Deploying a user-configured virtual appliance template including a portion of an existing computing application to enhance functionality

摘要

Various embodiments provide mechanisms that mitigate organizational exposures when evaluating and choosing computer applications, enhancements, and modifications thereto. Some embodiments provide technological solutions that allow for rapid application prototyping, deployment, evaluation, testing, and the act of going live in a production environment. Some such embodiments provide applications including content and data, in the form of virtual appliance templates, that is pre-installed, pre-configured, pre-tested, and pre-loaded in a very rapid manner. Some embodiments may further allow for cloning of the instantiated application to another virtual computing environment, and utilization from that location on forward looking basis.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a network interface device, specification input from a user for an intended use and deployment of a portion of an existing computing application in a virtual machine computing environment, to add-on to or enhance functionality of the existing computing application, wherein the input from the user identifies the virtual machine computing environment; selecting, by the network interface device, a virtual appliance template for the portion of the existing computing application based on the received specification input from the user, the virtual appliance template including binaries, configuration files, and data files of the portion of the existing computing application; transporting, by the network interface device, the virtual appliance template for the portion of the existing computing application and a script to an agent, of the virtual machine computing environment that was identified based on input from the user; wherein the script is executed by the agent to instantiate the virtual appliance template for the portion of the existing computing application within the virtual machine computing environment; and transmitting, by the network interface device, a message to a recipient indicating the virtual appliance template for the portion of the existing computing application has been instantiated and is available for use.