CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES FRAMEWORK

• US 20160197843A1
• Filed: 02/07/2013
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Palan, Kiran, Hardy, Alexandre
• Granted Patent: US 10,326,708 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/745 Reaction in network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/746 Reaction triggered by a failure
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

Methods and systems of managing computer resources in a cloud environment. Receiving, via at least one server, cloud management instructions via an API, coordinating, via the at least one server, with at least one cloud services manager via a distributed coordination and messaging service. The coordination includes instructions regarding the cloud services manager managing at least one cloud resource, and communicating with at least one database to store and retrieve the management instructions.

Claims

1. A method of managing computer resources in a cloud environment, comprising,

receiving, via at least one server, cloud management instructions via an API;

coordinating, via the at least one server, with at least one cloud services manager via a distributed coordination and messaging service,

wherein the coordination includes instructions regarding the cloud services manager managing at least one cloud resource, and

communicating with at least one database to store and retrieve the management instructions.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud services manager includes at least a cloud services framework, and an API.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the cloud services manager is further configured to establish and control at least one cloud resource.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the cloud services manager is located in the cloud.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein a controller is configured to interact with the cloud services manager.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the controller is configured to communicate with the cloud services framework via the API.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the cloud services framework is configured to validate the controller.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one cloud resource is at least one of a Virtual Machine, an Operating System, a physical computational device, a storage service, a networking service, and a higher level application.

9. The method of claim 6 wherein the controller is further configured to instantiate at least one cloud service based on parameters entered by a user.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the controller instantiates at least one cloud service via the API.

11. The method of claim 2 wherein the cloud services framework is configured to scale the at least one cloud resource.

12. The method of claim 2 wherein the cloud services framework is configured to request redundant cloud resources in order to replace failed resources.

26. The method of claim 1 wherein the API is configured to be dynamically extended by adding services to the cloud.

13. A system of managing computer resources in a cloud environment, comprising,

at least one database;

and,

at least one server configured to,

receive cloud management instructions via an API;

coordinate with at least one cloud services manager via a distributed coordination and messaging service,

wherein the coordination includes instructions regarding the cloud services manager managing at least one cloud resource, and

communicate with the at least one database to store and retrieve the management instructions.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the cloud services manager includes at least a cloud services framework, and an API.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the cloud services manager is further configured to establish and control at least one cloud resource.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein the cloud services manager is located in the cloud.

17. The system of claim 14 wherein a controller is configured to interact with the cloud services manager.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the controller is configured to communicate with the cloud services framework via the API.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the cloud services framework is configured to validate the controller.

20. The system of claim 13 wherein the at least one cloud resource is at least one of a Virtual Machine, an Operating System, a physical computational device, a storage service, a networking service, and a higher level application.

21. The system of claim 18 wherein the controller is further configured to instantiate at least one cloud service based on parameters entered by a user.

22. The system of claim 21 wherein the controller instantiates at least one cloud service via the API.

23. The system of claim 14 wherein the cloud services framework is configured to scale the at least one cloud resource.

24. The system of claim 14 wherein the cloud services framework is configured to request redundant cloud resources in order to replace failed resources.

25. The system of claim 13 wherein a cloud resource is a combination of at least two of, a physical machine, an operating system, a storage service, a network service, and a higher level application.