Systems and methods for cloud bridging between intranet resources and cloud resources

摘要

Embodiments of the present solution provide a cloud bridge to bring network transparency between the otherwise disparate networks of the datacenter and cloud service provider. For example, appliances may be deployed in the datacenter and on the edge of the cloud. These appliances may be configured or designed and constructed to communicate with each other and recognize and understand the local IP and/or public IP network information of the on-premise datacenter of the enterprise and the cloud datacenter. These appliances may manage the flow of network traffic between the on-premise and cloud datacenters in a manner to appear and act seamlessly and transparently as a single network spanning both the on-premise and cloud data centers.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
(a) establishing, by a first intermediary device deployed for a private network and a second intermediary device deployed for a cloud network, a network bridge over a secure layer 2 tunnel, the network bridge extending internet protocol (IP) addressing of the private network to the cloud network to access resources hosted on the cloud network using an IP address of the private network; (b) executing, by the first intermediary device, a virtual server to manage a service provided by a plurality of servers across the private network and the cloud network, a first set of one or more servers of the plurality of servers executing in the private network and a second set of one or more servers of the plurality of servers executing in the cloud network; (c) receiving, by the virtual server, a request from a client on the private network to access the service having an internet protocol address of the private network; and (d) transmitting, by the first intermediary device via the network bridge responsive to the virtual server, the request to one of the servers of the second set of servers in the cloud network.