SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLICATION LEVEL ACCESS TO VIRTUAL SERVER ENVIRONMENTS

• US 20090260074A1
• Filed: 04/08/2009
• Published: 10/15/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Qlayer NV
• Original Assignee: Qlayer NV
• Inventors: De Spiegeleer, Kristof
• Application Number:
  US12/420,729
• Publication Number:
  US 20090260074A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/15
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/24 Keyboard-Video-Mouse [KVM] switch
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0281 Proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable

Abstract

An application level virtual private network (VPN) that provides access for individual applications running on a client computer to physical or virtual servers running in a datacenter is provided. The access connection is secure, automatically setup and does not require changing the network configuration of the client computer. The application running of a client computer, such as a keyboard-video-mouse (KVM), is automatically launched with a single click from the user.

Claims

1. A method to set up a secure remote connection between an application running on a computer and a device running in a datacenter, the method comprising:

requesting a session, at a computer, to a device in the datacenter;

executing an application on the computer;

associating the application to an agent running locally on the computer wherein the agent acts as a proxy to the application;

setting up, by the agent, a secure connection with a dispatcher located in the remote data center;

proxying, at the dispatcher, the secure connection to the device in the datacenter; and

initiating, in the application, a session to interact securely with the device in the datacenter over the application level secure connection.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the session further comprises initiating a keyboard video mouse (KVM) session and wherein proxying the secure connection further comprises proxying the secure connection to a host of a virtual server to provide access to a KVM session of the virtual server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the session further comprises initiating a Telnet session and wherein proxying the secure connection further comprises proxying the secure connection directly to a virtual server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the session further comprises initiating a secure shell (SSH) session and wherein proxying the secure connection further comprises proxying the secure connection directly to a virtual server.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the session further comprises initiating a remote desktop (RDP) session and wherein proxying the secure connection further comprises proxying the secure connection directly to a virtual server.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein setting up the secure connection further comprising setting up a virtual private network between the agent and the dispatcher.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein requesting the session further comprises selecting, by a user of the computer, a device of the datacenter and an application to be used to connect to the device of the datacenter.

6. The method of 1 further comprising executing the agent in the background.

9. A system to set up a secure remote connection between an application running on a computer and a device running in a datacenter, comprising:

a computer system executing an application;

one or more devices in a datacenter;

an agent, being executed by the computer system, that establishes a connection with the application and acts a proxy for the application;

a dispatcher in the datacenter, the dispatcher capable of setting up a secure connection with the agent of the computer system, the dispatcher being a proxy for the one or more devices in the datacenter; and

wherein a secure session between a device in the datacenter and the application is established to allow the application and the device to interact securely.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the client application initiates a keyboard video mouse (KVM) session and wherein the dispatcher proxies the secure connection to a host of a virtual server to provide access to a KVM session of the virtual server.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the client application initiates a Telnet session and wherein the dispatcher proxies the secure connection directly to a virtual server.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the client application initiates a secure shell (SSH) session and wherein the dispatcher proxies the secure connection directly to a virtual server.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the client application initiates a remote desktop (RDP) session and wherein the dispatcher proxies the secure connection directly to a virtual server.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the agent sets up a virtual private network between the agent and the dispatcher.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein each of the one or more devices in the datacenter further comprise one of a physical server computer, a virtual server computer, an appliance and a virtual appliance.

17. The system of claim 9, wherein the computer system further comprises a user interface in which a user of the computer selects a device of the datacenter and an application to connect to the device of the datacenter wherein a secure session between the selected device in the datacenter and the application is established to allow the application and device to interact securely.

14. The system of 9, wherein the agent executes in the background of the computer.