Deploying an application in a cloud computing environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016239290-A1
Application number	US-201615140142-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 27, 2016
Priority date	Jun 26, 2013
Publication date	Aug 18, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A technique for deploying an application in a cloud computing environment includes: collecting, while a user is deploying an application, metadata and instructions issued by the user on deploying the application, the metadata comprising service metadata, application metadata and topology metadata, wherein the service metadata comprise metadata on a service required for deploying the application, the application metadata comprise metadata on the application, and the topology metadata comprise metadata indicative of a relationship between the service and the application; and storing the collected metadata and instructions as a model for re-deploying the application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method for deploying an application in a cloud computing environment, the method comprising:
collecting, while a user is deploying an application in the cloud computing environment, metadata and instructions issued by the user on deploying the application, the metadata comprising service metadata, application metadata and topology metadata, wherein the service metadata comprise metadata on a service required for deploying the application, the application metadata comprise metadata on the application, and the topology metadata comprise metadata indicative of a relationship between the service and the application; and storing the collected metadata and instructions according to an operational order in which the user deploys the application as a model for re-deploying the application in the cloud computing environment.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein:
the service metadata comprise one or a combination of: a type of the service, a name of the service, an ID of the service, a version of the service and a configuration of the service; the application metadata comprise one or a combination of: a type of the application, a name of the application, an ID of the application and a configuration of the application; and the topology metadata comprise one or a combination of: an ID of the application, an ID of the service, a name of the application, a name of the service, a binding configuration and a binding policy.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
preparing services used for deploying the application according to the service metadata and instructions in the model.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein storing the collected metadata and instructions as the model for re-deploying the application comprises at least one of:
analyzing the collected metadata and instructions to remove redundant metadata and instructions; storing, according to the operational order in which the user deploys the application, the redundancy-removed metadata and instructions to form the model for re-deploying the application; storing the collected metadata and instructions according to the operational order in which the user deploys the application; analyzing the stored metadata and instructions, and forming from redundancy-removed metadata and instructions the model for re-deploying the application; analyzing the collected metadata and instructions to combine invalid metadata and instructions; storing, according to the operational order in which the user deploys the application, the combined metadata and instructions to form the model for re-deploying the application; storing the collected metadata and instructions according to the operational order in which the user deploys the application; and analyzing the stored metadata and instructions, and combining invalid metadata and instructions to form the model for re-deploying the application.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising, in response to the user applying to the application which has been deployed a further operation related to the deploying, collecting metadata and instructions involved in the operation and updating to the model the metadata and instructions involved in the operation, wherein the metadata involved in the operation comprise at least one of service metadata involved in the operation, application metadata involved in the operation and topology metadata involved in the operation.

6 . The method according to claim 3 , further comprising binding the prepared services to the application according to the topology metadata and instructions in the model.

7 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein preparing services used for deploying the application according to the service metadata and instructions in the model comprises preparing services used for deploying the application according to the service metadata and instructions in the model and in an order of the instructions in the model.

8 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein binding the prepared services to the application according to the topology metadata and instructions in the model comprises binding the prepared services to the application according to the topology metadata and instructions in the model and in an order of the instructions in the model.

9 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein preparing services used for deploying the application according to the service metadata and instructions in the model comprises one or a combination of:
with respect to a dedicated service, creating a new dedicated service according to the service metadata and instructions in the model; with respect to a shared service, if the shared service already exists, using the existing shared service, if the shared service does not exist, creating a new shared service according to the service metadata and instructions in the model; and with respect to an external service reference, creating a new external service reference according to the service metadata and instructions in the model.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Li Tong
• Mao Xin Sheng
• Tan Jia
• Yang Bo

Classifications

• H04L67/1097

  for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title

• G06F8/64

  Retargetable · CPC title

• G06F8/61 Primary

  Installation · CPC title

• G06F8/65

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

• G06F8/60 Primary

  Software deployment · CPC title