Management of inter-dependent configurations of virtual machines in a cloud

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10140134-B2
Application number	US-201615150052-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2016
Priority date	Jan 12, 2012
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

A server computer system determines that configuring a first virtual machine in a cloud depends on a configuration result of configuring a second virtual machine. The server computer system configures the second virtual machine in the cloud and configures the first virtual machine in the cloud using the configuration result of the second virtual machine.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
determining, by a processor, that configuring a first virtual machine instantiated on one or more physical machines in a cloud depends on a configuration result of configuring a second virtual machine instantiated on the one or more physical machines in the cloud;
determining the configuration result by configuring the second virtual machine; and
configuring the first virtual machine based on the configuration result.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein determining that configuring the first virtual machine instantiated on the one or more physical machines in the cloud depends on the configuration result of configuring the second virtual machine instantiated on the one or more physical machines in the cloud comprises:
searching application deployment data associated with the first virtual machine for indicators identifying one or more parameter values are dependent on the configuration result, wherein the application deployment data comprises at least one of a description of a service to be provided by the first virtual machine, a description of a service to be used by the first virtual machine, a description of at least one parameter value provided by the first virtual machine, or a description of at least one parameter value to be used by the first virtual machine.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein determining the configuration result by configuring the second virtual machine comprises: sending a script to an agent executing on the second virtual machine, wherein the agent runs the script to generate a value for at least one parameter to be used in configuring the first virtual machine.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein configuring the first virtual machine based on the configuration result comprises:
receiving at least one parameter value from an agent executing on the second virtual machine; and
sending a script comprising the at least one parameter value to an agent executing on the first virtual machine, wherein the agent runs the script to configure the first virtual machine using the at least one parameter value.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising determining that configuring the first virtual machine depends on at least one user-provided parameter value, and requesting the at least one user-provided parameter value from a user.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving a notification from an agent executing on at least one of the first virtual machine or the second virtual machine indicating a corresponding virtual machine is configured, and sending a notification that configuration of the corresponding virtual machine is complete.

7. A system comprising:
a memory; and
a processor operatively coupled to the memory, the processor to:
determine that configuring a first virtual machine instantiated on one or more physical machines in a cloud depends on a configuration result of configuring a second virtual machine instantiated on the one or more physical machines in the cloud;
determine the configuration result by configuring the second virtual machine; and
configure the first virtual machine based on the configuration result.

8. The system of claim 7 wherein to determine that configuring the first virtual machine instantiated on the one or more physical machines in the cloud depends on the configuration result of configuring the second virtual machine instantiated on the one or more physical machines in the cloud the processor is to:
search application deployment data associated with the first virtual machine for indicators identifying one or more parameter values are dependent on the configuration result, wherein the application deployment data comprises at least one of a description of a service to be provided by the first virtual machine, a description of a service to be used by the first virtual machine, a description of at least one parameter value provided by the first virtual machine, or a description of at least one parameter value to be used by the first virtual machine.

9. The system of claim 7 wherein the processor is further to configure the second virtual machine by sending a script to an agent executing on the second virtual machine, wherein the agent runs the script to generate a value for at least one parameter to be used in configuring the first virtual machine.

10. The system of claim 7 wherein to configure the first virtual machine based on the configuration result the processor is to:
receive at least one parameter value from an agent executing on the second virtual machine; and
send a script comprising the at least one parameter value to an agent executing on the first virtual machine, wherein the agent runs the script to configure the first virtual machine using the at least one parameter value.

11. The system of claim 7 wherein the processor is further to:
determine that configuring the first virtual machine depends on at least one user-provided parameter value; and
request the at least one user-provided parameter value from a user.

12. The system of claim 7 wherein the processor is further to:
receive a notification from an agent executing on at least one of the first virtual machine or the second virtual machine indicating a corresponding virtual machine is configured; and
send a notification that configuration of the corresponding virtual machine is complete.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
determine that configuring a first virtual machine instantiated on one or more physical machines in a cloud depends on a configuration result of configuring a second virtual machine instantiated on the one or more physical machines in the cloud;
determine the configuration result by configuring the second virtual machine; and
configure the first virtual machine based on the configuration result.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein to determine that configuring the first virtual machine instantiated on the one or more physical machines in the cloud depends on the configuration result of configuring the second virtual machine instantiated on the one or more physical machines in the cloud the processor is to:
search application deployment data associated with the first virtual machine for indicators identifying one or more parameter values are dependent on the configuration result, wherein the application deployment data comprises at least one of a description of a service to be provided by the first virtual machine, a description of a service to be used by the first virtual machine, a description of at least one parameter value provided by the first virtual machine, or a description of at least one parameter value to be used by the first virtual machine.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein the processor is to configure the second virtual machine by sending a script to an agent executing on the second virtual machine, wherein the agent runs the script to generate a value for at least one parameter to be used in configuring the first virtual machine.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 wherein to configure the first virtual machine based on the configuration result the processor is to:
receive at least one parameter value from an agent executing on the second virtual machine; and
send a script comprising the at least one parameter value to an agent executing on the first virtual machine, wherein the agent runs the script to configure the first virtual machine using the at least one parameter value.

Assignees

• Red Hat Inc

Inventors

• Dunning John
• Seago Scott Wayne
• Lalancette Christopher
• Trieloff Carl
• Mcleod Ian Scott
• Blomquist Greg D

Classifications

• H04L41/0895

  Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements · CPC title

• G06F2009/45595

  Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances · CPC title

• H04L41/0806

  for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play · CPC title

• H04L41/08

  Configuration management of networks or network elements (address allocation H04L61/50) · CPC title

• G06F9/455 Primary

  Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines · CPC title