System and method for service expiration in a cloud platform environment

• US 10,361,968 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2014
• Issued: 07/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Islam, Nazrul, Mordani, Rajiv, Nevins, Byron
• Primary Examiner(s): Nano, Sargon N
• Assistant Examiner(s): Robinson, Christopher B
• Application Number:
  US14/478,321
• Publication Number:
  US 20150089067A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,782 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/504 Resource capping
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5045 Making service definitions prior to deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/741 Holding a request until resources become available
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/745 Reaction in network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/78 Architectures of resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing service expiration in a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes a plurality of services which can be used by applications within the cloud environment, wherein the services can be associated with and utilize resources within the cloud environment. A service expiration component associates reservations with the services, periodically determines a status of the reservations and of any expired services associated therewith, and instructs the system to release the resources of expired services, for use by other services.

Claims

1. A system for providing service expiration in a cloud computing environment, comprising:

a computer, including one or more processors, and a cloud environment executing thereon that supports provisioning of services, wherein the cloud environment includes, for each service type of a plurality of service types, a service definition package that includes information that enables the cloud environment to provide the service type within the cloud environment, wherein the service type can then be provisioned as an instance of the service;

wherein the services, upon provisioning, can be associated with and utilize resources within the cloud environment; and

a service expiration component that associates each of the services that are defined by one or more service definition packages and have been provisioned within the cloud environment, with an expiration time, including

receiving input that enables a plurality of reservation types to be defined and associated with the services, wherein each reservation type defines attributes including a duration to be associated with the execution and expiration of a service within the cloud environment, and

associating reservations with particular ones of the services defined by the one or more service definition packages, to enable the particular ones of the services to utilize the resources of the cloud environment for periods of time as determined by their reservation types and corresponding expiration times; and

periodically determines, based on their expiration times, a status of one or more expired services, and instructs the system to release the resources of the cloud environment that are utilized by the one or more expired services;

wherein the system enables configuration and management of tenants within the cloud environment, wherein the tenants utilize the services and resources within the cloud environment, wherein each tenant can be associated with a service environment within which services can deployed for use by that tenant.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system includes an administration interface, and communicates notifications of the expired services to the administration interface.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein reservations can be combined with quotas for particular tenants, which restrict their provisioning or usages of the services and resources.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the particular ones of the services are associated with a timestamp when the service is created, wherein the timestamp is used by the system to determine when the service is to be expired.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein each reservation type further defines attributes including at least one of service deletion or notification, to be performed upon expiration of the period of time determined by that reservation type.

15. The system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of service environments, wherein each service environment includes one or more services, and wherein each service within a service environment can be associated with a service reservation for use with that service in utilizing the resources within the cloud environment.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein an expiration time can be associated with a service when the service is created.

17. The system of claim 1, further comprising stopping the one or more expired services prior to releasing the resources of the cloud environment that are utilized by the one or more expired services, for use by other ones of the services.

4. A method of providing service expiration in a cloud computing environment, comprising:

providing, at a computer including one or more processors, a cloud environment that supports provisioning of services, wherein the cloud environment includes, for each service type of a plurality of service types, a service definition package that includes information that enables the cloud environment to provide the service type within the cloud environment, wherein the service type can then be provisioned as an instance of the service;

wherein the services, upon provisioning, can be associated with and utilize resources within the cloud environment; and

providing a service expiration component that associates each of the services that are defined by one or more service definition packages and have been provisioned within the cloud environment, with an expiration time, including

receiving input that enables a plurality of reservation types to be defined and associated with the services, wherein each reservation type defines attributes including a duration to be associated with the execution and expiration of a service within the cloud environment, and

associating reservations with particular ones of the services defined by the one or more service definition packages, to enable the particular ones of the services to utilize the resources of the cloud environment for periods of time as determined by their reservation types and corresponding expiration times; and

periodically determines, based on their expiration times, a status of one or more expired services, and causes the resources of the cloud environment that are utilized by the one or more expired services to be released;

wherein tenants within the cloud environment utilize the services and resources within the cloud environment, wherein each tenant can be associated with a service environment within which services can deployed for use by that tenant.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising providing an administration interface, and communicating notifications of the expired services to the administration interface.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein reservations can be combined with quotas for particular tenants, which restrict their provisioning or usages of the services and resources.

12. The method of claim 4, wherein each of the particular ones of the services are associated with a timestamp when the service is created, wherein the timestamp is used to determine when the service is to be expired.

13. The method of claim 4, wherein each reservation type further defines attributes including at least one of service deletion or notification, to be performed upon expiration of the period of time determined by that reservation type.

18. The method of claim 4, further comprising providing a plurality of service environments, wherein each service environment includes one or more services, and wherein each service within a service environment can be associated with a service reservation for use with that service in utilizing the resources within the cloud environment.

19. The method of claim 4, wherein an expiration time can be associated with a service when the service is created.

20. The method of claim 4, further comprising stopping the one or more expired services prior to releasing the resources of the cloud environment that are utilized by the one or more expired services, for use by other ones of the services.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the steps comprising:

providing, at a computer including one or more processors, a cloud environment that supports provisioning of services, wherein the cloud environment includes, for each service type of a plurality of service types, a service definition package that includes information that enables the cloud environment to provide the service type within the cloud environment, wherein the service type can then be provisioned as an instance of the service;

wherein the services, upon provisioning, can be associated with and utilize resources within the cloud environment; and

providing a service expiration component that associates each of the services that are defined by one or more service definition packages and have been provisioned within the cloud environment, with an expiration time, including

receiving input that enables a plurality of reservation types to be defined and associated with the services, wherein each reservation type defines attributes including a duration to be associated with the execution and expiration of a service within the cloud environment, and

associating reservations with particular ones of the services defined by the one or more service definition packages, to enable the particular ones of the services to utilize the resources of the cloud environment for periods of time as determined by their reservation types and corresponding expiration times; and

periodically determines, based on their expiration times, a status of one or more expired services, and causes the resources of the cloud environment that are utilized by the one or more expired services be released;

wherein tenants within the cloud environment utilize the services and resources within the cloud environment, wherein each tenant can be associated with a service environment within which services can deployed for use by that tenant.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, further comprising providing an administration interface, and communicating notifications of the expired services to the administration interface.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein reservations can be combined with quotas for particular tenants, which restrict their provisioning or usages of the services and resources.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein each of the particular ones of the services are associated with a timestamp when the service is created, wherein the timestamp is used to determine when the service is to be expired.