Custom Cloud Endpoints With Automated Certificate Renewal

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Solution Overview

Problem

The process of creating a custom endpoint for a cloud application instance is manual and error-prone, leading to production downtime and security issues due to invalid digital certificates, and there is no automated notification for certificate expiration, resulting in outages and IT ticket escalations.

Innovation Solution

Automate the creation of a custom endpoint by procuring and associating a digital certificate with the cloud platform, and implement an automated renewal process to ensure seamless access and prevent certificate expiration-related outages.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If manual process is used to create custom endpoint and associate digital certificate, then flexibility and control are improved, but error rate increases and production downtime occurs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvemanual controlVSAvoidproduction continuity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs self-service by automatically procuring digital certificates from certificate authorities, validating them, and associating them with custom endpoints without requiring manual intervention. The system also automatically renews certificates before expiration, eliminating the need for manual certificate management while ensuring continuous operation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by validating digital certificates before associating them with custom endpoints, checking format validity and certificate authority support in advance. It also proactively renews certificates before expiration to prevent production downtime, rather than waiting for certificate failure.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Adaptability or versatility

If manual certificate management is used, then flexibility is improved, but time consumption and operational overhead increase

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecertificate management flexibilityVSAvoidtime for certificate procurement and renewal

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system autonomously manages the entire certificate lifecycle including procurement from multiple certificate authorities, validation, association with endpoints, and renewal. This self-service approach eliminates manual time consumption while maintaining adaptability through support for various certificate authorities and endpoint types.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system ensures continuous certificate validity by implementing automated renewal processes that activate before certificate expiration. This maintains uninterrupted service while eliminating the time loss associated with manual certificate replacement and system reconfiguration.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

3Productivity

If automated certificate procurement is implemented, then productivity is improved, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveendpoint creation speedVSAvoidcertificate management system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces intermediary components including a certificate validation service that mediates between the endpoint creation process and certificate authorities. This intermediary handles the complexity of certificate procurement, validation, and renewal internally, presenting a simplified interface to users while maintaining high productivity through automated processes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Device complexity

If no automated notification system is implemented, then system simplicity is maintained, but certificate expiration outages occur

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvenotification system complexityVSAvoidservice availability

Core Design Contradiction:

Device complexityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements feedback mechanisms that continuously monitor certificate expiration dates and automatically initiate renewal processes before certificates expire. This feedback loop ensures service availability without requiring complex notification infrastructure, as the system self-corrects potential failures through automated monitoring and renewal.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS20260075050A1Custom Endpoint Creation For Cloud Application Instance

Publication Date: 2026.03.12 ORACLE INT CORP

AI summary

Techniques for creating a custom endpoint for a cloud application instance are disclosed. In some embodiments, a system receives a user request to enable a custom endpoint to be used to access a cloud application instance. In response to the user request, the system validates the custom endpoint in a Domain Name System (DNS) zone of a customer tenancy of a cloud platform in which the cloud application instance is hosted, obtains a security token of the cloud application instance from the customer tenancy, creates a DNS record in the DNS zone using the security token, obtains a digital certificate for the custom endpoint using the DNS record, and creates an association between the digital certificate and the custom endpoint on the cloud platform, wherein the association between the digital certificate and the custom endpoint enables access to the cloud application instance via the custom endpoint.