Methods and apparatus for agreement-based automated service provisioning

摘要

Techniques are disclosed for automated provisioning of resources to fulfill a service agreement. For example, a technique for use by a service provider for automatically provisioning one or more resources based on at least one service agreement offer of a service client comprises the following steps/operations. The at least one service agreement offer is obtained. At least one implementation plan template is obtained. A provisioning description is then automatically derived in accordance with the service agreement offer and the implementation plan template, wherein the provisioning description is usable for configuring one or more resources such that a service may be provided to the service client.

主权项

1. A method for use by a service provider for automatically provisioning one or more resources based on at least one service agreement offer of a service client, comprising the steps of:
obtaining the at least one service agreement offer; obtaining at least one implementation plan template; and automatically deriving a provisioning description in accordance with the service agreement offer and the implementation plan template, wherein the provisioning description is usable for configuring one or more resources such that a service may be provided to the service client; wherein at least the automated provisioning description derivation step is performed by a processor; wherein the implementation plan template comprises a provisioning description template having one or more open fields; and wherein the automated provisioning description derivation step comprises generating a provisioning specification instance by (i) automatically determining one or more values corresponding to the one or more open fields of the provisioning description template based at least in part on the service agreement offer; and (ii) automatically filling in the one or more open fields of the provisioning description template with the one or more values based at least in part on the implementation plan template.