System and method for translating affliction programming interfaces for cloud platforms

• US 10,416,996 B1
• Filed: 05/29/2018
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nutanix Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Nutanix Incorporated
• Inventors: Samprathi, Ravikanth, Upadhyay, Chhavi, Mantri, Hemanth Kumar, Sodini, James, Khole, Akshay, Li, Uzui, Xie, Ray, Babu, Srinivas Bandi Ramesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Andy
• Application Number:
  US15/991,048
• Time in Patent Office: 476 Days
• Field of Search: 718 1, 719328
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/76 Adapting program code to run in a different environment; Porting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• 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 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54

Abstract

A system and method include receiving a request to call a requested application programming interface (API) at a target cloud computing platform. The system and method further include determining that the requested API is unsupported by the target cloud platform. The system and method further include generating a set of workflows associated with the requested API. The system and method also include generating a set of tasks common to the plurality of cloud platforms including the target cloud platform based on the set of workflows. The system and method also include generating a set of target APIs associated with the target cloud platform based on the set of tasks and an identity of the target cloud platform. The system and method also include communicating the set of target APIs t to the target cloud platform.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

by a computer system,

receiving a request to call a requested application programming interface (API) at a target cloud platform;

determining that the requested API is unsupported by the target cloud platform;

generating responsive to determining that the requested API is unsupported by the target cloud platform, a first workflow associated with the requested API;

generating a first task based on the first workflow;

generating a first target API associated with the target cloud platform based on the first task and an identity of the target cloud platform;

communicating the first target API to the target cloud platform;

maintaining a first state associated with a first object associated with the first target API;

receiving a status API directed to the target cloud platform for requesting a status of the first object; and

responding to the status API with the maintained first state associated with the first object.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a target manifest including the first task and parsing the manifest for generating the first target API.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising generating the target manifest based on a state machine representing the first workflow.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising maintaining a status of the first workflow based on communication received from the target cloud platform in response to communicating the first target API.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising retaining a value of a parameter provided by the request to call the requested API at the target cloud platform when generating the first workflow.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a message from the target cloud platform responsive to communicating the first target API, and updating the first state associated with the first object based on the message received from the target cloud platform.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

maintaining a list of APIs for each of a plurality of cloud platforms, including the target platform, and

looking up the list of APIs to determine target APIs associated with the target cloud platform based on the first task and the identity of the target platform.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the requested API is associated with a virtual machine (VM) operation, including an image management operation, a VM volume management operation, or a virtual network management operation.

9. A system that manages a cloud computing environment, the system comprising:

a controller communicably coupled to a plurality of cloud platforms, and having programmed instructions to;

receive a request to call a requested application programming interface (API) at a target cloud platform;

determine that the requested API is unsupported by the target cloud platform;

generate, responsive to determination that the requested API is unsupported by the target cloud platform, a first workflow associated with the requested API;

generate a first task based on the first workflow;

generate a first target API associated with the target cloud platform based on the first task and an identity of the target cloud platform;

communicate the first target API to the target cloud platform;

maintains a first state associated with a first object associated with the first target API;

receives a status API directed to the target cloud platform requesting a status of the first object; and

respond to the status API with the maintained first state associated with the first object.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller further generates a target manifest including the first task, and parses the manifest to generate the first target API.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the controller further generates the target manifest based on a state machine representing the first workflow.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the controller further maintains a status of the first workflow based on communication received from the target cloud computing platform in response to communicating the first target API.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller further retains a value of a parameter provided by the request to call the requested API when generating the first workflow.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller further receives a message from the target cloud platform responsive to the communication of the first target API, and update the first state associated with the first object based on the message received from the target cloud platform.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller further maintains a list of APIs for each of a plurality of cloud platforms, including the target cloud platform, and look up the list of APIs to determine the first target API associated with the target cloud platform based on the first task and the identity of the target platform.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the requested API is associated with a virtual machine (VM) operation, including an image management operation, a VM volume management operation, or a virtual network management operation.

17. A non-transitory computer readable media with computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a processor of a computing system, cause the computing system to perform a process comprising:

receiving a request to call a requested application programming interface (API) at a target cloud platform;

determining that the requested API is unsupported by the target cloud platform;

generating responsive to determining that the requested API is unsupported by the target cloud platform, a first workflow associated with the requested API;

generating a first task based on the first workflow;

generating a first target API associated with the target cloud platform based on the first task and an identity of the target cloud platform;

communicating the first target API to the target cloud platform;

maintaining a first state associated with a first object associated with the first target API;

receiving a status API directed to the target cloud platform for requesting a status of the first object; and

responding to the status API with the maintained first state associated with the first object.

18. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 17, further comprising generating a target manifest including the first task and parsing the manifest for generating the first target API.

19. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 18, further comprising generating the target manifest based on a state machine representing the first workflow.

20. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 19, further comprising maintaining a status of the first workflow based on communication received from the target cloud platform in response to communicating the first target API.

21. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 17, further comprising retaining a value of a parameter provided by the request to call the requested API at the target cloud platform when generating the first workflow.

22. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 17, further comprising receiving a message from the target cloud platform responsive to communicating the first target API and updating the first state associated with the first object based on the message received from the target cloud platform.

23. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 17, further comprising:

maintaining a list of APIs for each of a plurality of cloud platforms, including the target platform, and

looking up the list of APIs to determine target APIs associated with the target cloud platform based on the first task and the identity of the target platform.

24. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 17, wherein the requested API is associated with a virtual machine (VM) operation, including an image management operation, a VM volume management operation, or a virtual network management operation.

25. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 17, wherein the first task comprises configuration of a network interface card.

26. The non-transitory computer readable media of claim 17, wherein the first task comprises configuration of disk allocation.