End-to-end automated servicing model for cloud computing platforms

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11329888-B2
Application number	US-202016881589-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 22, 2020
Priority date	Dec 15, 2015
Publication date	May 10, 2022
Grant date	May 10, 2022

Abstract

The application is directed to a cloud computing platform. The cloud computing platform includes a memory having instructions stored thereon for managing updates the cloud computing platform. The cloud computing platform also includes a controller, operably coupled to the memory. The controller is configured to execute an instruction of identifying an update for an existing cloud computing service operating on the cloud computing platform. The controller is also configured to download the update for the existing service. The controller is also configured to merge the differences between the downloaded update and the existing service to create a new image. The controller is also configured to test the new image offline. Further, the controller is configured to validate the new image online.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method of configuring a cloud computing platform, the method comprising:
identifying an update of an image of a cloud computing service operating on a cloud computing platform, the image booted on a node of the cloud computing platform;
merging the image with differences between the image and an updated image associated with the update to generate a new image;
testing the new image offline;
migrating a load associated with the cloud computing service to a storage device;
rebooting the node using the tested new image;
validating the tested new image online, including:
configuring the tested new image for communication with other hardware and software of the cloud computing platform, and
accepting the migrated load from the storage device,
wherein, responsive to the validating being successful, a boot order of the storage device is changed to boot with the tested new image.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising registering a client device to access an updated cloud application of the cloud computing service.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the updated cloud application includes one of 1) an editing application; 2) a network management application; or 3) a finance application.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the updated cloud application includes an application requested by the client device.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein the updated cloud application includes an application developed by the user via the client device and uploaded to the cloud computing service from the client device.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein the load is migrated to the storage device of the cloud computing platform from the client device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the load is migrated to the storage device of the cloud computing platform from a remote server of the cloud computing platform.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the load includes one or more of 1) user information and 2) system information.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user information includes one or more of 1) a search history; 2) a cookie; and 3) a password.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the system information includes one or more of 1) internet protocol addresses; 2) cached web pages; and 3) system utilization.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising responsive to the validating being successful, removing the image from the storage device.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising responsive to the validating being unsuccessful, removing the tested new image.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising installing the update of the image of the cloud computing service to a plurality of different servers of the cloud computing platform.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising continuing to operate the cloud computing service on at least one of the different servers while validating the tested new image offline at the storage device of the cloud computing platform.

15. A controller server system of a cloud computing platform, the controller server system comprising:
a logic device; and
a storage device containing instructions executable by the logic device to:
provide an update of an image of a cloud computing service operating on the cloud computing platform, the image booted on a server system of the cloud computing platform, for installation to a different server system of the cloud computing platform other than the controller server system;
merge the image with differences between the image and an updated image associated with the update to generate a new image;
test the new image offline;
provide a load associated with the cloud computing service to the different server system;
instruct the different server system to reboot using the tested new image;
instruct the different server system to validate the tested new image online, including:
instruct the different server system to configure the tested new image for communication with other hardware and software of the cloud computing platform, and
instruct the different server system to accept the migrated load,
wherein, responsive to the validating being successful, a boot order of the storage device is changed to boot with the tested new image.

16. The controller server system of claim 15 , wherein the instructions are further executable to provide the update of the image of the cloud computing service for installation to a plurality of different server systems of the cloud computing platform.

17. A server system of a cloud computing platform, the server comprising:
a logic device; and
a storage device containing instructions executable by the logic device to:
identify an update of an image of a cloud computing service operating on a cloud computing platform, the image booted on a node of the cloud computing platform;
merge the image with differences between the image and an updated image associated with the update to generate a new image;
test the new image offline;
migrate a load associated with the cloud computing service to the storage device;
reboot the node using the tested new image;
validate the tested new image online, including:
configuring the tested new image for communication with other hardware and software of the cloud computing platform, and
accepting the migrated load,
wherein, responsive to the validating being successful, a boot order of the storage device is changed to boot with the tested new image.

18. The server system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions are further executable, responsive to the validating being successful, to remove the image from the storage device and change a boot order of the storage device to boot with the tested new image.

Assignees

• Microsoft Technology Licensing Llc

Inventors

• Maknojia Rahim
• Wei Cheng
• Lucas Shawn
• Gibson Robert S T

Classifications

• H04L41/40

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

• G06F8/658 Primary

  Incremental updates; Differential updates · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• G06F8/65

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• H04L41/12 Primary

  Discovery or management of network topologies · CPC title