System and method for intent-based service deployment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11032380-B2
Application number	US-201816051389-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 31, 2018
Priority date	Jul 31, 2018
Publication date	Jun 8, 2021
Grant date	Jun 8, 2021

Abstract

A system may include a service deployment system configured to receive user indicators, map the user indicators to a plurality of services, determine an order of deployment associated with the plurality of services, and determine deployment locations associated with the plurality of services. The service deployment system may be configured to generate a plurality of actions, responsive to the plurality of services, the order of deployment, and the deployment locations.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A service deployment system associated with a virtual computing system having a plurality of software functionality services installed thereon, the service deployment system comprising:
a distributed cluster of virtual machines for running the plurality of software functionality services;
a memory that stores user indicators and a configuration state of the distributed cluster; and
a processing unit that deploys the plurality of software functionality services based on the user indicators and the configuration state of the distributed cluster, wherein the processing unit:
receives the user indicators and stores the user indicators within the memory;
maps the user indicators to the plurality of software functionality services;
determines an order of deployment associated with the plurality of software functionality services;
determines deployment locations associated with the plurality of software functionality services;
generates a plurality of actions responsive to the plurality of software functionality services, the order of deployment, and the deployment locations;
detects a change in the configuration state including upgrading a version of a software managing the distributed cluster of virtual machines; and
generates an updated plurality of actions responsive to the change in the configuration state.

2. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a controller virtual machine, wherein the processing unit sends remote procedure calls to the plurality of controller virtual machines, the remote procedure calls implementing the plurality of actions.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising a virtual machine coupled to the controller virtual machine, wherein determining the deployment locations includes determining the user virtual machine on which to deploy the plurality of software functionality services.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the user indicators are first user indicators, and wherein the processing unit further:
receives second user indicators; and
compares the second user indicators to the first user indicators.

5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the user indicators are first user indicators, and wherein the processing unit further:
generates a second plurality of actions responsive to determining a difference between the second user indicators and the first user indicators.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein receiving the user indicators includes receiving a plurality of end-user application identifiers and a plurality of license keys possessed by a user.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the deployment locations includes wherein determining the deployment locations based on input received from a load balancer.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining the order of deployment includes determining the order of deployment based on a dependency graph showing dependencies between the plurality of software functionality services.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of software functionality services is operable to perform one or more of the user indicators.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the distributed cluster of virtual machines consumes cloud storage and on-prem storage.

11. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving, at a service deployment system, user indicators associated with a configuration state of a distributed cluster of virtual machines;
mapping the user indicators to a plurality of software functionality services;
determining an order of deployment associated with the plurality of software functionality services;
determining deployment locations associated with the plurality of software functionality services; and
generating a plurality of actions responsive to the plurality of software functionality services, the order of deployment, and the deployment locations;
detecting a change in the configuration state including upgrading a version of a software managing the distributed cluster of virtual machines; and
generating an updated plurality of actions responsive to the change in the configuration state.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising sending remote procedure calls to a controller virtual machine, the remote procedure calls implementing the plurality of actions.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising determining a user virtual machine on which to deploy the plurality of software functionality services, the virtual machine coupled to the controller virtual machine.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the user indicators are first user indicators, the method further comprising:
receiving second user indicators; and
comparing the second user indicators to the first user indicators.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the user indicators are first user indicators, the method further comprising:
responsive to determining a difference between the second user indicators and the first user indicators, generating a second plurality of actions.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the user indicators includes receiving a plurality of end-user application identifiers and a plurality of license keys possessed by a user.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining the deployment locations includes wherein determining the deployment locations based on input received from a load balancer.

18. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining the order of deployment includes determining the order of deployment based on a dependency graph showing dependencies between the plurality of software functionality services.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of software functionality services is operable to perform one or more of the user indicators.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by one or more processors associated with a service deployment system, causes the service deployment system to perform operations comprising:
receiving user indicators associated with a configuration state of a virtual machine cluster a distributed cluster of virtual machines;
mapping the user indicators to a plurality of software functionality services;
determining an order of deployment associated with the plurality of software functionality services;
determining deployment locations associated with the plurality of software functionality services;
generating a plurality of actions responsive to the plurality of software functionality services, the order of deployment, and the deployment locations;
detecting a change in the configuration state including upgrading a version of a software managing the distributed cluster of virtual machines; and
generating an updated plurality of actions responsive to the change in the configuration state.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 , the operations further comprising sending remote procedure calls to a controller virtual machine, the remote procedure calls implementing the plurality of actions.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 21 , the operations further comprising determining a user virtual machine on which to deploy the plurality of software functionality services, the virtual machine coupled to the controller virtual machine.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 20 , wherein the user indicators are first user indicators, the operations further comprising:
receiving s

Assignees

• Nutanix Inc

Inventors

• Kaladagi Basavaraj
• Deodhar Akshay
• Sohi Aroosh
• Singh Arpit
• Li Jie
• Bhatia Nikhil

Classifications

• H04L41/40

  using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities · CPC title

• H04L67/51 Primary

  Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services · CPC title

• H04L67/133

  Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC] · CPC title

• H04L41/5058

  Service discovery by the service manager · CPC title

• G06F9/5083

  Techniques for rebalancing the load in a distributed system · CPC title