Composition Service Lifecycle Management for Multi-Cloud Integration
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Solution Overview
Problem
In cloud service management, the integration of multiple services with inconsistent lifecycles poses challenges, leading to resource waste and inefficient management due to varying expiration times and the need for customized integration services.
Innovation Solution
A service management method that publishes a composition service with associated cloud services, obtaining a management policy including association and lifecycle policies, and managing the service based on these policies to simplify integration and enhance efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple cloud services are integrated via an integration service, then they can be managed as one unified service, but the lifecycles of different cloud services become inconsistent and difficult to manage
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a service management system as an intermediary layer between the cloud marketplace and multiple cloud services. This mediator publishes and manages lifecycle policies that coordinate the lifecycles of integrated services, resolving the contradiction by providing centralized control without requiring direct integration between individual services.
Solution Approach 2:
The service management system performs preliminary actions by publishing lifecycle policies before services are integrated. These pre-defined policies establish expiration times and lifecycle coordination rules in advance, ensuring lifecycle consistency is maintained from the outset rather than being managed reactively after integration issues arise.
2Ease of operation
If complex service integration is performed on multiple cloud services, then they can be unified under one management, but service composition efficiency decreases and resource waste increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the complex service integration logic from the cloud marketplace and tenants, isolating it into a dedicated service management system. This extraction allows the marketplace to focus on core transactions while the management system handles integration coordination through published policies, improving overall service composition efficiency.
Solution Approach 2:
The service management system provides universal lifecycle management capabilities that can be applied to any number and type of cloud services. Instead of creating custom integration solutions for each service组合, the system publishes generalizable lifecycle policies that work across diverse service types, reducing resource waste and improving efficiency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If each cloud service is managed independently, then service flexibility is maintained, but management convenience decreases and resource waste increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments service management into two independent layers: individual service flexibility (maintained by each cloud service) and unified lifecycle coordination (provided by the service management system). This segmentation allows services to maintain their independent flexibility while benefiting from centralized lifecycle management through published policies.
Solution Approach 2:
The service management system dynamically publishes lifecycle policies that can be adjusted without requiring changes to individual cloud services. This dynamic approach maintains service flexibility while improving management convenience, as policies can be modified in response to changing requirements without disrupting the underlying services.
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AI summary
A method include: publishing a composition service from a cloud management platform, where the composition service includes at least two associated cloud services; obtaining a management policy of the composition service from the cloud management platform, where the management policy of the composition service includes an association relationship between the at least two associated cloud services and a lifecycle policy of the at least two associated cloud services; and providing the composition service for a tenant, and managing the composition service based on the management policy of the composition service when the tenant performs an operation on the composition service.