Service provider interface for deploying and managing applications on a cloud

• US 8,549,066 B1
• Filed: 08/26/2010
• Issued: 10/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Ho, Ricky, Donahue, Jim
• Primary Examiner(s): Shin, Kyung H
• Application Number:
  US12/869,549
• Time in Patent Office: 1,132 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 717/171, 718/1, 715/738
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing

Abstract

A system is provided to deploy a computing application on a cloud using a service provider interface. The system comprises a launch request detector, a service provider interface selector, and a launcher. The launch request detector may be configured to detect a request to launch a server computer system within a virtualization service. The server computer system, in one example embodiment, comprises a computing application and a service provider interface layer. The service provider interface selector may be configured to determine an implementation of the virtualization service and access a service provider interface associated with the implementation of the virtualization service. The launcher may be configured to complete launching of the server computer system within the virtualization service, utilizing the selected service provider interface.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

detecting a request to launch a server computer system within a virtualization service, the server computer system comprising a generic portion of a computing application and a service provider interface layer distinct from the generic portion of the computing application, the generic portion of the computing application including code compatible with multiple different implementations of virtualization services;

in response to a request to launch the server computer system, determining an implementation of the virtualization service corresponding to the request;

accessing a service provider interface associated with the implementation of the virtualization service corresponding to the request, the service provider interface being from a plurality of service provider interfaces provided in the service provider interface layer, each of the plurality of the service provider interfaces associated with a different implementation of the virtualization service; and

completing launching of the server computer system within the virtualization service, utilizing the service provider interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the service provider interface comprises an interface for a cloud-dependent database service.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the service provider interface comprises an interface for a cloud-dependent file system service.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the service provider interface comprises an interface for a cloud-dependent job queue service.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing application is a content server.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtualization service is a public virtualization service.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtualization service is a private virtualization service.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising generating a read-only boot image to be used for launching an instance of a virtual machine running the computing application.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising providing the read-only boot image to a network storage system accessible by the virtualization service.

10. The method of claim 1, comprising performing a bootstrapping sequence in response to in response to the request to launch the server computer system.

11. A computer-implemented system comprising:

at least one processor coupled to a memory;

a launch request detector to detect, using the at least one processor, a request to launch a server computer system within a virtualization service, the server computer system comprising a generic portion of a computing application and a service provider interface layer distinct from the generic portion of the computing application, the generic portion of the computing application including code compatible with multiple different implementations of virtualization services;

a service provider interface selector to;

determine, using the at least one processor, an implementation of the virtualization service corresponding to the request, in response to a request to launch the server computer system, and

access, using the at least one processor, a service provider interface associated with the implementation of the virtualization service corresponding to the request, the service provider interface being from a plurality of service provider interfaces provided in the service provider interface layer, each of the plurality of the service provider interfaces associated with a different implementation of the virtualization service; and

a launcher to complete launching of the server computer system within the virtualization service, utilizing the service provider interface.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the service provider interface comprises an interface for a cloud-dependent database service.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the service provider interface comprises an interface for a cloud-dependent file system service.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the service provider interface comprises an interface for a cloud-dependent job queue service.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the computing application is a content server.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the virtualization service is a public virtualization service.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein the virtualization service is a private virtualization service.

18. A machine-readable non-transitory medium having instruction data to cause a machine to:

detect a request to launch a server computer system within a virtualization service, the server computer system comprising a generic portion of a computing application and a service provider interface layer distinct from the generic portion of the computing application, the generic portion of the computing application including code compatible with multiple different implementations of virtualization services;

determine an implementation of the virtualization service corresponding to the request, in response to a request to launch the server computer system;

access a service provider interface associated with the implementation of the virtualization service corresponding to the request, the service provider interface being from a plurality of service provider interfaces provided in the service provider interface layer, each of the plurality of the service provider interfaces associated with a different implementation of the virtualization service; and

complete launching of the server computer system within the virtualization service, utilizing the service provider interface.

19. The machine-readable non-transitory medium of claim 18, wherein the service provider interface comprises an interlace for a cloud-dependent database service, an interface for a cloud-dependent file system service, and an interface for a cloud-dependent job queue service.

20. The machine-readable non-transitory medium of claim 18, wherein the virtualization service is a public or a private virtualization service.