Multi-Cloud Framework for Microservice-Based Applications

• US 20200133738A1
• Filed: 10/26/2018
• Published: 04/30/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Emc IP Holding Company LLC (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Junior, Jaumir Valenca da Silveira
• Granted Patent: US 11,385,940 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/508 Monitor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/465 Distributed object oriented systems remote method invocation [RMI] G06F9/548
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4856 resumption being on a different machine, e.g. task migration, virtual machine migration G06F9/5088 takes precedence
• 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 47/822 Collecting or measuring resource availability data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/826 Involving periods of time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A multi-cloud framework is provided for microservice-based applications. An exemplary method comprises maintaining a structural state of an application comprising a plurality of microservices hosted in a plurality of distinct cloud environments. The structural state of the application is maintained over time and comprises, for each microservice, an indication of the cloud environment that hosts the respective microservice. A source code is maintained for each of the plurality of microservices of the application and deployment instructions are maintained for each of the plurality of distinct cloud environments. The plurality of microservices of the application are deployed using the structural state of the application, the source code for each of the plurality of microservices and the deployment instructions for each of the plurality of distinct cloud environments.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

maintaining, using at least one processing device, a structural state of an application comprising a plurality of microservices hosted in a plurality of distinct cloud environments, wherein the structural state of the application is maintained over time and comprises, for each microservice, an indication of the cloud environment that hosts the respective microservice;

obtaining, using the at least one processing device, a source code for each of the plurality of microservices of the application and deployment instructions for each of the plurality of distinct cloud environments; and

deploying, using the at least one processing device, the plurality of microservices of the application using the structural state of the application, the source code for each of the plurality of microservices and the deployment instructions for each of the plurality of distinct cloud environments.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the structural state of the application further comprises, for each microservice, one or more of a version identifier and an indication of a microservice technology type.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of migrating one or more of the microservices to a different microservice technology type.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of determining a resource cost for one or more of the plurality of microservices of the application hosted by the distinct cloud environments, for a defined time interval.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of monitoring a resource usage of one or more of the microservices of the application based on one or more user-defined metrics and processing one or more queries with respect to the resource usage.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of moving one or more of the plurality of microservices to a different cloud environment by manual intervention of a user, such that the structural state of the application remains consistent.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of moving one or more microservices to a different cloud environment using an automated optimization process based on resource usage data and one or more collected predefined optimization parameters.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of querying the structural state of the application to obtain one or more of an identifier of one or more of the microservices of the application, an identifier of one of the distinct cloud environments hosting one or more of the microservices of the application, and an identifier of a version of one or more of the microservices of the application.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein an orchestrator component communicates with end users and provides commands to a plurality of cloud-specific components in the plurality of distinct cloud environments.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the plurality of cloud-specific components in the plurality of distinct cloud environments employ substantially the same application programming interface.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the orchestrator component performs one or more of maintaining a coherence of the application across the plurality of distinct cloud environments;

collecting one or more user-defined metric values from the plurality of cloud-specific components of the plurality of distinct cloud environments; and

coordinating with an application scheduler to generate a plan to move one or more of the plurality of microservices to a different cloud environment.

12. A system, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processing device, coupled to the memory, operative to implement the following steps;

maintaining a structural state of an application comprising a plurality of microservices hosted in a plurality of distinct cloud environments, wherein the structural state of the application is maintained over time and comprises, for each microservice, an indication of the cloud environment that hosts the respective microservice;

obtaining a source code for each of the plurality of microservices of the application and deployment instructions for each of the plurality of distinct cloud environments; and

deploying the plurality of microservices of the application using the structural state of the application, the source code for each of the plurality of microservices and the deployment instructions for each of the plurality of distinct cloud environments.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the structural state of the application further comprises, for each microservice, one or more of a version identifier and an indication of a microservice technology type.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising the steps of monitoring a resource usage of one or more of the microservices of the application based on one or more user-defined metrics and processing one or more queries with respect to the resource usage.

15. The system of claim 12, further comprising the step of moving one or more of the plurality of microservices to a different cloud environment using one or more of (i) a manual intervention of a user, and (ii) an automated optimization process based on resource usage data and one or more collected predefined optimization parameters.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein an orchestrator component communicates with end users and provides commands to a plurality of cloud-specific components in the plurality of distinct cloud environments.

17. A computer program product, comprising a tangible machine-readable storage medium having encoded therein executable code of one or more software programs, wherein the one or more software programs when executed by at least one processing device perform the following steps:

maintaining a structural state of an application comprising a plurality of microservices hosted in a plurality of distinct cloud environments, wherein the structural state of the application is maintained over time and comprises, for each microservice, an indication of the cloud environment that hosts the respective microservice;

obtaining a source code for each of the plurality of microservices of the application and deployment instructions for each of the plurality of distinct cloud environments; and

deploying the plurality of microservices of the application using the structural state of the application, the source code for each of the plurality of microservices and the deployment instructions for each of the plurality of distinct cloud environments.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the structural state of the application further comprises, for each microservice, one or more of a version identifier and an indication of a microservice technology type.

19. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising the steps of monitoring a resource usage of one or more of the microservices of the application based on one or more user-defined metrics and processing one or more queries with respect to the resource usage.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising the step of moving one or more of the plurality of microservices to a different cloud environment using one or more of (i) a manual intervention of a user, and (ii) an automated optimization process based on resource usage data and one or more collected predefined optimization parameters.