METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED DEPLOYMENT OF GEOGRAPHICALLY DISTRIBUTED APPLICATIONS WITHIN A CLOUD

• US 20140101300A1
• Filed: 10/10/2012
• Published: 04/10/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Provenance Asset Group LLC
• Inventors: Rosensweig, Elisha J., Shalev, Etti, Mendel, Sharon, Rosenfeld, Amir, Barzily, Sivan, Haiby, Ranny, Eshet, Itamar
• Granted Patent: US 9,712,402 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/502 Proximity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5096 wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications

Abstract

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, from a requesting device, a request to establish a component of an application; identifying a policy file associated with the application, wherein the policy file defines at least one segment for the application and defines at least one constraint for a first segment of the at least one segment; selecting the first segment for establishment of the component; selecting a location for establishment of the component, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint; and establishing the component at the selected location.

Claims

1. A method performed by a cloud controller for establishing a component of an application within a cloud, the method comprising:

receiving, from a requesting device, a request to establish the component;

identifying a policy file associated with the application, wherein the policy file defines at least one segment for the application and defines at least one constraint for a first segment of the at least one segment;

selecting the first segment for establishment of the component;

selecting a location for establishment of the component, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint; and

establishing the component at the selected location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one constraint comprises an individual segment constraint that specifies a constraint for components belonging to the first segment.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one constraint comprises an intra-segment constraint that specifies a constraint between at least two components belonging to the first segment.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one constraint comprises an inter-segment constraint that specifies a constraint between at least one component belonging to the first segment and at least one component belonging to a second segment of the at least one segment.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

reporting the establishment of the component to the requesting device along with a label;

receiving, from the requesting device, a scale request including the label;

identifying the first segment as being associated with the label; and

performing a scaling operation with respect to the first segment.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising, after identifying the first segment:

identifying the at least one constraint for the first segment from the policy file; and

selecting a location for the scaling operation, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint;

wherein performing the scaling operation comprises performing the scaling operation at the selected location.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, from the requesting device, a request to establish an additional component for the application;

selecting a second segment of the at least one segment for establishment of the additional component;

selecting a location for establishment of the additional component within the second segment; and

establishing the additional component at the selected location.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein selecting the second segment comprises selecting the second segment for establishment of the additional component based on the policy file definition of the at least one segment and system-state information reflecting the establishment of the component within the first segment.

9. A cloud controller for establishing a component of an application within a cloud, the cloud controller comprising:

a data storage;

a processor in communication with the data storage, the processor being configured to;

receive, from a requesting device, a request to establish the component;

identify a policy file stored in the data storage and associated with the application, wherein the policy file defines at least one segment for the application and defines at least one constraint for a first segment of the at least one segment;

select the first segment for establishment of the component;

select a location for establishment of the component, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint; and

establish the component at the selected location.

10. The cloud controller of claim 9, wherein the at least one constraint comprises an individual segment constraint that specifies a constraint for individual components belonging to the first segment.

11. The cloud controller of claim 9, wherein the at least one constraint comprises an intra-segment constraint that specifies a constraint between at least two components belonging to the first segment.

12. The cloud controller of claim 9, wherein the at least one constraint comprises an inter-segment constraint that specifies a constraint between at least one component belonging to the first segment and at least one component belonging to a second segment of the at least one segment.

13. The cloud controller of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

report the establishment of the component to the requesting device along with a label;

receive, from the requesting device, a scale request including the label;

identify the first segment as being associated with the label; and

perform a scaling operation with respect to the first segment.

14. The cloud controller of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to, after identifying the first segment:

identify the at least one constraint for the first segment from the policy file; and

select a location for the scaling operation, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint;

wherein in performing the scaling operation, the processor is configured to perform the scaling operation at the selected location.

15. The cloud controller of claim 9, wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive, from the requesting device, a request to establish an additional component for the application;

select a second segment of the at least one segment for establishment of the additional component;

select a location for establishment of the additional component within the second segment; and

establish the additional component at the selected location.

16. The cloud controller of claim 15, wherein, in selecting the second segment, the processor is configured to select the second segment for establishment of the additional component based on the policy file definition of the at least one segment and system-state information reflecting the establishment of the component within the first segment.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by a cloud controller for establishing a component of an application within a cloud, the medium comprising:

instructions for receiving, from a requesting device, a request to establish the component;

instructions for identifying a policy file associated with the application, wherein the policy file defines at least one segment for the application and defines at least one constraint for a first segment of the at least one segment;

instructions for selecting the first segment for establishment of the component;

instructions for selecting a location for establishment of the component, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint; and

instructions for establishing the component at the selected location.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising:

instructions for reporting the establishment of the component to the requesting device along with a label;

instructions for receiving, from the requesting device, a scale request including the label;

instructions for identifying the first segment as being associated with the label; and

instructions for performing a scaling operation with respect to the first segment.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions for, after identifying the first segment:

identifying the at least one constraint for the first segment from the policy file; and

selecting a location for the scaling operation, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint;

wherein performing the scaling operation comprises performing the scaling operation at the selected location.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising:

instructions for receiving, from the requesting device, a request to establish an additional component for the application;

instructions for selecting a second segment of the at least one segment for establishment of the additional component;

instructions for selecting a location for establishment of the additional component within the second segment; and

instructions for establishing the additional component at the selected location.