SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVISIONING CLOUD SERVICES USING A HYBRID SERVICE MANAGEMENT ENGINE PLUGIN

• US 20140280975A1
• Filed: 03/12/2014
• Published: 09/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Mordani, Rajiv, Kumar, Abhijit, Islam, Nazrul, Nevins, Byron, Patel, Chanda Rani
• Granted Patent: US 9,843,487 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5041 characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54

Abstract

Described herein is a system and method for provisioning or controlling services using a hybrid service management engine (SME) plugin. In accordance with an embodiment, SMEs provide a means by which service types can be plugged into a cloud environment. For example, an SME can control a service-specific lifecycle, including provisioning, management, and monitoring of a service type. In accordance with an embodiment, an SME plugin associated with a service type can extend a hybrid SME plugin, to delegate one or more lifecycle operations to be controlled with shell or other scripts. Since a service provider can be associated with an SME that is used for the lifecycle and configuration of its services, the use of a hybrid SME plugin allows shell scripts to be leveraged to assist in the provisioning and control of those services.

Claims

1. A system for provisioning or controlling services in a cloud environment, using a hybrid service management engine plugin, comprising:

one or more computers including a cloud environment executing thereon;

a platform component provided within the cloud environment, that supports provisioning of enterprise applications;

one or more service management engines, which are used to provision and control service types associated with the enterprise applications as services provided by the cloud environment, including one or more provisioning and lifecycle management of the service types; and

a hybrid service management plugin, which supports provisioning and control of services using scripts, wherein a particular service management engine plugin associated with a particular service type and service, can extend the hybrid service management plugin, to delegate one or more lifecycle operations to be controlled with the scripts.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more lifecycle operations include one or more provisioning steps associated with the particular service type.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein provisioning of the particular service type is performed in phases, wherein the particular service management engine plugin delegates one or more of the phases and its lifecycle operations to the scripts.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein one or more of the delegated lifecycle operations are executed remotely on virtual machines or remote hosts provisioned for the particular service.

5. A method of provisioning or controlling services in a cloud environment, using a hybrid service management engine plugin, comprising:

providing one or more computers including a cloud environment executing thereon;

providing a platform component within the cloud environment, that supports provisioning of enterprise applications;

providing one or more service management engines, which are used to provision and control service types associated with the enterprise applications as services provided by the cloud environment, including one or more provisioning and lifecycle management of the service types; and

providing a hybrid service management plugin, which supports provisioning and control of services using scripts, wherein a particular service management engine plugin associated with a particular service type and service, can extend the hybrid service management plugin, to delegate one or more lifecycle operations to be controlled with the scripts.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more lifecycle operations include one or more provisioning steps associated with the particular service type.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein provisioning of the particular service type is performed in phases, wherein the particular service management engine plugin delegates one or more of the phases and its lifecycle operations to the scripts.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein one or more of the delegated lifecycle operations are executed remotely on virtual machines or remote hosts provisioned for the particular service.

9. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the steps comprising:

providing one or more computers including a cloud environment executing thereon;

providing a platform component within the cloud environment, that supports provisioning of enterprise applications;

providing one or more service management engines, which are used to provision and control service types associated with the enterprise applications as services provided by the cloud environment, including one or more provisioning and lifecycle management of the service types; and

providing a hybrid service management plugin, which supports provisioning and control of services using scripts, wherein a particular service management engine plugin associated with a particular service type and service, can extend the hybrid service management plugin, to delegate one or more lifecycle operations to be controlled with the scripts.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the one or more lifecycle operations include one or more provisioning steps associated with the particular service type.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein provisioning of the particular service type is performed in phases, wherein the particular service management engine plugin delegates one or more of the phases and its lifecycle operations to the scripts.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein one or more of the delegated lifecycle operations are executed remotely on virtual machines or remote hosts provisioned for the particular service.