Service creation and management

• US 10,528,381 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2018
• Issued: 01/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Atlassian US, Inc. (Atlassian Corporation)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chastain, Walter Cooper, Cariello, Frank, Klein, Reuben, Smith, Jr., Paul Edward
• Primary Examiner(s): Kessler, Gregory A
• Application Number:
  US16/104,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20190004848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 506 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/4557 Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45595 Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45533 Hypervisors; Virtual machine monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45537 Provision of facilities of other operating environments, e.g. WINE I/O emulation G06F13/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for service creation and management. A processor can detect an event relating to a service, and access a service creation database to identify a recipe associated with the service. The recipe can define a resource to be used to provide the service. The processor can access an inventory to determine if the resource is available, identify a service control to control the service, instruct an infrastructure control to allocate virtual machines to host components of the service, and issue instructions to the service control. The instructions can instruct the service control to load service functions to the virtual machines.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising

identifying a recipe for a service that comprises service components that provide functionality associated with the service, wherein the recipe defines a resource to be used to provide the functionality,

identifying, based on the recipe, a service control that is to control the service,

instructing an infrastructure control to instantiate a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine is instantiated to host one of the service components of the service, and

issuing instructions to the service control that is to control the service, wherein in response to receiving the instructions, the service control loads the one of the service components to the virtual machine.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

detecting a capacity change associated with the service, wherein the instructions are issued to the service control in response to detecting the capacity change.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein instantiating the virtual machine comprises loading, to the virtual machine, an image of a virtual service function corresponding to the one of the service components.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

instructing a network control to establish network transport to support the service.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the network transport comprises a physical network function and a virtual network function.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

in response to determining that the service control that is to control the service does not exist, creating, by the processor and without user input, the service control that is to control the service.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

reporting an event to an infrastructure data collection analysis and event handler process; and

updating an infrastructure inventory to reflect allocation of the virtual machine.

8. A method comprising:

identifying, by a computer system comprising a processor, a recipe for a service that comprises service components that provide functionality associated with the service, wherein the recipe defines a resource to be used to provide the functionality;

identifying, by the processor and based on the recipe, a service control that is to control the service;

instructing, by the processor, an infrastructure control to instantiate a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine is instantiated to host one of the service components of the service; and

issuing, by the processor, instructions to the service control that is to control the service, wherein in response to receiving the instructions, the service control loads the one of the service components to the virtual machine.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising detecting a capacity change associated with the service, wherein the instructions are issued to the service control in response to detecting the capacity change.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein instantiating the virtual machine comprises loading, to the virtual machine, an image of a virtual service function corresponding to the one of the service components.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising instructing a network control to establish network transport to support the service.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the network transport comprises a physical network function and a virtual network function.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

in response to determining that the service control that is to control the service does not exist, creating, by the processor and without user input, the service control that is to control the service.

14. A computer storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

identifying a recipe for a service that comprises service components that provide functionality associated with the service, wherein the recipe defines a resource to be used to provide the functionality;

identifying, based on the recipe, a service control that is to control the service;

instructing an infrastructure control to instantiate a virtual machine, wherein the virtual machine is instantiated to host one of the service components of the service; and

issuing instructions to the service control that is to control the service, wherein in response to receiving the instructions, the service control loads the one of the service components to the virtual machine.

15. The computer storage medium of claim 14, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

detecting a capacity change associated with the service, wherein the instructions are issued to the service control in response to detecting the capacity change.

16. The computer storage medium of claim 14, wherein instantiating the virtual machine comprises loading, to the virtual machine, an image of a virtual service function corresponding to the one of the service components.

17. The computer storage medium of claim 14, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

instructing a network control to establish network transport to support the service.

18. The computer storage medium of claim 17, wherein the network transport comprises a physical network function and a virtual network function.

19. The computer storage medium of claim 14, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

in response to determining that the service control that is to control the service does not exist, creating, by the processor and without user input, the service control that is to control the service.

20. The computer storage medium of claim 14, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations further comprising:

reporting an event to an infrastructure data collection analysis and event handler process; and

updating an infrastructure inventory to reflect allocation of the virtual machine.