Cloud Computing Lifecycle Management for N-Tier Applications

• US 20120311012A1
• Filed: 08/10/2012
• Published: 12/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jamal Mazhar
• Original Assignee: Jamal Mazhar, Muhammad Shahzad Pervez
• Inventors: Mazhar, Jamal, Pervez, Muhammad Shahzad
• Granted Patent: US 9,043,751 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5088 involving task migration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5054 Automatic deployment of services triggered by the service manager, e.g. service implementation by automatic configuration of network components
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5064 Customer relationship management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5077 wherein the managed service relates to simple transport services, i.e. providing only network infrastructure
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/10 Active monitoring, e.g. heartbeat, ping or trace-route
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/83 based on usage prediction

Abstract

Methods, devices, and systems for management of a cloud computing environment for use by a software application. The cloud computing environment may be an N-tier environment. Multiple cloud providers may be used to provide the cloud computing environment.

Claims

1. A method for managing a cloud computing environment for use by a software application comprising:

sending an initialization event based on provisioning information in a single file, the initialization event causing a cloud environment configuration to be made available to an application, the cloud environment configuration comprising multiple tiers; and

subsequently sending application data that causes an application to begin execution in the cloud environment configuration.

2. The method of claim 1, where the provisioning information comprises types of servers to launch in each tier.

3. The method of claim 1, where the provisioning information comprises geographic data.

4. The method of claim 1, where the provisioning information comprises security requirement data.

5. A computer readable medium having computer usable program code executable to perform operations comprising:

sending an initialization event based on provisioning information in a single file, the initialization event causing a cloud environment configuration to be made available to an application, the cloud environment configuration comprising multiple tiers; and

subsequently sending application data that causes an application to begin execution in the cloud environment configuration.

6. The computer readable medium of claim 5, where the provisioning information comprises types of servers to launch in each tier.

7. The computer readable medium of claim 5, where the provisioning information comprises geographic data.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 5, where the provisioning information comprises security requirement data.

9. A system for managing a cloud computing environment for use by a software application, the system comprising a processor in communication with a memory, where:

the memory stores processor-executable program code; and

the processor is configured to be operative in conjunction with the processor-executable program code to;

send an initialization event based on provisioning information in a single file, the initialization event configured to cause a cloud environment configuration comprising multiple tiers to be made available to an application; and

subsequently send application data configured to cause an application to begin execution in the cloud environment configuration.

10. The system of claim 9, where the provisioning information comprises types of servers to launch in each tier.

11. The system of claim 9, where the provisioning information comprises geographic data.

12. The system of claim 9, where the provisioning information comprises security requirement data.