Multi-Cloud Control Plane for Event Infrastructure Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing event-driven environments and cloud configurations are not visible across hybrid, multi-cloud sets of hyperscaler, vendor-managed environments and premise environments, requiring operations teams to develop in-house solutions for management and oversight.
Innovation Solution
A hybrid, multi-cloud capable control plane framework, platform, and toolset that enables network and system operators to deploy event-driven solutions across multiple environments and manage them from a single perspective, using components like the Event Portal, Master Schema Registry, and Dashboards.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If independent control planes are used for each cloud environment, then each environment can be managed autonomously, but visibility and centralized management across hybrid multi-cloud environments are lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary component that bridges independent control planes across hybrid multi-cloud environments. This intermediary enables centralized visibility and management while preserving the autonomy of individual cloud environments, allowing operations teams to monitor and manage resources across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and on-premises infrastructure from a single pane of glass without forcing consolidation that would lose environmental independence
2Loss of information
If in-house solutions are developed to aggregate information from each environment, then centralized visibility can be achieved, but development time and costs increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service architecture where the control plane automatically aggregates, normalizes, and presents information from multiple cloud environments without requiring custom in-house development. The system autonomously connects to various cloud providers, collects metrics and inventory data, and presents unified views through dashboards, eliminating the need for operations teams to build and maintain complex aggregation solutions
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal control plane framework that can manage diverse cloud environments through standardized interfaces. This multi-functional system handles inventory management, performance monitoring, cost tracking, and operational control across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and on-premises infrastructure using common tools and procedures, replacing the need for environment-specific solutions
3Reliability
If hyperscaler-specific event integration solutions are used, then native cloud functionality is utilized, but portability across cloud providers is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the control plane into modular components that can independently interact with different cloud providers. Each cloud environment is managed through separate but standardized connection points, allowing the system to leverage native hyperscaler event integration solutions while maintaining the ability to switch or add providers. This modular architecture enables portability without sacrificing the reliability of provider-specific functionality
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining a request pertaining to an onboarding of an application supporting a communication network or system, based on the obtaining of the request, establishing a profile for the application, selecting first resources of a first cloud computing network to support the application, based on the selecting of the first resources, configuring at least one resource of the first resources based on the profile, and deploying a first instance of the application to utilize the first resources. Other embodiments are disclosed.