System and method for webtier providers in a cloud platform environment

• US 9,544,188 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2014
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Mordani, Rajiv, Saxena, Kshitiz, Islam, Nazrul, Hegde, Shyamant
• Primary Examiner(s): SHAW, PELING ANDREW
• Application Number:
  US14/476,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20150120891A1
• Time in Patent Office: 860 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0895 Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5041 characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/168 above the transport layer
• 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

Abstract

Described herein is a system and method for supporting a webtier provider in a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, the service types made available in a cloud platform (e.g., CloudLogic) domain can include information which describes dependency on a webtier provider, which in turn provides load-balancing capability to a service whose deployment may span multiple virtual machines. A webtier provider can associate one or more provisioned services with a webtier runtime, to satisfy the webtier dependency of a service. After a service is provisioned, a webtier provider service management engine (SME) can associate the service with a webtier runtime by creating a configuration therein. The webtier runtime can subsequently provide a single point of access to the service, including load-balancing requests to service nodes, or providing support for additional capabilities such as failure detection and failover.

Claims

1. A system for associating provisioned services with a load balancer runtime in a cloud computing environment, comprising:

one or more computers including a cloud environment executing thereon;

a cloud platform component provided as an installable software suite within the cloud environment, that supports provisioning of enterprise applications as a plurality of services, wherein each of the plurality of services is provisioned on a plurality of nodes;

a plurality of configurations for each provisioned service, wherein the plurality of configurations are created on a load balancer runtime, include a virtual server configuration and an origin server pool configuration, and are configured to

associate a provisioned service with the load balancer runtime, and

direct requests for the service received at the load balancer runtime to a particular one of the plurality of nodes on which the service is provisioned.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of configurations are created through a provider service management engine (SME).

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the virtual server configuration matches a domain name pattern of the provisioned service.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the domain name of the provisioned service is based on a combination of a service name and an account name.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the origin pool configuration configures a pool of server nodes on which the provisioned service is hosted.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the provider SME creates a certificate that matches the domain name of the service when the webtier runtime has an SSL enabled port.

7. A method system for associating provisioned services with a load balancer runtime in a cloud computing environment, comprising:

providing, at one or more computers including a cloud environment executing thereon, a cloud platform component as an installable software suite that supports provisioning of enterprise applications as a plurality of services, wherein each of the plurality of services is provisioned on a plurality of nodes;

providing a plurality of configurations for each provisioned service, wherein the plurality of configurations are created on a load balancer runtime, include a virtual server configuration and an origin server pool configuration, and are configured to associate a provisioned service with the load balancer runtime; and

directing requests for the service received at the load balancer runtime to a particular one of the plurality of nodes on which the service is provisioned.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of configurations are created through a provider service management engine (SME).

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the virtual server configuration matches a domain name pattern of the provisioned service.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the domain name of the provisioned service is based on a combination of a service name and an account name.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the origin pool configuration configures a pool of server nodes on which the provisioned service is hosted.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the provider SME creates a certificate that matches the domain name of the service when the webtier runtime has an SSL enabled port.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the steps comprising:

providing, at one or more computers including a cloud environment executing thereon, a cloud platform component as an installable software suite that supports provisioning of enterprise applications as a plurality of services, wherein each of the plurality of services is provisioned on a plurality of nodes;

providing a plurality of configurations for each provisioned service, wherein the plurality of configurations are created on a load balancer runtime, include a virtual server configuration and an origin server pool configuration, and are configured to associate a provisioned service with the load balancer runtime; and

directing requests for the service received at the load balancer runtime to a particular one of the plurality of nodes on which the service is provisioned.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the plurality of configurations are created through a provider service management engine (SME).

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the virtual server configuration matches a domain name pattern of the provisioned service.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the domain name of the provisioned service is based on a combination of a service name and an account name.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the origin pool configuration configures a pool of server nodes on which the provisioned service is hosted.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the provider SME creates a certificate that matches the domain name of the service when the webtier runtime has an SSL enabled port.