RE-CONFIGURATION IN CLOUD COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS

• US 20150242200A1
• Filed: 09/03/2012
• Published: 08/27/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Niemoeller, Joerg, Curescu, Calin, Vandikas, Konstantinos, Mazmanov, Dimitri
• Granted Patent: US 10,430,172 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/783 Distributed allocation of resources, e.g. bandwidth brokers
• 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

There is provided a data structure for re-configuration of an application hosted in a cloud computing environment. The data structure comprises a software template for use in a software scheme. The software template describes a flow of actions executable by a cloud management unit in the cloud computing environment for re-configuration of an application hosted by the management unit and executable by the management unit using the software scheme. The software template comprises software instructions comprising a first portion of software instructions non-editable by a programming interface unit of the hosted application. The software template allows for a second portion of software instructions to be added to the software template by the programming interface unit of the hosted application. Methods and devices for re-configuration using the data structure are also provided.

Claims

1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium storing a data structure for use in a cloud computing environment, the data structure comprising:

a software template for use in a software scheme, the software template describing a flow of actions executable by a cloud management unit in the cloud computing environment for re-configuration of an application hosted by the management unit and executable by the management unit using the software scheme,

the software template comprising;

software instructions comprising a first portion of software instructions non-editable by a programming interface unit of the hosted application,

wherein the software template allows for a second portion of software instructions to be added to the software template by the programming interface unit of the hosted application.

2. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the re-configuration relates to upgrading existing software instructions of the hosted application.

3. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the re-configuration relates to scaling of the hosted application.

4. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein the scaling relates to increasing or decreasing a resource allocation associated with executing the hosted application by the cloud management unit.

5. The computer program product of claim 4, wherein the resource allocation comprises reserving additional or fewer network resources than current network resources for executing the hosted application by the cloud management unit.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the network resources relate to a bandwidth associated with the hosted application in the cloud computing environment.

7. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the network resources relate to a memory allocation associated with the hosted application in the cloud computing environment.

8. The computer program product of claim 3, wherein the scaling comprises adding or removing a clone of the hosted application in the cloud computing environment.

9. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the hosted application is one from a group of a database service, a webserver service, a web service, and a software application

10. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the first portion of software instructions relates to pre-determined actions to be performed by the cloud management unit.

11. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the second portion of software instructions relates to application programming interface, API, calls.

12. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the software instructions further comprises a third portion editable by the programming interface unit of the hosted application.

13. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data structure enables a dynamic change of the software scheme as generated by the programming interface unit from the software template.

14. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the data structure enables branching and/or conditional execution of the software scheme as generated by the programming interface unit from the software template.

15. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the software instructions comprises variables and parameters relating to identification of the hosted application.

16. The computer program product of claim 1, wherein the software template further comprises software instructions for re-configuration of the application back to a state before the software scheme as generated by the programming interface unit from the software template has been applied by the cloud management unit to the hosted application.

17-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A method for re-configuration of an application hosted and executable by a cloud management unit in a cloud computing environment, the method being performed by the cloud management unit, the method comprising:

providing a data structure to a first database, the data structure comprising;

a software template for use in a software scheme, the software template describing a flow of actions executable by a cloud management unit in the cloud computing environment for re-configuration of an application hosted by the management unit and executable by the management unit using the software scheme,

the software template comprising;

software instructions comprising a first portion of software instructions non-editable by a programming interface unit of the hosted application,

wherein the software template allows for a second portion of software instructions to be added to the software template by the programming interface unit of the hosted application.

20. The method according to claim 19, further comprising

acquiring an indicator of re-configuration of the application;

retrieving a software scheme from a second database, the software scheme having been generated by a programming interface unit applying the software template of the data structure to an application by adding the second portion of software instructions; and

executing the software scheme.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the software template is one of a plurality of software templates stored in the first database, and wherein the application is one of a plurality of applications hosted and executable by the cloud management unit, the method further comprising:

identifying one software template from the plurality of software templates for re-configuration of one application of said plurality of applications;

verifying whether or not said one application complies with said one software template; and

if said one application complies with said one software template;

identifying a software scheme corresponding to said one software template;

retrieving said software scheme from the second database; and

executing said software scheme.

22. The method according to claim 21, wherein, if said one application does not comply with said one software template, the method further comprising:

searching in said first database for a different software template, said one application being compliant with said different software template;

identifying a different software scheme corresponding to said different software template;

retrieving said different software scheme from the second database; and

executing said different software scheme.

23. The method according to claim 20, wherein the indicator relates to at least one of upgrading existing software instructions of the hosted application and scaling of the hosted application.

24. A method for re-configuration of an application hosted and executable by a cloud management unit in a cloud computing environment, the method being performed by a programming interface unit, the method comprising:

retrieving a data structure according to from a first database, the data structure comprising;

a software template for use in a software scheme, the software template describing a flow of actions executable by a cloud management unit in the cloud computing environment for re-configuration of an application hosted by the management unit and executable by the management unit using the software scheme, the software template comprising;

software instructions comprising a first portion of software instructions non-editable by a programming interface unit of the hosted application, wherein the software template allows for a second portion of software instructions to be added to the software template by the programming interface unit of the hosted application;

applying the software template of the data structure to an application by adding the second portion of software instructions, thereby generating a software scheme; and

transmitting the software scheme to a second database.

25. A cloud management unit for re-configuration of an application hosted and executable by the cloud management unit in a cloud computing environment, the cloud management unit comprising:

a transmitter arranged to provide a data structure to a first database, the data structure comprising;

a software template for use in a software scheme, the software template describing a flow of actions executable by a cloud management unit in the cloud computing environment for re-configuration of an application hosted by the management unit and executable by the management unit using the software scheme,

the software template comprising;

software instructions comprising a first portion of software instructions non-editable by a programming interface unit of the hosted application,

wherein the software template allows for a second portion of software instructions to be added to the software template by the programming interface unit of the hosted application.

26. The cloud management unit according to claim 25, further comprising:

a processing unit arranged to acquire an indicator of re-configuration of the application;

wherein the transmitter further is arranged to retrieve a software scheme from a second database, the software scheme having been generated by a programming interface unit applying the software template of the data structure to an application by adding the second portion of software instructions; and

wherein the processing unit further is arranged to execute the software scheme

27. A programming interface unit for re-configuration of an application hosted and executable by a cloud management unit in a cloud computing environment, the programming interface unit comprising:

a receiver arranged to retrieve a data structure from a first database, the data structure comprising;

a software template for use in a software scheme, the software template describing a flow of actions executable by a cloud management unit in the cloud computing environment for re-configuration of an application hosted by the management unit and executable by the management unit using the software scheme, the software template comprising;

software instructions comprising a first portion of software instructions non-editable by a programming interface unit of the hosted application, wherein the software template allows for a second portion of software instructions to be added to the software template by the programming interface unit of the hosted application;

a processing unit arranged to apply the software template of the data structure to an application by adding the second portion of software instructions, thereby generating a software scheme; and

a transmitter arranged to transmit the software scheme to a second database.