Cloud Administration Agent for Platform-Agnostic Service Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Cloud platforms face challenges in managing administration tasks across multiple data centers due to the need for platform-specific instructions, which require expertise and are not portable across different cloud platforms, increasing the risk of malicious access and administrative damage.
Innovation Solution
A cloud platform-independent declarative specification is used to generate and configure data centers, allowing for platform-agnostic operations through a domain-specific language that compiles instructions for execution on various cloud platforms, ensuring secure and scalable administration operations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If platform-specific instructions are used for managing administration tasks, then operations can be performed on specific cloud platforms, but the instructions are not portable across different cloud platforms and require platform-specific expertise
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal instruction set that can execute the same administration tasks across multiple cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). The system defines platform-agnostic administration operations that are translated into platform-specific implementations, allowing one instruction set to serve multiple platforms without requiring separate expertise for each platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary layer (administration task execution environment) that sits between the user and the cloud platforms. This intermediary translates high-level, platform-independent administration tasks into platform-specific commands, eliminating the need for users to learn multiple platform-specific instruction sets while maintaining compatibility with diverse cloud infrastructure.
2Ease of operation
If traditional administration task execution is allowed, then users can perform management operations, but the risk of malicious access and administrative damage increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service mechanisms where the system automatically validates, authorizes, and executes administration tasks without requiring direct user intervention in the execution process. The system service automatically manages the task execution lifecycle, reducing the attack surface for malicious access while maintaining ease of operation for legitimate users.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates feedback mechanisms where the system continuously monitors administration task execution, validates user credentials and permissions, and provides real-time status information. This feedback loop enables the system to detect and prevent malicious access attempts while allowing legitimate administration operations to proceed smoothly.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple data centers are managed across cloud platforms, then service coverage is expanded, but the complexity of maintaining consistent administration operations increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the administration task execution into independent, modular units that can be individually managed and executed across different data centers. Each administration task is defined as a discrete operation that can be independently validated and executed, allowing consistent management across multiple data centers without requiring complex inter-dependent configurations.
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AI summary
A cloud infrastructure is configured and deployed for managing services executed on a cloud platform. The cloud infrastructure includes a control datacenter configured to communicate with one or more service datacenters. The service datacenter deploys one or more application programming interfaces (API's) associated with a service. The service datacenter also deploys an administration agent. The control datacenter hosts an engine that receives requests from users to perform administration operations by invoking the administration API's. In this manner, the control datacenter functions as a centralized control mechanism that effectively distributes administration operation requests as they are received from users to service datacenters that can service the requests. The cloud infrastructure provides an auditable, compliant and secure management system for administering services for distributed systems running in the cloud.