Pre-validation Service for Cloud Resource Provisioning
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Solution Overview
Problem
In cloud computing, determining valid connectivity, configuration, and permissions for applications before resource provisioning is often overlooked, leading to application errors and unnecessary user costs due to improperly provisioned resources.
Innovation Solution
A pre-validation service that checks connectivity, credential-based access, and role permissions before provisioning resources, integrated into a launch wizard to ensure successful deployments and prevent wasteful resource usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Speed
If resources are provisioned without pre-validation, then provisioning speed is improved, but application reliability deteriorates due to configuration errors and permission issues
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements pre-validation checks that execute before resource provisioning to verify connectivity, configuration, and permissions. This preliminary action identifies and corrects potential issues before they cause application failures, thereby improving reliability without significantly impacting provisioning speed.
2Reliability
If pre-validation checks are performed, then application reliability is improved, but provisioning time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs essential pre-validation checks selectively based on the provisioning context and risk level. Not all validation checks are executed for every resource type, allowing the system to achieve sufficient reliability improvement while minimizing the time overhead by performing only the necessary validations.
3Manufacturing precision
If comprehensive pre-validation is performed, then manufacturing precision is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The validation system is divided into modular components that check specific aspects such as connectivity, configuration parameters, and permissions independently. This segmentation allows comprehensive validation to be performed through coordinated simple checks rather than one complex validation process, improving configuration accuracy while managing system complexity through modularity.
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AI summary
Various embodiments provide for a pre-validation of various aspects of an application deployment before any resources are provisioned in a user account. Pre-validation can perform checks on aspects such as connectivity and credential-based access for instances to be provisioned in a user account. These checks can be performed through an application wizard or deployment service that can collect information though a single console, and can ensure that these checks succeed before the requested instances are provisioned in the user account.