Cloud Provider, Service, and Tenant Classification in Cloud Computing

摘要

A cloud provider supports cloud-based services accessible to tenants of the cloud provider over a network. In the cloud provider, classification information including a cloud-identifier to identify the cloud provider, service-identifiers each to identify a respective one of the services, and tenant-identifiers each to identify a respective one of the tenants is maintained. The classification information is distributed within the cloud provider, including to the services, and may also be distributed outside of the cloud provider, to enable a respective tenant to exchange IP packets with, and thereby access, a respective service based on the classification information, wherein each IP packet includes the cloud-identifier, the service-identifier of the respective service, and the tenant-identifier of the respective tenant.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
at a cloud provider configured to support cloud-based services accessible to tenants of the cloud provider over a network:
maintaining classification information including a cloud-identifier to identify the cloud provider, service-identifiers each to a identify a respective one of the services, and tenant-identifiers each to identify a respective one of the tenants; anddistributing the classification information within the cloud provider, including to the services, to enable a respective tenant to exchange Internet Protocol (IP) packets with, and thereby access, a respective service based on the classification information, wherein each IP packet includes the cloud-identifier, the service-identifier of the respective service, and the tenant-identifier of the respective tenant.