Apparatus and methods for automatically reflecting changes to a computing solution into an image for the computing solution

摘要

A pluggable cloud enablement boot device (PCEBD) is a bootable device that includes all information needed to automatically provision hardware and software to create a computing solution that meets customer requirements. This allows for quickly deploying a computing solution in a manner that eliminates many manual steps that are typically performed today. The PCEBD uses firmware to verify a given platform has sufficient resources to deploy the PCEBD. The computing solution, once provisioned and running, can be modified, and these modifications may be reflected in the definition of the PCEBD. In addition, a computing solution may include multiple resources provisioned from multiple PCEBDs, which can be packaged into a PCEBD that will include other PCEBDs. The result is a way to deploy computing solutions that is much more efficient than the manual methods used in the prior art.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method executed by at least one processor for providing a computing solution, the method comprising:
providing a boot device that comprises a computer readable non-transitory storage that includes a bootable image that comprises:
boot code executed by the at least one processor that initializes an apparatus;requirements for the computing solution that include at least one software application and business logic;a system verification and integration mechanism; anda building and integration mechanism; booting a computer system from the bootable image on the boot device; the system verification and integration mechanism comparing available hardware and software with the requirements for the computing solution and determining computing resources from the available hardware and software that meet the requirements for the computing solution; and the building and integration mechanism automatically provisioning the computing resources with the at least one software application and the business logic without intervention of a human user to provide the computing solution, detecting changes made to the computing solution after the building and integration mechanism automatically provisions the computing resources, and reflecting the changes made to the computing solution in the bootable image.