DECLARATIVE AND EXTENSIBLE MODEL FOR PROVISIONING OF CLOUD BASED SERVICES

• US 20140075032A1
• Filed: 05/31/2013
• Published: 03/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/07/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Vasudevan, Ramesh, Arun, Gopalan, Seetharam, Pradeep, Prathipati, Anjani Kalyan
• Granted Patent: US 9,621,435 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5048 Automatic or semi-automatic definitions, e.g. definition templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components

Abstract

A method for offering a set of services is disclosed. The method may comprise storing, by a cloud infrastructure system, subscription order information identifying a service from a set of services provided by the cloud infrastructure system, the cloud infrastructure system comprising one or more computing devices. A computing device from the one or more computing devices may determine a service declaration for the service, the service declaration comprising information indicative of procedures for provisioning resources for enabling the service. A computing device from the one or more computing devices may cause the service to be provisioned based on the service declaration.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

storing, by a cloud infrastructure system, subscription order information identifying a service from a set of services provided by the cloud infrastructure system, the cloud infrastructure system comprising one or more computing devices;

determining, by a computing device from the one or more computing devices, a service declaration for the service, the service declaration comprising information indicative of procedures for provisioning resources for enabling the service; and

causing, by a computing device from the one or more computing devices, the service to be provisioned based on the service declaration.

2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

receiving one or more input requirements from a customer, wherein the one or more input requirements are required by the service declaration in order for provisioning resources for enabling the service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the service declaration is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document that includes business processing aspects and physical aspects for provisioning resources for enabling the service.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the business processing aspects of provisioning includes information about different service offerings, proprietary client information, ordering, overages, usage metrics, custom attributes, service associations, customer notification templates, pricing information, or billing information.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the physical aspect of provisioning includes information about physical storage, physical components, Enterprise Manager (EM) Integration, Identity Management (IDM) Footprint, uniform resource locator (URL) Routing, pod definitions, tenant placement plugins, per-tenant footprint creation plugins, monitoring configuration, identity management footprint configuration, or network configuration.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the subscription order information tracks the set of services provided by cloud infrastructure system, and wherein the subscription order information includes service information, service configuration information or trial configuration information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the service to be provisioned is done by an orchestration engine, wherein the orchestration engine executes a task execution template for each lifecycle operation of the service to be provisioned in accordance to the service declaration.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the orchestration engine includes a request processor, a request pollers and a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)-based request processing engine.

9. A system comprising:

one or more computing devices configurable to offer a set of cloud services;

a memory configurable to store subscription order information identifying a service from the set of cloud services; and

wherein a computing device from the one or more computing devices is configurable to;

determine a service declaration for the service, the service declaration comprising information indicative of procedures for provisioning resources for enabling the service; and

cause the service to be provisioned based on the service declaration.

10. The system of claim 9, further configured to:

receive one or more input requirements from a customer, wherein the one or more input requirements are required by the service declaration in order for provisioning resources for enabling the service.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the service declaration is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document that includes business processing aspects and physical aspects for provisioning resources for enabling the service.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the business processing aspects of provisioning includes information about different service offerings, proprietary client information, ordering, overages, usage metrics, custom attributes, service associations, customer notification templates, pricing information, or billing information.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the physical aspect of provisioning includes information about physical storage, physical components, Enterprise Manager (EM) Integration, Identity Management (IDM) Footprint, uniform resource locator (URL) Routing, pod definitions, tenant placement plugins, per-tenant footprint creation plugins, monitoring configuration, identity management footprint configuration, or network configuration.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the subscription order information tracks the set of services provided by cloud infrastructure system, and wherein the subscription order information includes service information, service configuration information or trial configuration information.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the service to be provisioned is done by an orchestration engine, wherein the orchestration engine executes a task execution template for each lifecycle operation of the service to be provisioned in accordance to the service declaration.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the orchestration engine includes a request processor, a request pollers and a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)-based request processing engine.

17. One or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions for a cloud infrastructure system configured to offer a set of cloud services that, when executed, cause one or more computing devices in the cloud infrastructure system to:

store subscription order information identifying a service from the set of cloud services;

determine a service declaration for the service, the service declaration comprising information indicative of procedures for provisioning resources for enabling the service; and

cause the service to be provisioned based on the service declaration.

18. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 17, further comprising instructions to:

receive one or more input requirements from a customer, wherein the one or more input requirements are required by the service declaration in order for provisioning resources for enabling the service.

19. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 17, wherein the service declaration is an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document that includes business processing aspects and physical aspects for provisioning resources for enabling the service.

20. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 19, wherein the business processing aspects of provisioning includes information about different service offerings, proprietary client information, ordering, overages, usage metrics, custom attributes, service associations, customer notification templates, pricing information, or billing information.

21. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 19, wherein the physical aspect of provisioning includes information about physical storage, physical components, Enterprise Manager (EM) Integration, Identity Management (IDM) Footprint, uniform resource locator (URL) Routing, pod definitions, tenant placement plugins, per-tenant footprint creation plugins, monitoring configuration, identity management footprint configuration, or network configuration.

22. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 17, wherein the subscription order information tracks the set of services provided by cloud infrastructure system, and wherein the subscription order information includes service information, service configuration information or trial configuration information.

23. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 17, wherein the service to be provisioned is done by an orchestration engine, wherein the orchestration engine executes a task execution template for each lifecycle operation of the service to be provisioned in accordance to the service declaration.

24. The one or more computer-readable media of claim 23, wherein the orchestration engine includes a request processor, a request pollers and a Business Process Execution Language (BPEL)-based request processing engine.