Method and apparatus for automated deployment of geographically distributed applications within a cloud

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9712402-B2
Application number	US-201213648628-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2012
Priority date	Oct 10, 2012
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, from a requesting device, a request to establish a component of an application; identifying a policy file associated with the application, wherein the policy file defines at least one segment for the application and defines at least one constraint for a first segment of the at least one segment; selecting the first segment for establishment of the component; selecting a location for establishment of the component, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint; and establishing the component at the selected location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method performed by a cloud controller for establishing a component of an application within a cloud, the method comprising:
receiving, from a requesting device, a request to establish the component by the cloud controller:
identifying by the cloud controller a policy the associated with the application, wherein the policy the defines at least one segment for the application within the cloud and defines at least one constraint for a first segment of the at least one segment, wherein a segment is a grouping of components available for the application within the cloud:
selecting the first segment for establishment of the component by the cloud controller;
selecting a location for establishment of the component by the cloud controller, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint;
establishing the component at the selected location;
receiving, from the requesting device, a request to establish an additional component for the application;
selecting a second segment of the at least one segment for establishment of the additional component; and
selecting a location for establishment of the additional component within the second segment; and establishing the additional component at the selected location, wherein selecting the second segment comprises selecting the second segment for establishment of the additional component based on the policy file definition of the at least one segment and system-state information reflecting the establishment of the component within the first segment.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one constraint comprises an individual segment constraint that specifies a constraint for components belonging to the first segment.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one constraint comprises an intra-segment constraint that specifies a constraint between at least two components belonging to the first segment.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one constraint comprises an inter-segment constraint that specifies a constraint between at least one component belonging to the first segment and at least one component belonging to a second segment of the at least one segment.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
reporting the establishment of the component to the requesting device along with a label;
receiving, from the requesting device, a scale request including the label;
identifying the first segment as being associated with the label; and
performing a scaling operation with respect to the first segment.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising, after identifying the first segment:
identifying the at least one constraint for the first segment from the policy file; and
selecting a location for the scaling operation, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint;
wherein performing the scaling operation comprises performing the scaling operation at the selected location.

7. A cloud controller for establishing a component of an application within a cloud, the cloud controller comprising:
a data storage;
a processor in communication with the data storage, the processor being configured to:
receive, from a requesting device, a request to establish the component by the cloud controller:
identify by the cloud controller a policy the stored in the data storage and associated with the application, wherein the policy file defines at least one segment for the application within the cloud and defines at least one constraint for a first segment of the at least one segment, wherein a segment is a grouping of components available for the application within the cloud;
select the first segment for establishment of the component by the cloud controller;
select a location for establishment of the component by the cloud controller, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint;
establish the component at the selected location;
receive, from the requesting device, a request to establish an additional component for the application;
select a second segment of the at least one segment for establishment of the additional component;
select a location for establishment of the additional component within the second segment; and
establish the additional component at the selected location, wherein, in selecting the second segment, the processor is configured to select the second segment for establishment of the additional component based on the policy file definition of the at least one segment and system-state information reflecting the establishment of the component within the first segment.

8. The cloud controller of claim 7 , wherein the at least one constraint comprises an individual segment constraint that specifies a constraint for individual components belonging to the first segment.

9. The cloud controller of claim 7 , wherein the at least one constraint comprises an intra-segment constraint that specifies a constraint between at least two components belonging to the first segment.

10. The cloud controller of claim 7 , wherein the at least one constraint comprises an inter-segment constraint that specifies a constraint between at least one component belonging to the first segment and at least one component belonging to a second segment of the at least one segment.

11. The cloud controller of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further configured to: report the establishment of the component to the requesting device along with a label;
receive, from the requesting device, a scale request including the label;
identify the first segment as being associated with the label; and perform a scaling operation with respect to the first segment.

12. The cloud controller of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to, after identifying the first segment:
identify the at least one constraint for the first segment from the policy file; and
select a location for the scaling operation, wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint;
wherein in performing the scaling operation, the processor is configured to perform the scaling operation at the selected location.

13. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium encoded with instructions for execution by a cloud controller for establishing a component of an application within a cloud, the medium comprising:
instructions for receiving, from a requesting device, a request to establish the component by the cloud controller;
instructions for identifying by the cloud controller a policy file associated with the application, wherein the policy file defines at least one segment for the application within the cloud and defines at least one constraint for a first segment of the at least one segment, wherein a segment is a grouping of components available for the application within the cloud;
instructions for selecting the first segment for establishment of the component by the cloud controller;
instructions for selecting a location for establishment of the component by the cloud controller;
wherein the location is selected to be consistent with the at least one constraint;
instructions for establishing the component at the selected location;
instructions for receiving, from the requesting device, a request to establish an additional component for the application;
instructions for selecting a second segment of the at least one segment for establishment of the additional component;
instructions for selecting a location for establishment of the additional component within the second segment; and
instructions for establishing the additional component at the

Assignees

• Rosensweig Elisha J
• Shalev Etti
• Mendel Sharon
• Rosenfeld Amir
• Barzilay Sivan
• Haiby Ranny
• Eshet Itamar
• Alcatel Lucent

Inventors

• Rosensweig Elisha J
• Shalev Etti
• Mendel Sharon
• Rosenfeld Amir
• Barzilay Sivan
• Haiby Ranny
• Eshet Itamar

Classifications

• G06F9/5072

  Grid computing · CPC title

• G06F2209/502

  Proximity · CPC title

• H04L41/5096 Primary

  wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications · CPC title