Cloud delivery platform

• US 9,753,784 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2013
• Issued: 09/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Nassaur, Douglas, Fox, James Paul, Glover, Rene
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Dhairya A
• Application Number:
  US14/091,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20150149634A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,378 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation

Abstract

Concepts and technologies disclosed herein are directed to a cloud delivery platform. The cloud delivery platform can publish a cloud deployable offering. The cloud delivery platform can order, from a cloud orchestrator, one or more resources to be utilized by the cloud deployable offering. The cloud delivery platform can provision the cloud deployable offering on the resource(s). The cloud delivery platform can manage the cloud deployable offering to ensure that the cloud deployable offering meets a level of service. The cloud delivery platform can monitor one or more components of the cloud delivery platform to determine whether an event has occurred, and in response to determining that an event has occurred, the cloud delivery platform can broadcast the event.

Claims

1. A cloud delivery platform comprising:

a hardware architecture comprising at least one processor and at least one memory module; and

a plurality of components that, when executed by the at least one processor of the hardware architecture, causes the at least one processor of the hardware architecture to perform operations comprising

identifying a cloud deployment element of a cloud deployable offering,

identifying a cloud deployment unit to support deployment of the cloud deployment element,

defining a cloud deployment policy to build, deliver, and manage the cloud deployable offering at a level of service,

generating a cloud deployment manifest comprising an identifier associated with the cloud deployment element, an identifier associated with the cloud deployment unit, and the cloud deployment policy, the cloud deployment manifest further comprising a type of the cloud deployment element, a role associated with the cloud deployment element, a quantity of the cloud deployment element to be deployed, a software package to be utilized by the cloud deployment element, and a plurality of types of provisioning enabled for the cloud deployable offering, wherein the plurality of types of provisioning comprise an initial provisioning for an initial deployment of the cloud deployable offering, an elastic event provisioning allowing the cloud deployable offering to be scaled up or scaled down based upon demand, and a recovery provisioning allowing the cloud deployable offering to return to a previous state to recover from a failure, wherein the cloud deployment manifest further comprises, for each of the plurality of types of provisioning enabled for the cloud deployable offering, a corresponding type of process to be used to perform each of the plurality of types of provisioning, and wherein the corresponding type of process used to perform the initial provisioning comprises a stick deploy process and the corresponding type of process used to perform the elastic event provisioning and the recovery provisioning comprises a snapshot restore process,

receiving an order to deploy an instance of the cloud deployable offering,

ordering, from a cloud orchestrator, a resource to be utilized by the cloud deployable offering, the resource associated with the cloud deployment unit identified in the cloud deployment manifest,

receiving access to the resource,

distributing the cloud deployment element to the resource associated with the cloud deployment unit, and

configuring the cloud deployment element on the cloud deployment unit in preparation for deployment of the cloud deployable offering.

2. The cloud delivery platform of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise managing the cloud deployable offering to ensure that the cloud deployable offering meets the level of service set forth in the cloud deployment policy.

3. The cloud delivery platform of claim 2, wherein managing the cloud deployable offering to ensure that the cloud deployable offering meets the level of service comprises:

detecting an event; and

responding to the event by performing a function to return the cloud deployable offering to the level of service.

4. The cloud delivery platform of claim 3, wherein the function to return the cloud deployable offering to the level of service comprises generating an order directed to the cloud orchestrator to order additional resources to return the cloud deployable offering to the level of service.

5. The cloud delivery platform of claim 3, wherein the function to return the cloud deployable offering to the level of service comprises:

installing a patch to the cloud deployable offering;

upgrading the cloud deployable offering;

relocating the cloud deployable offering from resources including the resource to new resources and provisioning the cloud deployable offering on the new resources;

performing a recovery deployment to return the cloud deployable offering to a previous state in which the level of service is met;

or

re-provisioning the cloud deployable offering on the resources.

6. The cloud delivery platform of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

monitoring the plurality of components to determine whether an event has occurred; and

in response to determining that an event has occurred, broadcasting the event.

7. A method comprising:

identifying, by a cloud delivery platform comprising at least one memory module and at least one processor that executes a plurality of components, a cloud deployment element of a cloud deployable offering;

identifying, by the cloud delivery platform, a cloud deployment unit to support deployment of the cloud deployment element;

defining, by the cloud delivery platform, a cloud deployment policy to build, deliver, and manage the cloud deployable offering at a level of service;

generating, by the cloud delivery platform, a cloud deployment manifest comprising an identifier associated with the cloud deployment element, an identifier associated with the cloud deployment unit, and the cloud deployment policy, the cloud deployment manifest further comprising a type of the cloud deployment element, a role associated with the cloud deployment element, a quantity of the cloud deployment element to be deployed, a software package to be utilized by the cloud deployment element, and a plurality of types of provisioning enabled for the cloud deployable offering, wherein the plurality of types of provisioning comprise an initial provisioning for an initial deployment of the cloud deployable offering, an elastic event provisioning allowing the cloud deployable offering to be scaled up or scaled down based on demand, and a recovery provisioning allowing the cloud deployable offering to return to a previous state to recover from a failure, wherein the cloud deployment manifest further comprises, for each of the plurality of types of provisioning enabled for the cloud deployable offering, a corresponding type of process to be used to perform each of the plurality of types of provisioning, and wherein the corresponding type of process used to perform the initial provisioning comprises a stick deploy process and the corresponding type of process used to perform the elastic event provisioning and the recovery provisioning comprises a snapshot restore process;

ordering, by the cloud delivery platform, from a cloud orchestrator, a resource to be utilized by the cloud deployable offering, the resource associated with the cloud deployment unit identified in the cloud deployment manifest;

receiving, by the cloud delivery platform, access to the resource;

distributing, by the cloud delivery platform, the cloud deployment element to the resource associated with the cloud deployment unit; and

configuring, by the cloud delivery platform, the cloud deployment element on the cloud deployment unit in preparation for deployment of the cloud deployable offering.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising managing, by the cloud delivery platform, the cloud deployable offering to ensure that the cloud deployable offering meets the level of service.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein managing, by the cloud delivery platform, the cloud deployable offering to ensure that the cloud deployable offering meets the level of service comprises:

detecting an event; and

responding to the event by performing a function to return the cloud deployable offering to the level of service.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the function to return the cloud deployable offering to the level of service comprises generating an order directed to the cloud orchestrator to order additional resources to return the cloud deployable offering to the level of service.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the function to return the cloud deployable offering to the level of service comprises:

installing a patch to the cloud deployable offering;

upgrading the cloud deployable offering;

relocating the cloud deployable offering from resources including the resource to new resources and provisioning the cloud deployable offering on the new resources;

performing a recovery deployment to return the cloud deployable offering to a previous state in which the level of service is met;

or

re-provisioning the cloud deployable offering on the resources.

12. A computer storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor of a cloud delivery platform, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

identifying a cloud deployment element of a cloud deployable offering;

identifying a cloud deployment unit to support deployment of the cloud deployment element;

defining a cloud deployment policy to build, deliver, and manage the cloud deployable offering at a level of service;

generating a cloud deployment manifest comprising an identifier associated with the cloud deployment element, an identifier associated with the cloud deployment unit, and the cloud deployment policy, the cloud deployment manifest further comprising a type of the cloud deployment element, a role associated with the cloud deployment element, a quantity of the cloud deployment element to be deployed, a software package to be utilized by the cloud deployment element, and a plurality of types of provisioning enabled for the cloud deployable offering, wherein the plurality of types of provisioning comprise an initial provisioning for an initial deployment of the cloud deployable offering, an elastic event provisioning allowing the cloud deployable offering to be scaled up or scaled down based upon demand, and a recovery provisioning allowing the cloud deployable offering to return to a previous state to recover from a failure, wherein the cloud deployment manifest further comprises, for each of the plurality of types of provisioning enabled for the cloud deployable offering, a corresponding type of process to be used to perform each of the plurality of types of provisioning, and wherein the corresponding type of process used to perform the initial provisioning comprises a stick deploy process and the corresponding type of process used to perform the elastic event provisioning and the recovery provisioning comprises a snapshot restore process;

receiving an order to deploy an instance of the cloud deployable offering;

ordering, from a cloud orchestrator, a resource to be utilized by the cloud deployable offering, the resource associated with the cloud deployment unit identified in the cloud deployment manifest;

receiving access to the resource;

distributing the cloud deployment element to the resource associated with the cloud deployment unit; and

configuring the cloud deployment element on the cloud deployment unit in preparation for deployment of the cloud deployable offering.

13. The computer storage medium of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise managing the cloud deployable offering to ensure that the cloud deployable offering meets the level of service.

14. The computer storage medium of claim 13, wherein managing the cloud deployable offering to ensure that the cloud deployable offering meets the level of service comprises:

detecting an event; and

responding to the event by performing a function to return the cloud deployable offering to the level of service.

15. The computer storage medium of claim 14, wherein the function to return the cloud deployable offering to the level of service comprises:

installing a patch to the cloud deployable offering;

upgrading the cloud deployable offering;

relocating the cloud deployable offering from resources including the resource to new resources and provisioning the cloud deployable offering on the new resources;

performing a recovery deployment to return the cloud deployable offering to a previous state in which the level of service is met;

or

re-provisioning the cloud deployable offering on the resources.