Technique for resource creation in a cloud computing system

Abstract

A technique for creating a resource in a cloud computing system is described. A method implementation of this technique comprises providing a plurality of predefined base resource descriptions, each base resource description defining a base resource in the cloud computing system and specifying one or more properties of the base resource, providing a plurality of predefined modifiers, each modifier being applicable to a resource in the cloud computing system to add, remove or change a property of the resource, wherein each modifier is associated with metrics information, and receiving a resource request indicating one or more desired properties for a target resource in the cloud computing system. In response to receipt of the resource request, a selection operation is performed to select a base resource description and one or more modifiers that are to be applied to the base resource corresponding to the selected base resource description to create the target resource in the cloud computing system, wherein the selection operation is based on the metrics information. In a next step, the selected base resource description is deployed to create the corresponding base resource in the cloud computing system, and application of the selected modifiers to the base resource in the cloud computing system is triggered to create the target resource.

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technical field [0001] This disclosure relates generally to the field of cloud computing. In particular, a technique for creating a virtual machine or any other resource in a cloud computing system is described. Background technique [0002] In the field of information technology, cloud computing and virtualization are current trends, and they are also gaining momentum in similar fields such as telecommunications. A major advantage of cloud computing is the fact that it provides almost instant access to unlimited computing, storage or networking resources. [0003] Large public cloud providers, such as Amazon, can provision hundreds or thousands of computers within minutes to anyone who needs cloud computing resources. Cloud computing may also be private, for example, to a company. In a private cloud scenario, the cloud is operated and used by the same company, and virtual resources are only available within the company. By their nature, private clouds have limited capac...

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In a hybrid cloud scenario, much of this work often has to be multiplied by the number of hypervisor types used, since virtual machine formats and template generation mechanisms are often incompatible with each other

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