Defining virtual application templates

• US 10,264,058 B1
• Filed: 09/30/2013
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: EMC Corporation (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Lauinger, Todd Michael, Jia, Shuping
• Primary Examiner(s): Zand, Davoud A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Dabipi, Dixon F
• Application Number:
  US14/042,219
• Time in Patent Office: 2,024 Days
• Field of Search: 709223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/173 using an interconnection network, e.g. matrix, shuffle, pyramid, star, snowflake
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/4557 Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4625 Single bridge functionality, e.g. connection of two networks over a single bridge
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4633 Interconnection of networks using encapsulation techniques, e.g. tunneling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4675 Dynamic sharing of VLAN information amongst network nodes configuration of the network or of network elements H04L41/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

This disclosure relates to a system for defining enterprise applications operating in virtual datacenter. Application templates may be created containing the necessary information for provisioning and securing virtual applications in a tenant'"'"'s virtual datacenter. The templates may define roles, service accounts, and scripts necessary for the datacenter to operate.

Claims

1. A method for defining a virtual datacenter application, comprising:

creating an application template, wherein the application template defines the virtual datacenter application, the virtual datacenter application including a plurality of workloads grouped to form the virtual datacenter application;

defining a role associated with the virtual datacenter application, wherein the role comprises a service account role;

defining a service account associated with the virtual datacenter application, wherein the service account is assigned the service account role;

defining a script establishing a communication between at least two workloads in the plurality of workloads, wherein the script is associated with the virtual datacenter application, wherein the service account role includes permissions to execute the script from the service account, wherein the association between the script and the service account guarantees that the script is executed on a correct workload with proper permissions, wherein the script is defined to execute according to an execution order organized over multiple additional workloads, wherein a first script is defined to execute on a first workload before a second script is defined to execute on a second workload, wherein the first script is different from the second script, wherein the first workload is different from the second workload;

applying the role, the service account, and the script to at least one of the plurality of workloads; and

storing the application template on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the role is one of a user role and a workload role.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising providing permission to the at least one of the plurality of workloads to access an operating system feature from the workload role.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the service account comprises a workload account configured to execute computer instructions residing in the at least one of the plurality of workloads.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of workloads comprise a plurality of software solutions.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising rebooting at least one of the plurality of workloads.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising restarting the script.

6. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable medium having machine readable code embodied therein for defining a virtual datacenter application, comprising:

creating an application template, wherein the application template defines the virtual datacenter application, the virtual datacenter application including a plurality of workloads grouped to form the virtual data center application;

defining a role associated with the virtual datacenter application, wherein the role comprises a service account role;

defining a service account associated with the virtual datacenter application, wherein the service account is assigned the service account role;

defining a script establishing a communication between at least two workloads in the plurality of workloads, wherein the script is associated with the virtual datacenter application, wherein the service account role includes permissions to execute the script from the service account, wherein the association between the script and the service account guarantees that the script is executed on a correct workload with proper permissions, wherein the script is defined to execute according to an execution order organized over multiple additional workloads, wherein a first script is defined to execute on a first workload before a second script is defined to execute on a second workload, wherein the first script is different from the second script, wherein the first workload is different from the second workload;

applying the role, the service account, and the script to at least one of the plurality of workloads; and

storing the application template on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the role is one of a user role and a workload role.

8. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the service account comprises a workload account configured to execute computer instructions residing in the at least one of the plurality of workloads.

9. A system for defining a virtual datacenter application, the system comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium, the processor configured to:

create an application template, wherein the application template defines the virtual datacenter application, the virtual datacenter application including a plurality of workloads grouped to form the virtual data center application;

define a role associated with the virtual datacenter application, wherein the role comprises a service account role;

define a service account associated with the virtual datacenter application, wherein the service account is assigned the service account role;

define a script establishing a communication between at least two workloads in the plurality of workloads, wherein the script is associated with the virtual datacenter application, wherein the service account role includes permissions to execute the script from the service account, wherein the association between the script and the service account guarantees that the script is executed on a correct workload with proper permissions, wherein the script is defined to execute according to an execution order organized over multiple additional workloads, wherein a first script is defined to execute on a first workload before a second script is defined to execute on a second workload, wherein the first script is different from the second script, wherein the first workload is different from the second workload;

apply the role, the service account, and the script to at least one of the plurality of workloads; and

store the application template on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the role is one of a user role and a workload role.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the service account comprises a workload account configured to execute computer instructions residing in the at least one of the plurality of workloads.