Automated cloud set up

• US 9,083,653 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2013
• Issued: 07/14/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Walls, Jeffrey Joel, Perreira, Mark
• Primary Examiner(s): WON, MICHAEL YOUNG
• Application Number:
  US14/058,939
• Publication Number:
  US 20150113145A1
• Time in Patent Office: 631 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/220, 709/226, 709/246
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/044 comprising hierarchical management structures
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0876 Aspects of the degree of configuration automation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/14 Network analysis or design
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• 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 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• 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

Automated cloud set up may include collecting compute resources available for setting up a cloud, identifying packages available to apply to the compute resources, and determining which subsets of the packages to apply to which compute resource.

Claims

1. A computer program product for automated cloud set up, comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that comprises program instructions that, when executed, causes a processor to;

collect compute resources available for setting up a cloud;

present to a user a number of roles that are suitable for a node of said compute resource based on compatibility between a role and attributes of said node;

receive selection of a role from the number of roles for assignation to said node;

identify packages available to apply to said node; and

determine which subsets of said packages to apply to which node based on a selected role.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising program instructions that, when executed, causes said processor to automatically apply one of said subsets to said node.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, further comprising program instructions that, when executed, causes said processor to:

make said node of said compute resources visible; and

install a base operating system on said node.

4. The computer program product of claim 3, further comprising program instructions that, when executed, causes said processor to provide a user with an option to complete a set up of said node.

5. The computer program product of claim 4, further comprising program instructions that, when executed, causes said processor to complete a set up of said node in response to user input selecting said option to complete said set up, in which completion of a set up comprises:

installing a custom operating system onto said node; and

classifying said node as in an allocated category.

6. The computer program product of claim 3, further comprising program instructions that, when executed, causes said processor to assign a role to said node.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein said role is a cloud controller role, a network controller role, a storage controller role, or combinations thereof.

8. The computer program product of claim 3, further comprising program instructions that, when executed, causes said processor to assign said node to a region within said cloud, in which:

nodes within a region perform operations together; and

an assignment is based on said role of said node.

16. The computer program product of claim 1, in which said attributes of said node comprise at least one of memory attributes and processing speed attributes.

17. The computer program product of claim 1, in which presenting to a user a number of roles that are suitable for a node of said compute resource is further based on a performance of said cloud.

9. A system for automated cloud set up, comprising:

a collection engine to collect compute resources available for setting up a cloud;

a roles table to identify roles that are assignable to a node of said compute resources based on attributes of said node;

an identifying engine to identify packages available to apply to said node;

a determining engine to determine which subsets of said packages to apply to which node based on user selection of a role from said roles table; and

an applying engine to automatically apply one of said subsets to said node based on said role.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising an initialization engine to:

make said node of said compute resources visible; and

classify said node as ready for allocation.

11. The system of claim 9, further comprising an options engine to provide options to a user for processing said node in said compute resources.

12. The system of claim 9, further comprising a role engine to assign said role to said node of said compute resources based on user input.

13. The system of claim 9, further comprising a region engine to assign a region to said node of said compute resources based on said user selection of said role from said roles table.

14. The system of claim 9, further comprising a regions table to track regions in said cloud, in which said regions table indicates types of compute resources desired for said regions.

15. A method of automated cloud set up, comprising:

collecting compute resources available for setting up a cloud;

determining a number of roles that are assignable to a node of said compute resource based on compatibility between a role and attributes of said node;

presenting the number of roles to a user;

receiving selection of a role from said number of roles for assignation to said node;

identifying packages available to apply to said node based on a selected role;

assigning said role to said node of said compute resources;

determining which subsets of said packages to apply to said node based on an assigned role;

automatically applying one of said subsets to said node based on said assigned role; and

assigning said node to an operating region based on said assigned role, in which said node performs operations together with other nodes in said operating region.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein determining a number of roles that are assignable to a node of said compute resources is further based on a performance of said cloud.

19. The method of claim 15, in which assigning said node to an operating region based on said assigned role comprises creating said region.

20. The method of claim 15, in which assigning said node to an operating region based on said assigned role comprises extending said region.