Cloud Onboarding via Segmented Project and Main Lines
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing onboarding process for cloud computing environments is inefficient and costly, as mistakes in customizations require provisioning an entirely new system, involving significant time and expense for both customers and providers.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that allows tenants to develop and test customized enterprise configurations via a project line in the cloud computing environment, where changes can be made and reset by the tenant without provider intervention, while changes to the main line still require provider-provisioned systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If the provider provisions an entirely new system for customization corrections, then the customization accuracy is improved, but the time consumption and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The system is segmented into two distinct lines: the project line for development and testing of customizations, and the main line for production. This segmentation allows corrections to be made in the project line without affecting the main line, eliminating the need to provision entirely new systems while maintaining customization accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The project line serves as a copy or replica of the main line environment, allowing tenants to develop and test customizations in a simulated production setting. This copying approach enables accurate customization corrections without requiring new system provisioning, as changes can be validated in the project line before being transferred to the main line.
2Manufacturing precision
If the provider provisions an entirely new system for customization corrections, then the customization accuracy is improved, but the cost increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the system into project line and main line, corrections can be performed in the project line without requiring expensive new system provisioning. This segmentation maintains customization accuracy while significantly reducing the costs associated with system recreation.
Solution Approach 2:
The project line can be discarded and recreated multiple times by tenants without provider intervention, allowing for cost-effective customization corrections. The main line remains preserved and protected, while the project line serves as a disposable testing environment that can be reset as needed.
3Ease of operation
If the tenant can reset the project line without provider action, then the ease of operation is improved, but the security control becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into project line (tenant-controlled) and main line (provider-controlled) segments. This segmentation allows tenants to freely reset and modify the project line for ease of operation, while the main line remains protected under provider control, managing security complexity through clear separation of responsibilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The project line acts as an intermediary between the tenant and the main line. It provides a buffer zone where tenants can perform operations freely, and only validated changes are transferred to the main line. This intermediary structure simplifies security control by isolating the protected main line from direct tenant modifications.
4Productivity
If changes are allowed in the project line without provider action, then the productivity is improved, but the reliability of the main line may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the system into project line and main line, high productivity is achieved in the project line through unrestricted tenant modifications, while the main line maintains reliability through provider-controlled protection. The segmentation ensures that experimental changes in the project line cannot directly compromise the reliability of the production main line.
Solution Approach 2:
The project line serves as an intermediary testing environment where productivity can be enhanced through rapid iterations and modifications. This intermediary protects the main line by providing a buffer zone for validation, ensuring that only tested and approved changes reach the production environment, thereby maintaining main line reliability.
Data Source
AI summary
A system may include a provider server that is associated with a provider of a cloud computing environment. The provider server may receive, from a tenant, customized enterprise configuration information associated with an onboarding process (e.g., a customized business configuration). The provider server may then create an original system in the cloud computing environment for the customized enterprise configuration information. The tenant may develop and test the customized enterprise configuration information via a project line of the original configuration before being taken over into a main line. Moreover, the project line can be changed by being reset by the tenant (e.g., without action by the provider) while changes to the main line (e.g., to correct mistakes) require that the provider provision another system for the tenant.