DEVICE AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATING A PROCESS OF DEFINING A CLOUD COMPUTING RESOURCE

摘要

An illustrative cloud computing manager device includes data storage and at least one processor that facilitates defining at least one resource to be accessible through the cloud. The processor is configured to identify descriptor information as provided by a user. The descriptor information indicates a plurality of attributes of the resource including any particular attributes that are particular to the resource. The processor is configured to automatically generate at least one of the attributes with a plurality of flavors based on the identified descriptor information. Automatically generating at least one of the attributes with a plurality of flavors according to the illustrative example reduces the amount of time and effort required by an individual who wishes to define the resource for the cloud computing system.