Generating application build options in cloud computing environment

• US 10,389,651 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2016
• Issued: 08/20/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Ferris, James Michael, Riveros, Gerry Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Springer, James E
• Application Number:
  US15/166,569
• Publication Number:
  US 20160277312A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,180 Days
• Field of Search: 709222, 718 1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4856 resumption being on a different machine, e.g. task migration, virtual machine migration G06F9/5088 takes precedence
• 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 41/0869 Validating the configuration within one network element
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/20 Network management software packages
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/80 Actions related to the user profile or the type of traffic
• 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 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

A method of generating application build options in a cloud computing environment that includes receiving application usage data by a set of currently instantiated applications. The method further includes identifying, in view of the application usage data, a set of application resources in a cloud computing environment. The method further includes identifying additional application resources to be added to the set of application resources, to produce a modified set of application resources. The method further includes determining a cost of utilizing the modified set of application resources. The method further includes generating, in view of the cost of utilizing the modified set of application resources, a recommendation to modify the set of currently instantiated applications.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving application usage data by a set of currently instantiated applications;

identifying, by a processor, in view of the application usage data, a set of application resources associated with the set of currently instantiated applications in a first cloud computing environment;

identifying, by the processor, additional application resources to be added to the set of application resources, to produce a modified set of application resources, wherein the modified set of application resources comprises a first application resource residing outside of a cloud computing environment and invoked by a virtual machine residing within the cloud computing environment;

determining that a per-user cost of utilizing the modified set of application resources exceeds a predetermined threshold cost;

migrating, in view of the determining, a second application resource of the modified set of application resources to a second cloud computing environment; and

verifying compliance of the set of currently instantiated applications with software licensing requirements, wherein the set of currently instantiated applications includes the second application resource and a process spawned by the second application resource.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing the second application resource of the modified set of application resources to be migrated to the second cloud computing environment.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

causing an application of the set of currently instantiated applications to be migrated to the second cloud computing environment.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the per-user cost reflects an average, over a period of time, per-user cost of an application of the set of currently instantiated applications.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the application usage data comprises at least one of:

a number of application instances, a number of user per instance, a response time, a downtime, or a failure rate.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the set of currently instantiated applications comprises a virtual machine.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the set of application resources comprises receiving a confirmation of a resource status.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an instantiation request specifying a third application resource and a period of time for utilizing the application resource.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring the set of currently instantiated applications to collect the application usage data.

10. A system, comprising:

a memory;

a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, the processor to;

receive application usage data by a set of currently instantiated applications;

identify, in view of the application usage data, a set of application resources associated with the set of currently instantiated applications in a first cloud computing environment;

identify additional application resources to be added to the set of application resources, to produce a modified set of application resources, wherein the modified set of application resources comprises a first application resource residing outside of the first cloud computing environment and invoked by a virtual machine residing within the first cloud computing environment;

determine that a per-user cost of utilizing the modified set of application resources exceeds a predetermined threshold cost;

migrate, in view of the determining, a second application resource of the modified set of application resources to a second cloud computing environment; and

verify compliance of the set of currently instantiated applications with software licensing requirements, wherein the set of currently instantiated applications includes the second application resource and a process spawned by the second application resource.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further to:

cause the second application resource of the modified set of application resources to be migrated to the second cloud computing environment.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further to:

cause an application of the set of currently instantiated applications to be migrated to the second cloud computing environment.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the per-user cost reflects an average, over a period of time, per-user cost of an application of the set of currently instantiated applications.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the set of currently instantiated applications comprises a virtual machine.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the processor is further to:

receive an instantiation request specifying a third application resource and a period of time for utilizing the application resource.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive application usage data by a set of currently instantiated applications;

identify, by the processor, in view of the application usage data, a set of application resources associated with the set of currently instantiated applications in a first cloud computing environment;

identify, by the processor, additional application resources to be added to the set of application resources, to produce a modified set of application resources, wherein the modified set of application resources comprises a first application resource residing outside of a cloud computing environment and invoked by a virtual machine residing within the cloud computing environment;

determine that a per-user cost of utilizing the modified set of application resources exceeds a predetermined threshold cost;

migrate, in view of the determining, a second application resource of the modified set of application resources to a second cloud computing environment; and

verify compliance of the set of currently instantiated applications with software licensing requirements, wherein the set of currently instantiated applications includes the second application resource and a process spawned by the second application resource.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, further comprising executable instructions causing the processor to:

cause at least one of;

the second application resource of the modified set of application resources or an application of the set of currently instantiated applications to be migrated to the second cloud computing environment.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the set of currently instantiated applications comprises a virtual machine.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the per-user cost reflects an average, over a period of time, per-user cost of an application of the set of currently instantiated applications.