IP ADDRESS AND DOMAIN NAME AUTOMATION OF VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE

• US 20170187677A1
• Filed: 03/16/2017
• Published: 06/29/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infoblox Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Infoblox Incorporated
• Inventors: Wang, Chuan, Eizadi, Soheil, Whittle, Steven
• Granted Patent: US 9,930,007 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2379 Updates performed during online database operations; commit processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45595 Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/50 Address allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5076 Update or notification mechanisms, e.g. DynDNS

Abstract

Provisioning an Internet Protocol address is disclosed. A request to provision an Internet Protocol address to a virtual resource is received. An Internet Protocol address is automatically determined to allocate to the virtual resource. The determined Internet Protocol address was selected from a group of Internet Protocol addresses potentially available to be assigned to the virtual resource of the received request.

Claims

1. A system for provisioning an Internet Protocol address, comprising:

a communication interface configured to receive a request to provision an Internet Protocol address to a virtual resource, wherein the request is received due to a component action s included in a group of component actions programmatically defined in a workflow and the workflow is at least in part defined using an interface to a virtual cloud that includes the virtual resource; and

a processor configured to automatically determine an Internet Protocol address to allocate to the virtual resource and automatically allocate the determined Internet Protocol address to the virtual resource;

wherein automatically determining the Internet Protocol address includes selecting the determined Internet Protocol address among a group of Internet Protocol addresses potentially available to be assigned to the virtual resource of the received request, and the system manages Internet Protocol address provisioning of both virtual resources and physical resources.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the interface is an application that interfaces with a manager the virtual cloud.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the workflow is at least in part defined by a user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to automatically register the virtual resource with a Domain Name System.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein automatically registering the virtual resource with the Domain Name System includes determining which domain name is available to be assigned to the virtual resource among a group of eligible domain names.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein automatically determining the Internet Protocol address includes determining an available Internet Protocol address in a database of available Internet Protocol addresses.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to update a database of virtual cloud infrastructure metadata information using the determined Internet Protocol address.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to automatically de-allocate the determined Internet Protocol address at least in part by updating a database of available Internet Protocol addresses.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is further configured to automatically de-register the virtual resource with a Domain Name System.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein automatically allocating the determined Internet Protocol address includes updating a database of available Internet Protocol addresses.

11. A method for provisioning an Internet Protocol address, comprising:

receiving a request to provision an Internet Protocol address to a virtual resource, wherein the request is received due to a component action included in a group of component actions programmatically defined in a workflow, wherein the workflow is defined using an interface to a virtual cloud that includes the virtual resource;

automatically determining an Internet Protocol address to allocate to the virtual resource; and

using a system with a processor to automatically allocate the determined Internet Protocol address to the virtual resource;

wherein automatically determining the Internet Protocol address includes selecting the determined Internet Protocol address among a group of Internet Protocol addresses potentially available to be assigned to the virtual resource of the received request, and the system manages Internet Protocol address provisioning of both virtual resources and physical resources.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the interface is an application that interfaces with a manager the virtual cloud.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the workflow is at least in part defined by a user.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising automatically registering the virtual resource with a Domain Name System.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein automatically registering the virtual resource with the Domain Name System includes determining which domain name is available to be assigned to the virtual resource among a group of eligible domain names.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein automatically determining the Internet Protocol address includes determining an available Internet Protocol address in a database of available Internet Protocol addresses.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising updating a database of virtual cloud infrastructure metadata information using the determined Internet Protocol address.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising automatically de-allocating the determined Internet Protocol address at least in part by updating a database of available Internet Protocol addresses.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising automatically de-registering the virtual resource with a Domain Name System.

20. A computer program product for provisioning an Internet Protocol address, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving a request to provision an Internet Protocol address to a virtual resource, wherein the request is received due to a component action included in a group of component actions programmatically defined in a workflow, wherein the workflow is defined using an interface to a virtual cloud that includes the virtual resource;

automatically determining an Internet Protocol address to allocate to the virtual resource; and

using a system to automatically allocate the determined Internet Protocol address to the virtual resource;

wherein automatically determining the Internet Protocol address includes selecting the determined Internet Protocol address among a group of Internet Protocol addresses potentially available to be assigned to the virtual resource of the received request, and the system manages Internet Protocol address provisioning of both virtual resources and physical resources.