System and method for managing and monitoring a web application using multiple cloud providers

• US 8,880,678 B1
• Filed: 06/04/2009
• Issued: 11/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Appcelerator Incorporated (Axway Software SA)
• Original Assignee: Appcelerator Incorporated (Axway Software SA)
• Inventors: Colton, Paul, Sarid, Uri
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Phuoc
• Assistant Examiner(s): Belani, Kishin G
• Application Number:
  US12/478,740
• Time in Patent Office: 1,979 Days
• Field of Search: 709/224
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5083 Techniques for rebalancing the load in a distributed system

Abstract

A system and method for managing and monitoring a web application that uses multiple cloud providers. Preferably, a cloud manager monitors the web applications and pulls web resources from multiple cloud providers. The system and method preferably allows for automatic wiring from a cloud provider to a web application, and allows for use of different Web resources from multiple cloud providers. The cloud manager also preferably allows for automatic scaling for the web application.

Claims

1. A system for managing a web application, the system comprising:

a network;

a primary cloud provider having a primary plurality of web resources comprising server computers;

a web application located at the primary cloud provider;

at least one secondary cloud provider having a secondary plurality of web resources comprising server computers;

a cloud manager having an application programming interface, and a computer onto which the cloud manager is loaded within an integrated development environment from a local data store model and synchronizes with a remote site manager model for a given user and synchronizes with the web application through remote model information returned in the remote site manager model, and a core model object fires model change events when the remote model changes, the cloud manager remotely managing the web application via the network, including, via the application programming interface, selectively providing the web application access to the web resources of the primary cloud provider and the secondary cloud provider, wherein the cloud manager is capable of monitoring the web application to determine if a current level of web resources is appropriate for the web application to perform within a predetermined performance range and, in response, accessing and providing the primary plurality of web resources from the primary cloud provider to the web application and accessing and providing the secondary plurality of web resources from the secondary cloud provider to the web application.

2. The system according to claim 1 further comprising a plurality of secondary cloud providers, each of the plurality of secondary cloud providers having a secondary plurality of web resources, and wherein the at least one secondary cloud provider is included in the plurality of secondary cloud providers.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the cloud manager communicates with the primary cloud provider and the at least one secondary cloud provider through the application programming interface over the network, and wherein the cloud manager comprises a web application that is located inside an embedded web browser of the integrated development environment.

4. The system according to claim 1 further comprising an internal IT site, the cloud manager in communication with the internal IT site through the application programming interface.

5. The system according to claim 1 wherein the cloud manager is capable of changing the web application from a live state to a staging state.

6. The system according to claim 1 wherein the cloud manager is capable of changing the web application from a provisioning state to a staging state to a live state.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein the cloud manager communicates with an operator of the web application through a user interface.

8. The system according to claim 1 wherein the cloud manager varies the level of web resources available to the web application according to a predetermined daily time schedule.

9. The system according to claim 1 wherein the web application has between two and four servers available during a first time period and four and eight servers available during a second time period.

10. The system according to claim 1 wherein the cloud manager provides auto scaling of the web application resources.

11. A system for remotely managing a web site utilizing multiple cloud providers, the system comprising:

a network;

a primary cloud provider having a primary plurality of web resources comprising server computers;

a web site located at the primary cloud provider;

a plurality of secondary cloud providers, each of the plurality of secondary cloud providers having a secondary plurality of web resources comprising server computers;

a cloud manager application programming interface, and a computer onto which the cloud manager is loaded within an integrated development environment from a local data store model and that synchronizes with a remote site manager model for a given user and synchronizes with a web application through remote model information returned in the remote site manager model, and a core model object fires model change events when the remote model changes, the cloud manager remotely managing the web site via the network, including, via the application programming interface, selectively providing the web site access to the web resources of the primary cloud provider and the secondary cloud providers, wherein the cloud manager is capable of monitoring the web site to determine if a current level of web resources is appropriate for the web application to perform within a predetermined performance range and, in response, accessing and providing the primary plurality of web resources from the primary cloud provider to the web site and accessing and providing the secondary plurality of web resources from each of the secondary cloud providers to the web application.

12. A method for remotely managing a web site utilizing multiple cloud providers, the method comprising:

monitoring activity of a web application located at a primary cloud provider from a cloud manager that is remote from the web site, and that is loaded onto a computer within an integrated development environment from a local data store model and that synchronizes with a remote site manager model for a given user and synchronizes with the web application through remote model information returned in the remote site manager model, and a core model object fires model change events when the remote model changes;

detecting, utilizing the cloud manager, activity outside of a predetermined load to capacity ratio on the web application;

contacting a secondary cloud provider from the cloud manager to obtain a plurality of web resources for the web application;

utilizing the cloud manager, allocating the plurality of web resources from the secondary provider to maintain a predetermined load to capacity ratio for the web application; and

automatically wiring the plurality of web resources from the secondary provider through the cloud manager to the web application.

13. The method according to claim 12 wherein the predetermined load to capacity has an upper limit of 90% ( 9/10).

14. The method according to claim 12 wherein the predetermined load to capacity ratio has a lower limit of 75% (¾

).

15. The method according to claim 12 wherein the plurality of web resources are a plurality of servers.