CLOUD SERVICE BROKER, CLOUD COMPUTING METHOD AND CLOUD SYSTEM

• US 20130066940A1
• Filed: 05/18/2011
• Published: 03/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Shao, Weixiang
• Application Number:
  US13/698,612
• Publication Number:
  US 20130066940A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1025 Dynamic adaptation of the criteria on which the server selection is based

Abstract

The disclosure discloses a cloud service broker, a cloud computing method and a cloud system. The cloud service broker comprises: a cloud service publishing interface module, configured to subscribe to information of cloud computing services and/or resources provided by a plurality of cloud service providers; a cloud service consuming interface module, configured to provide a consuming interface for a cloud service requester to access the cloud service provider; a cloud service processing module, configured to process a cloud service consumer request of the cloud service requester; and a cloud service adapting module, configured to adapt or call, according to cloud service consumer request, cloud computing services and/or resources provided by the cloud service provider. With the disclosure, the effect of facilitating cloud service requesters to use cloud services provided by different cloud service providers is achieved. Furthermore, system resources are saved and the system efficiency is improved.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A cloud service broker, comprising:

a cloud service publishing interface module, configured to subscribe to information of cloud computing services and/or resources published and supported by at least one cloud service provider of;

private cloud, community cloud, public cloud and hybrid cloud;

a cloud service consuming interface module, configured to receive a cloud service consumer request of at least one cloud service requester of;

WEB service, application and user, and return a cloud service consumer response to the cloud service requester;

a cloud service processing module, configured to parse a cloud service requested to consume from the cloud service consumer request, select the cloud computing services and/or resources provided by the cloud service provider and/or a function mode, and execute a cloud service operation; and

a cloud service adapting module, configured to protocol adapt or call the cloud computing services and/or resources provided by the cloud service provider.

4. The cloud service broker according to claim 2, wherein the cloud service processing module comprises at least one of:

a catalogue database module, configured to store the information of cloud computing services and/or resources;

a Service-level Agreement (SLA)/policy control module, configured to set SLA management and/or control policies for various cloud computing services and/or resources;

a security module, configured to provide security assurance for the cloud service requester to access a cloud service;

a Quality of Service (QoS) control module, configured to provide a QoS control for the cloud service;

a monitoring management module, configured to monitor a running status of the cloud service;

a deployment management module, configured to combine service function modes of the cloud service broker to configure the cloud service subscribed to by the cloud service broker;

a charging module, configured to charge the cloud service requester for accessing the cloud service;

a service execution module, configured to select a cloud service and the related service logic and function mode according to the cloud service consumer request, and execute the cloud service operation; and

a service logic module, configured to store a cloud service logic.

5. The cloud service broker according to claim 2, wherein the cloud service adapting module comprises at least one of:

a Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) adapting module, a Data Storage as a Service (DaaS) adapting module, a Platform as a Service (PaaS) adapting module, and a Software as a Service (SaaS) adapting module;

the IaaS adapting module comprises a common IaaS adapting module and/or a dedicated IaaS adapting module;

the DaaS adapting module comprises a common DaaS adapting module and/or a dedicated DaaS adapting module;

the PaaS adapting module comprises a common PaaS adapting module and/or a dedicated PaaS adapting module;

the SaaS adapting module comprises a common SaaS adapting module and/or a dedicated SaaS adapting module;

the common IaaS adapting module is configured to adapt at least one protocol of;

Open Virtualization Format (OVF) of the Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF) and Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI) of the Open Grid Forum (OGF); and

the common DaaS adapting module is configured to adapt a Cloud Data Management Interface (CDMI) of Storage Networking industry Association (SNIA).

18. The cloud service broker according to claim 2, wherein

the cloud service broker provides brokering services of at least one of:

arbitration service, proxy service, monitoring service, transition service, porting service, control service, deployment service, shielding service, permutation service, security service and synthesis service.

19. The cloud service broker according to claim 18, wherein

the proxy service or arbitration service provided by the cloud service broker is between a plurality of cloud service providers and cloud service requesters, and the cloud service broker serves as a proxy server:

the security service provided by the cloud service broker is between the plurality of cloud service providers and cloud service requesters, and the cloud service broker guarantees confidentiality, integrity and availability of cloud services, and provides mechanisms of at least one of certification, authentication, authorization, Transport Layer Security (TLS), Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), application layer security, certificates, digital signatures, firewalls, and intrusion detection;

the control service provided by the cloud service broker is QoS/SLA control between the plurality of cloud service providers and cloud service requesters, and the cloud service broker selects cloud services and/or resources of most proper cloud service provider according to factors of at least one of;

policy, user preference, equipment environment and network status;

the shielding service provided by the cloud service broker is between the plurality of cloud service providers and cloud service requesters, and the cloud service broker provides cloud service/cloud resource contents according to shielding rules of at least one of;

shielding illegal requests of the cloud service requesters, filtering some cloud service/cloud resource contents, and providing specific cloud service/cloud resource contents for some cloud service requesters at specific time;

the permutation service provided by the cloud service broker is between the plurality of cloud service providers and cloud service requesters, and the cloud service broker selects substitute cloud service providers to continue to provide services for cloud service requesters; and

the synthesis service provided by the cloud service broker is between the plurality of cloud service providers and cloud service requesters, and the synthesis service comprises at least one of;

static synthesis service and dynamic synthesis service.

20. The cloud service broker according to claim 4, wherein the catalogue database module stores the information of cloud computing services and/or resources according to type of services of at least one of:

IaaS Information, DaaS information, PaaS information, and SaaS information, or type of cloud service providers, or the type of both the cloud service providers and the services.

3. (canceled)

6. (canceled)

7. (canceled)

8. (canceled)

9. A cloud computing method, comprising:

a cloud service broker providing brokering services for various cloud service providers, wherein the cloud service broker provides the brokering services of at least one of;

arbitration service, proxy service, monitoring service, transition service, porting service, control service, deployment service, shielding service, permutation service, security service and synthesis service, between a plurality of cloud service providers of at least one of;

private cloud, community cloud, public cloud, and hybrid cloud, and a plurality of cloud service requesters of at least one of;

WEB service, application, and user.

10. The cloud computing method according to claim 9, further comprising:

the cloud service broker receiving a cloud service consumer request sent by a cloud service requester;

selecting cloud computing services and/or resources provided by a cloud service provided and/or a function mode, and executing a cloud service operation;

adapting or calling the cloud computing services and/or resources provided by the cloud service provider; and

returning a cloud service consumer response to the cloud service requester.

12. The cloud computing method according to claim 10, wherein when the function mode is the permutation service, before the step that the cloud service broker adapts the cloud computing services and/or resources provided by the cloud service provider, the method further comprises:

the cloud service broker not receiving a service adapting response from the selected cloud service provider within a set time;

the cloud service broker selecting other cloud service provider and sending the cloud service adapting request to said other cloud service provider; and

the cloud service broker receiving a service adapting response from said other cloud service provider.

13. The cloud computing method according to claim 10, wherein when the function mode is the synthesis service, before the step that the cloud service broker adapts the cloud computing services and/or resources provided by the cloud service provider, the method further comprises:

the cloud service broker respectively converting the cloud service consumer request into cloud service adapting requests complying with protocols used by the plurality of cloud service providers that provide cloud services, and respectively sending the cloud service adapting requests to the plurality of cloud service providers; and

the cloud service broker receiving a plurality of service adapting responses from the plurality of cloud service providers.

21. The cloud computing method according to claim 9, wherein

the proxy service or arbitration service provided by the cloud service broker is between the plurality of cloud service providers and cloud service requesters, and the cloud service broker serves as a proxy server;

the security service provided by the cloud service broker is between the plurality of cloud service providers and cloud service requesters, and the cloud service broker guarantees confidentiality, integrity and availability of cloud services, and provides mechanisms of at least one of certification, authentication, authorization, Transport Layer Security (TLS), Internet Protocol Security (IPSec), application layer security, certificates, digital signatures, firewalls, and intrusion detection;

the control service provided by the cloud service broker is Quality of Service (QoS)/Service-level Agreement (SLA) control between the plurality of cloud service providers and cloud service requesters, and the cloud service broker selects cloud services and/or resources of most proper cloud service provider according to factors of at least one of;

policy, user preference, equipment environment and network status;

the shielding service provided by the cloud service broker is between the plurality of cloud service providers and cloud service requesters, and the cloud service broker provides cloud service/cloud resource contents according to shielding rules of at least one of;

shielding illegal requests of the cloud service requesters, filtering some cloud service/cloud resource contents, and providing specific cloud service/cloud resource contents for some cloud service requesters at specific time;

the permutation service provided by the cloud service broker is between the plurality of cloud service providers and cloud service requesters, and the cloud service broker selects substitute cloud service providers to continue to provide services for cloud service requesters; and

the synthesis service provided by the cloud service broker is between the plurality of cloud service providers and cloud service requesters, and the synthesis service comprises at least one of;

static synthesis service and dynamic synthesis service.

11. (canceled)

14. (canceled)

15. A cloud system, comprising:

a cloud service requester, a cloud service broker and a cloud service provider, wherein

the cloud service requester is configured to send a cloud service consumer request to the cloud service broker;

receive a cloud service consumer response from the cloud service broker, and use an interface provided by the cloud service broker to access a cloud service of the cloud service provider;

the cloud service broker is configured to subscribe to cloud service information of a plurality of cloud service providers;

provide a consuming interface for the cloud service requester to access the cloud service provider;

process a cloud service consumer request of the cloud service requester; and

adapt or call cloud computing services and/or resources provided by the cloud service provider; and

the cloud service provider is configured to receive a cloud service adapting request of the cloud service broker, return a cloud service adapting response to the cloud service broker, and provide cloud computing services and/or resources to the cloud service requester; and

publish information of cloud computing services and/or resources to the cloud service broker.

17. The cloud system according to claim 15, wherein the cloud service broker comprises:

a cloud service publishing interface module, configured to subscribe to information of cloud computing services and/or resources published and supported by at least one cloud service provider of;

private cloud, community cloud, public cloud and hybrid cloud;

a cloud service consuming interface module, configured to receive the cloud service consumer request from at least one cloud service requester of;

WEB service, application and user, and return the cloud service consumer response to the cloud service requester;

a cloud service processing module, configured to parse the cloud service requested to consume from the cloud service consumer request, select the cloud computing services and/or resources provided by the cloud service provider and/or a function mode, and execute a cloud service operation; and

a cloud service adapting module, configured to protocol adapt or call the cloud computing services and/or resources provided by the cloud service provider.

22. The cloud system according to claim 15, wherein

the cloud service broker provides brokering services of at least one of:

arbitration service, proxy service, monitoring service, transition service, porting service, control service, deployment service, shielding service, permutation service, security service and synthesis service.

23. The cloud system according to claim 17, wherein the cloud service processing module comprises at least one of:

a catalogue database module, configured to store information of the cloud computing services and/or resources;

a Service-level Agreement (SLA)/policy control module, configured to set SLA management and/or control policies for various cloud computing services and/or resources;

a security module, configured to provide security assurance for the cloud service requester to access the cloud service;

a Quality of Service (QoS) control module, configured to provide a QoS control for the cloud service;

a monitoring management module, configured to monitor running status of the cloud service;

a deployment management module, configured to combine service function modes of the cloud service broker to configure the cloud service subscribed to by the cloud service broker;

a charging module, configured to charge the cloud service requester for accessing the cloud service;

a service execution module, configured to select a cloud service and the related service logic and function mode according to the cloud service consumer request, and execute the cloud service operation; and

a service logic module, configured to store a cloud service logic.

16. (canceled)