Cloud logistics

摘要

Implementations of complex software solutions are accompanied with an intrinsic conflict between requirements, such as an ever-growing complexity of enterprise software solutions versus a demand for more and more shortened implementation cycles. Various embodiments include at least one of systems methods and software to address such conflicts. One method embodiment includes receiving a request to assemble a virtual appliance from at least one deployment template, the request including characteristic data representative of at least one virtual appliance functional and deployment requirement. In response to the received request, such embodiments may query a template warehouse to identify and deployment templates from a template warehouse to a data storage device to form a virtual appliance. The virtual appliance may then be packaged into a transport data structure and stored. The transport data structure may then be transported by various means to a target virtual machine and deployed therein.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving a request to assemble a virtual appliance from at least one deployment template, the request including characteristic data representative of at least one virtual appliance functional and deployment requirement, wherein:
characteristic data representative of at least one virtual appliance functional requirement includes data identifying characteristics of functions to be performed or facilitated by the virtual appliance to be assembled; andcharacteristic data representative of a deployment requirement includes data identifying characteristics of an operating environment to which the virtual appliance is to be assembled; in response to the received request, querying a template warehouse to identify deployment templates, the template warehouse storing deployment templates indexed according to an ontology identifying characteristics of stored deployment templates, each deployment template including at least one of binaries, configuration files, and data files of at least a portion of a computing application; copying the identified deployment templates from the template warehouse to a data storage device to form a virtual appliance; packaging the virtual appliance into a transport data structure; and storing the transport data structure on the data storage device.