SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLACEMENT LOGIC IN A CLOUD PLATFORM ENVIRONMENT

• US 20150120937A1
• Filed: 09/03/2014
• Published: 04/30/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Mordani, Rajiv, Islam, Nazrul, Saxena, Kshitiz, Thyagarajan, Sivakumar
• Granted Patent: US 10,476,760 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5041 characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service
• 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

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing multitenancy support in a platform as a service or cloud computing environment. A platform component enables a service runtime to be shared by multiple tenants, by providing each tenant with a dedicated share or slice of a runtime instance. Each share/slice can be isolated from other shares/slices with respect to factors such as, for example, configuration, or quality of service. In accordance with an embodiment, during provisioning of a particular service runtime, a runtime definition associated with the service runtime can be utilized, for example by a service management engine, to configure the platform component to install one or more services within the service runtime. A particular service and its service runtimes can also be provisioned, within one or more runtime pools, according to a service runtime definition and placement configuration.

Claims

1. A system for providing multitenancy support in a platform as a service or cloud computing environment, including placement logic, comprising:

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

a platform component, which enables provisioning of enterprise software applications, including support for multitenancy, within the cloud computing environment, including, during provisioning of a particular service,

associating a service runtime definition with the service, as provided by an administration interface, service management engine (SME), or an external environment configuration,

receiving a placement configuration via an interface, to be associated with the SME associated with the service, and

providing the particular service and its service runtimes are provisioned, within one or more runtime pools, according to its service runtime definition and placement configuration.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the placement configuration is associated with a service, and is used to configure the SME with service runtime placement information, which is then used by the SME to determine which of one or more runtime pools or service runtimes should be used when provisioning instances of the services.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein a service runtime can have a configurable capacity, which depends on one or more of the hardware capabilities associated with the runtime, or how many service or provider instances it can hold, and wherein the capacity can be considered in creating a service or provider instance.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein each tenant or account can be associated with a quota or other restrictions with respect to how many service or provider instances they can create, and wherein such quota restrictions can be taken into account when creating a service or provider instance.

5. A method of providing multitenancy support in a platform as a service or cloud computing environment, including placement logic, comprising:

providing, at one or more computers, a cloud computing environment executing thereon; and

provisioning enterprise software applications, including support for multitenancy, within the cloud computing environment, including, during provisioning of a particular service,

associating a service runtime definition with the service, as provided by an administration interface, service management engine (SME), or an external environment configuration,

receiving a placement configuration via an interface, to be associated with the SME associated with the service, and

providing the particular service and its service runtimes are provisioned, within one or more runtime pools, according to its service runtime definition and placement configuration.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the placement configuration is associated with a service, and is used to configure the SME with service runtime placement information, which is then used by the SME to determine which of one or more runtime pools or service runtimes should be used when provisioning instances of the services.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein a service runtime can have a configurable capacity, which depends on one or more of the hardware capabilities associated with the runtime, or how many service or provider instances it can hold, and wherein the capacity can be considered in creating a service or provider instance.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein each tenant or account can be associated with a quota or other restrictions with respect to how many service or provider instances they can create, and wherein such quota restrictions can be taken into account when creating a service or provider instance.

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 of an administration interface, service management engine (SME), or external environment configuration that enables a service runtime definition to be associated with a service, wherein the service is associated with an enterprise software applications for execution within the cloud computing environment; and

during provisioning of a particular service,

associating a service runtime definition with the service, as provided by an administration interface, service management engine (SME), or an external environment configuration,

receiving a placement configuration via an interface, to be associated with the SME associated with the service, and

providing the particular service and its service runtimes are provisioned, within one or more runtime pools, according to its service runtime definition and placement configuration.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the placement configuration is associated with a service, and is used to configure the SME with service runtime placement information, which is then used by the SME to determine which of one or more runtime pools or service runtimes should be used when provisioning instances of the services.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein a service runtime can have a configurable capacity, which depends on one or more of the hardware capabilities associated with the runtime, or how many service or provider instances it can hold, and wherein the capacity can be considered in creating a service or provider instance.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein each tenant or account can be associated with a quota or other restrictions with respect to how many service or provider instances they can create, and wherein such quota restrictions can be taken into account when creating a service or provider instance.