first rule is satisfied; and

upon determining that the condition of the first rule is satisfied based on the one or more metrics satisfying the numerical threshold, modifying the configuration for the clone subscription per the first rule, the modifying comprising modifying data stored in the data structure.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one processor further executes the computer code stored in the memory for:

receiving, from a computing device associated with the customer, data indicating a second rule in the set of one or more rules.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the set of one or more rules including the first rule identifying the condition based upon the one or more criteria is included in the data structure for the clone subscription.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more criteria comprises satisfying a threshold defined based on a first operation performed on the configuration of the base subscription;

wherein the at least one processor further executes the computer code stored in the memory for;

determining, from a set of candidate operations and based on the first operation performed on the configuration for the base subscription, a second operation to be performed on the clone subscription; and

modifying the configuration for clone subscription by at least performing the second operation.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the set of candidate operations is determined based on at least one of:

an attribute of the second service, a change in one or more metrics of the first service satisfying a predetermined threshold, or a modification in the configuration of the first service satisfying a predetermined condition.

17. The system of claim 12 wherein the service infrastructure system includes a multi-tenant environment.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions executable by a processor of a computer system for:

providing multiple services in a service infrastructure system;

enabling a customer to access a first service in the multiple services via a base subscription;

receiving a request by the customer to access a second service;

establishing, in response to the request, a clone subscription that is cloned from the base subscription, the cloned subscription enabling the customer to access the second service that is cloned from the first service;

generating a data structure for storing configuration for the clone subscription;

creating, by the service infrastructure system, an association between the base subscription and the clone subscription, the association based upon a set of one or more rules, the set of one or more rules controlling how a change made to configuration for the base subscription is propagated to the configuration for the clone subscription, wherein the set of one or more rules comprises a first rule identifying a condition based upon one or more criteria, and wherein the condition further identifies a numerical threshold based upon one or more metrics;

detecting a change to the first service, wherein the change to the configuration for the base subscription;

in response to detecting the change, determining whether the condition of the first rule is satisfied; and

upon determining that the condition of the first rule is satisfied based on the one or more metrics satisfying the numerical threshold, modifying the configuration for the clone subscription per the first rule, the modifying comprising modifying data stored in the data structure.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein creating an association between the base subscription and the clone subscription includes associating a life cycle of the base subscription with a life cycle of the clone subscription.