Application blueprints based on service templates to deploy applications in different cloud environments

• US 10,261,769 B2
• Filed: 01/27/2017
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vmware LLC (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: VMware, Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Govindaraju, Agila, Singh, Kiran, Jain, Ashish Kumar
• Primary Examiner(s): Tecklu, Isaac T
• Application Number:
  US15/418,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20170139695A1
• Time in Patent Office: 809 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing

Abstract

Disclosed examples to configure an application blueprint involve selecting, during a runtime phase, a first service and a second service from a plurality of services mapped to a service template, the service template bound to a node by an application blueprint, the application blueprint generated during a design phase; generating, during the runtime phase, a first deployment profile to deploy a first application on the node in a cloud environment, the first deployment profile based on the application blueprint, the first deployment profile identifying the first service; and generating, during the runtime phase, a second deployment profile to deploy a second application on the node in the cloud environment based on the application blueprint, the second deployment profile identifying the second service.

Claims

1. A method to configure an application blueprint, the method comprising:

selecting, by executing an instruction with at least one processor during a runtime phase, a first service and a second service from a plurality of services mapped to a service template, the service template bound to a node by an application blueprint, the application blueprint generated during a design phase, the first service different from the second service;

generating, by executing an instruction with the at least one processor during the runtime phase, a first deployment profile based on the application blueprint to deploy a first instance of an application on the node to use the first service in a first environment, the first deployment profile identifying the first service; and

generating, by executing an instruction with the at least one processor during the runtime phase, a second deployment profile based on the application blueprint to deploy a second instance of the application on the node to use the second service in a second environment, the second deployment profile identifying the second service.

2. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the first service is mapped to the service template prior to the design phase, the mapping of the first service to the service template prior to the design phase being indicative of the first service being selectable during the runtime phase to bind to the node associated with the service template.

3. A method as defined in claim 1, further including associating configuration properties with the first deployment profile, the configuration properties including dependency properties to configure inter-node dependencies between the node and other nodes corresponding to the application blueprint.

4. A method as defined in claim 1, further including deploying the first instance of the application in the first environment by configuring a virtual machine to host the first instance of the application using configuration properties associated with the service template.

5. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the service template is preconfigured prior to the design phase to include dependency properties defining inter-node dependencies between the node and other nodes.

6. A method as defined in claim 1, wherein the service template is preconfigured prior to the design phase to include values of properties that are configured to be the same for the plurality of the services that are selectable during the runtime phase to implement the node in the cloud first environment or the second environment.

7. An apparatus to configure an application blueprint, the apparatus comprising:

a memory including machine readable instructions; and

at least one processor to execute the instructions to;

select during a runtime phase, a first service and a second service from a plurality of services mapped to a service template, the service template bound to a node by an application blueprint generated during a design phase, the first service different from the second service;

generate a first deployment profile during the runtime phase based on the application blueprint, the first deployment profile to deploy a first instance of an application on the node to use the first service in a first environment, the first deployment profile specifying the first service; and

generate a second deployment profile during the runtime phase based on the application blueprint to deploy a second instance of the application on the node to use the second service in a second environment, the second deployment profile specifying the second service.

8. An apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein the first service is mapped to the service template prior to the design phase, the mapping of the first service to the service template prior to the design phase being indicative of the first service being selectable during the runtime phase to bind to the node associated with the service template.

9. An apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to associate configuration properties with the first deployment profile, the configuration properties including dependency properties to configure inter-node dependencies between the node and other nodes corresponding to the application blueprint.

10. An apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to deploy the first instance of the application in the first environment by configuring at least one virtual machine to host the first instance of the application using configuration properties associated with the service template.

11. An apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein the service template is preconfigured prior to the design phase to include dependency properties defining inter-node dependencies between the node and other nodes.

12. An apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein the service template is preconfigured prior to the design phase to include values of properties that are configured to be the same for the plurality of the services that are selectable during the runtime phase to implement the node in the first environment or the second environment.

13. A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least:

select during a runtime phase, a first service and a second service from a plurality of services mapped to a service template, the service template bound to a node by an application blueprint generated during a design phase, the first service different from the second service;

generate a first deployment profile during the runtime phase based on the application blueprint to deploy a first instance of an application on the node to use the first service in a first environment, the first deployment profile specifying the first service; and

generate a second deployment profile during the runtime phase based on the application blueprint to deploy a second instance of the application on the node to use the second service in a second environment, the second deployment profile specifying the second service.

14. A tangible computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 13, wherein the first service is mapped to the service template prior to the design phase, the mapping of the first service to the service template prior to the design phase being indicative of the first service being selectable during the runtime phase to bind to the node associated with the service template.

15. A tangible computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to associate configuration properties with the first deployment profile, the configuration properties including dependency properties to configure inter-node dependencies between the node and other nodes corresponding to the application blueprint.

16. A tangible computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 13, wherein the instructions further cause the at least one processor to deploy the first instance of the application in the first environment based on configuring at least one virtual machine to host the first instance of the application using configuration properties associated with the service template.

17. A tangible computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 13, wherein the service template is preconfigured prior to the design phase to include dependency properties defining inter-node dependencies between the node and other nodes.

18. A tangible computer readable storage medium as defined in claim 13, wherein the service template is preconfigured prior to the design phase to include values of properties that are configured to be the same for the plurality of the services that are selectable during the runtime phase to implement the node in the first environment or the second environment.