Method and apparatus for IP commissioning and decommissioning in orchestrated computing environments

• US 9,319,342 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2013
• Issued: 04/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FusionLayer Oy (Nixu Oy)
• Original Assignee: FusionLayer Oy (Nixu Oy)
• Inventors: Holkkola, Juha
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing F
• Assistant Examiner(s): MUNDUR, PADMAVATHI V
• Application Number:
  US13/921,361
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346618A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,035 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances
• 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: H04L 12/4641 Virtual LANs, VLANs, e.g. virtual private networks [VPN] LAN interconnection over a bridge based backbone H04L12/462; encapsulation techniques H04L12/4633; routing of packets H04L45/00; packet switches H04L49/00; virtual private networks for security H04L63/0272
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0273 using web services for network management, e.g. simple object access protocol [SOAP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/5007 Internet protocol [IP] addresses

Abstract

A server computer (IPCDS) for commissioning/decommissioning IP resources to server instances (SI) provisioned using an orchestration solution. The server and client computers constitute a client-server architecture. The server computer has a processing system and memory for applications and data, including program code instructing the processing system to implement the following features: a user interface (UI) for remote management, providing access to data (DB) managed by the server computer; a web-based application programming interface (API) supporting service oriented architecture [“SOA”]; a logic to assign and release IP resources to the clients (CL) based on calls via the API. The logic creates unique IP resource(s) for the server instances (SI), which are nodes of networks with overlapping address spaces. The unique IP resources are based on a name of the private network of the respective server instance, and an IP address within that private network.

Claims

1. A server computer comprising:

a processing system comprising at least one processing unit storing applications and data,

wherein the server computer commissions/decommissions Internet Protocol [“

IP”

] resources to a plurality of hosts provisioned using one or more orchestration solutions,

wherein the server computer and the one or more orchestration solutions constitute a client-server architecture,

wherein the processing system comprises program code instructions instructing the processing system to implement the following features;

a user interface for remote management of the server computer, wherein the user interface provides access to data managed by the server computer;

a web-based application programming interface that supports service oriented architecture [“

SOA”

]; and

a first logic that dynamically assigns and releases IP resources to a plurality of hosts via the one or more orchestration solutions and the web-based application programming interface,

wherein the first logic comprises program code instructions for creating at least one unique IP resource for each of two or more hosts, wherein the two or more hosts are nodes of networks with overlapping address spaces, and

wherein the at least one unique IP resource is based on a combination of a name of a private network of a respective one of the two or more hosts, and an IP address within that private network.

2. The server computer of claim 1, further comprising a second logic associating individual networks with given end-users wherein, in case one or more resources of a network have been fully allocated, the second logic automatically provisions an IP resource from an alternate network, which is associated with the end-user, and/or from a reserve pool of IP resources.

3. A method for operating a server computer, the method comprising:

using the server computer to commission/decommission Internet Protocol [“

IP”

] resources to a plurality of hosts provisioned using one or more orchestration solutions, wherein the server computer and the one or more orchestration solutions constitute a client-server architecture;

providing the server computer with a web-based application programming interface [“

API”

] capable of supporting service oriented architecture [“

SOA”

];

configuring a remote user interface to provide access to data managed by the server computer;

remotely managing the server computer via the remote user interface;

dynamically assigning and releasing IP resources to a plurality of hosts via the one or more orchestration solutions and the web-based application programming interface; and

creating at least one unique IP resource for each of two or more hosts, wherein the two or more hosts are nodes of networks with overlapping address spaces,

wherein the at least one unique IP resource is based on a combination of a name of a private network of a respective one of the two or more hosts, and an IP address within that private network.

4. A non-transitory computer program product comprising:

stored program code instructions for a server computer, wherein the program code instructions, when executed on a server computer, cause the server computer to execute the following acts;

commissioning/decommissioning Internet Protocol [“

IP”

] resources to a plurality of hosts provisioned using one or more orchestration solutions, wherein the server computer and the one or more orchestration solutions constitute a client-server architecture;

providing a user interface for remote management of the server computer, wherein the user interface provides access to data managed by the server computer;

providing a web-based application programming interface that supports service oriented architecture [“

SOA”

]; and

based on a first logic, dynamically assigning and releasing IP resources to a plurality of hosts via the one or more orchestration solutions and the web-based application programming interface,

wherein the first logic comprises program code instructions for creating at least one unique IP resource for each of two or more hosts, wherein the two or more hosts are nodes of networks with overlapping address spaces, and wherein the at least one unique IP resource is based on a combination of a name of a private network of the respective one of the two or more hosts and an IP address within that private network.