METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IP COMMISSIONING AND DECOMMISSIONING IN ORCHESTRATED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS

• US 20130346618A1
• Filed: 06/19/2013
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FusionLayer Oy (Nixu Oy)
• Original Assignee: Nixu Software Oy (Nixu Oy)
• Inventors: HOLKKOLA, Juha
• Granted Patent: US 9,319,342 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45595 Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/4641 Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0273 using web services for network management, e.g. simple object access protocol [SOAP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses

Abstract

A server computer (IPCDS) for commissioning/decommissioning IP resources to server instances (SI) provisioned using an orchestration solution. The server and client computers constitute a client-server architecture. The server computer has a processing system and memory for applications and data, including program code instructing the processing system to implement the following features: a user interface (UI) for remote management, providing access to data (DB) managed by the server computer; a web-based application programming interface (API) supporting service oriented architecture [“SOA”]; a logic to assign and release IP resources to the clients (CL) based on calls via the API. The logic creates unique IP resource(s) for the server instances (SI), which are nodes of networks with overlapping address spaces. The unique IP resources are based on a name of the private network of the respective server instance, and an IP address within that private network.

Claims

1. A server computer for commissioning/decommissioning Internet Protocol [“

IP”

] resources to a plurality of server instances provisioned using an orchestration solution, wherein the server computer and each of a plurality of client computers constitute a client-server architecture, server computer comprising;

a processing system comprising at least one processing unit storing applications and data;

wherein a memory comprises program code instructions instructing the processing system to implement the following features;

a user interface for remote management of the server computer, wherein the user interface provides access to data managed by the server computer;

a web-based application programming interface that supports service oriented architecture [“

SOA”

]; and

a first logic that dynamically assigns and releases IP resources to each of a number of the plurality of client computers based on one or more calls received from a respective client computer via the application programming interface,

wherein the first logic comprises program code instructions for creating at least one unique IP resource for each of two or more server instances, wherein the two or more server instances are nodes of networks with overlapping address spaces, and

wherein the at least one unique IP resource is based on a combination of a name of the private network of the respective one of the two or more server instances, and an IP address within that private network.

2. The server computer of claim 1, wherein the at least one unique IP resource is based on a combination of a name of the private network of the respective one of the two or more computers, and an IP address within that private network.

3. The server computer of claim 1, further comprising a second logic associating individual networks with given internal and/or external end-users wherein, in case one or more resources of a network have been fully allocated, the second logic automatically provisions an IP resource from an alternate network, which is associated with the internal and/or external end-user, and/or from a reserve pool of IP resources.

4. The server computer of claim 1, wherein the processing system comprises multiple processing units and a load-balancing unit for distributing processing load among the multiple processing units.

5. A client computer for requesting commissioning/decommissioning Internet Protocol [“

IP”

] resources, the client computer comprising;

at least one processing unit;

memory for storing applications and data, wherein the memory comprises program code instructions instructing the at least one processing unit to implement a client logic configured to perform the following tasks;

requesting an IP resource from an IP commissioning/decommissioning server when a new virtual machine is commissioned to the cloud computing environment by the orchestration solution; and

triggering release of IP resources assigned to a virtual machine in response to the virtual machine having been decommissioned.

6. A method for operating a server computer for commissioning/de-commissioning Internet Protocol [“

IP”

] resources to a plurality of client computers provisioned using an orchestration solution, wherein the server computer and each of the plurality of client computers constitute a client-server architecture, the method comprising;

providing the server computer with an application programming interface [“

API”

] capable of supporting service oriented architecture [“

SON”

];

configuring a remote interface to provide access to data managed by the server computer;

remotely managing the server computer via the remote user interface;

dynamically assigning and releasing IP resources to each of the plurality of client computers based on one or more calls received from a respective client via the application programming interface; and

creating at least one unique IP resource for each of two or more server instances, wherein the two or more server instances are nodes of networks with overlapping address spaces,

wherein the at least one unique IP resource is based on a combination of a name of the private network of the respective one of the two or more server instances, and an IP address within that private network.

7. A method for operating a client computer for requesting commissioning/de-commissioning Internet Protocol [“

Ir”

] resources, the method comprising;

requesting an IP resource from an IP commissioning/decommissioning server when a new virtual machine is commissioned to the cloud computing environment by the orchestration solution; and

triggering release of IP resources assigned to a virtual machine in response to the virtual machine having been decommissioned.

8. A tangible program carrier comprising program code instructions, wherein the program code instructions, when executed on a server computer for commissioning/decommissioning Internet Protocol [“

IP”

] resources to a plurality of server instances provisioned using an orchestration solution, wherein the server computer and each of a plurality of client computers constitute a client-server architecture, server computer comprising;

a processing system comprising at least one processing unit storing applications and data;

wherein a memory comprises program code instructions instructing the processing system to implement the following features;

a user interface for remote management of the server computer, wherein the user interface provides access to data managed by the server computer;

a web-based application programming interface that supports service oriented architecture [“

SOA”

]; and

a first logic that dynamically assigns and releases IP resources to each of a number of the plurality of client computers based on one or more calls received from a respective client computer via the application programming interface,

wherein the first logic comprises program code instructions for creating at least one unique IP resource for each of two or more server instances, wherein the two or more server instances are nodes of networks with overlapping address spaces, and

wherein the at least one unique IP resource is based on a combination of a name of the private network of the respective one of the two or more server instances, and an IP address within that private network.

9. A tangible program carrier comprising program code instructions that cause a server computer to:

provide an application programming interface [“

API”

] capable of supporting service oriented architecture [“

SOA”

];

configure a remote interface to provide access to data managed by the server computer;

remotely manage the server computer via the remote user interface;

dynamically assign and release IP resources to each of a plurality of client computers based on one or more calls received from a respective client via the application programming interface; and

create at least one unique IP resource for each of two or more server instances, wherein the two or more server instances are nodes of networks with overlapping address spaces,

wherein the at least one unique IP resource is based on a combination of a name of the private network of the respective one of the two or more server instances, and an IP address within that private network.

10. A tangible program carrier comprising program code instructions, wherein the program code instructions, when executed, cause a client computer to request commissioning/decommissioning Internet Protocol [“

IP”

] resources, the client computer comprising;

at least one processing unit;

memory for storing applications and data, wherein the memory comprises program code instructions instructing the at least one processing unit to implement a client logic configured to perform the following tasks;

requesting an IP resource from an IP commissioning/decommissioning server when a new virtual machine is commissioned to the cloud computing environment by the orchestration solution; and

triggering release of IP resources assigned to a virtual machine in response to the virtual machine having been decommissioned.