METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED NETWORK CONNECTIVITY FOR MANAGED APPLICATION COMPONENTS WITHIN A CLOUD
First Claim
1. A method performed by an application manager for automatically establishing a network connection between components of an application within a distributed cloud, the method comprising:
- establishing application components in the distributed cloud;
selecting a first application component;
identifying network characteristics from the network policy file associated with the first application component;
determining a network connection between the first application component and a second application component according to the network characteristics associated with the first application component;
associating the network connection with the first application component; and
establishing the network connection between the first and second application components.
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Abstract
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by an application manager for automatically establishing a network connection between components of an application within a distributed cloud, the method including: establishing application components in the distributed cloud; selecting a first application component; identifying network characteristics from the network policy file associated with the first application component; determining a network connection between the first application component and a second application component according to the network characteristics associated with the first application component; associating the network connection with the first application component; and establishing the network connection between the first and second application components.
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20 Claims
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1. A method performed by an application manager for automatically establishing a network connection between components of an application within a distributed cloud, the method comprising:
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establishing application components in the distributed cloud; selecting a first application component; identifying network characteristics from the network policy file associated with the first application component; determining a network connection between the first application component and a second application component according to the network characteristics associated with the first application component; associating the network connection with the first application component; and establishing the network connection between the first and second application components. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An application manager for automatically establishing a network connection between components of an application within a distributed cloud, the application manager comprising:
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a data storage; a processor in communication with the data storage, the processor being configured to; establish application components in the distributed cloud; select a first application component; identify network characteristics from the network policy file associated with the first application component; determine a network connection between the first application component and a second application component according to the network characteristics associated with the first application component; associate the network connection with the first application component; and establish the network connection between the first and second application components. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by an application manager for automatically establishing a network connection between components of an application within a distributed cloud, the medium comprising:
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instructions for establishing application components in the distributed cloud; instructions for selecting a first application component; instructions for identifying network characteristics from the network policy file associated with the first application component; instructions for determining a network connection between the first application component and a second application component according to the network characteristics associated with the first application component; instructions for associating the network connection with the first application component; and instructions for establishing the network connection between the first and second application components. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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