Automated Application Installation Subsystem for Multi-Cloud Provisioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cloud-management systems face challenges in efficiently provisioning, installing, and configuring applications across multiple cloud providers, particularly when using distributed-function-as-a-service features, due to vendor lock-in, scalability issues, and security concerns.
Innovation Solution
The automated-application-installation subsystem employs application blueprints to identify components and determine cost-effective provisioning, deploying user-defined functions across multiple cloud vendors, continuously monitoring and optimizing resources, and providing a unified FaaS interface to manage vendor-specific interfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If applications are provisioned across multiple cloud providers using distributed-function-as-a-service, then vendor lock-in is broken and adaptability improves, but device complexity and provisioning overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer (the automated provisioning system with blueprints) that mediates between the application developer and multiple cloud providers. This intermediary handles the complexity of multi-cloud provisioning, authentication, and configuration, allowing developers to work with a simplified interface while the system manages the underlying complexity across different vendors.
Solution Approach 2:
The provisioning system implements universal blueprints that can deploy applications across multiple cloud providers through a single interface. The system provides multi-functional capabilities by supporting different cloud vendors (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.) and different application types through a unified provisioning mechanism, eliminating the need for separate provisioning processes for each cloud provider.
2Productivity
If automated application provisioning is implemented across cloud providers, then productivity improves, but device complexity and security management overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining application blueprints that contain all necessary provisioning information, dependencies, and configuration details before deployment. This allows the automated system to execute rapid deployments without requiring complex real-time decision-making, as the provisioning logic is prepared in advance through blueprint definitions.
Solution Approach 2:
The automated provisioning system implements self-service capabilities where the system automatically handles authentication, resource allocation, and configuration across cloud providers without requiring manual intervention. The blueprints enable the system to self-manage the complexity of multi-cloud provisioning, reducing both deployment time and operational overhead.
3Adaptability or versatility
If distributed-function-as-a-service is used to deploy applications across multiple cloud vendors, then adaptability improves, but loss of information increases due to interface variations
Solution Approach 1:
The blueprint system acts as an intermediary that standardizes interface information across different cloud providers. By defining uniform blueprint schemas that capture essential application components and their dependencies, the system prevents information loss when deploying to different cloud vendors with varying interfaces and configurations.
4Productivity
If manual provisioning and configuration is performed for each cloud provider, then manufacturing precision is maintained, but productivity decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The automated provisioning system with blueprints enables self-service deployment where configuration accuracy is maintained through predefined blueprint templates that encode best practices and validation rules. The system automatically validates blueprint configurations and ensures proper resource allocation, maintaining precision while eliminating manual provisioning overhead.
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AI summary
The current document is directed to an automated-application-installation subsystem that provisions, installs, and configures applications across cloud-computing providers, including applications that invoke functions provisioned and executed through a distributed-function-as-a-service feature of the automated-application-installation subsystem. The automated-application-installation subsystem employs application blueprints to identify components to provision. An application blueprint generally includes component specifications, constraints, and interdependencies. The automated-application-installation subsystem then determines a cost-effective provisioning of the identified components across available cloud-computing providers and installs the application according to the cost-effective provisioning.