Extensible multi-tenant cloud-management system and methods for extending functionalities and services provided by a multi-tenant cloud-managment system

摘要

The current document is directed to an interface and authorization service that allows users of a cloud-director management subsystem of distributed, multi-tenant, virtual data centers to extend the services and functionalities provided by the cloud-director management subsystem. A cloud application programming interface (“API”) entrypoint represents a request/response RESTful interface to services and functionalities provided by the cloud-director management subsystem as well as to service extensions provided by users. The cloud API entrypoint includes a service-extension interface and an authorization-service management interface. The cloud-director management subsystem provides the authorization service to service extensions that allow the service extensions to obtain, from the authorization service, an indication of whether or not a request directed to the service extension through the cloud API entrypoint is authorized.

主权项

1. A cloud-connector subsystem comprising:
cloud-connector nodes, each associated with a cloud-computing facility; and a cloud-director server that includes one or more processors, one or more memories, one or more data-storage devices, and computer instructions that, when executed on the one or more processors, control the cloud-director server to provide, in cooperation with the cloud-connector nodes:
a management user interface that provides native management services and functionalities for creating, administering, and managing virtual data centers within one or more cloud-computing facilities, each associated with a cloud-connector node;an API entrypoint request/response interface to
native services,a service-extension interface,service extensions created through the service-extension interface, andan authorization-service-management-interface; andan authorization service that controls access to service extensions created through the service-extension interface.