Virtual Assembly Builder for Cloud Deployment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cloud computing environments lack an efficient system for managing and deploying virtual assemblies, which are essential for providing scalable and flexible infrastructure and application services, particularly in hybrid cloud setups where integration and management across different service layers are complex.
Innovation Solution
A virtual assembly builder system that maintains a repository of virtual assembly archives, including metadata and templates, and provides a web service interface for uploading, registering, and managing deployment instances, enabling seamless integration with cloud components and lifecycle management of virtual machine instances.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If cloud computing environments implement traditional deployment methods for virtual machines, then basic infrastructure services can be provided, but management and deployment efficiency of virtual assemblies becomes complex and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses templates as copies of virtual machine configurations to define virtual assemblies. These templates capture standardized deployment patterns that can be replicated across multiple instances, eliminating the need to manually configure each virtual machine from scratch and significantly improving deployment efficiency while reducing management complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining virtual assembly templates with all necessary configuration details, dependencies, and deployment parameters before actual deployment. This advance preparation allows for rapid instantiation of virtual assemblies without complex on-the-spot configuration, resolving the contradiction between deployment speed and management complexity
2Adaptability or versatility
If cloud environments support hybrid cloud setups with multiple service layers, then service flexibility and integration capabilities improve, but the complexity of integrating and managing assemblies across layers increases
Solution Approach 1:
The virtual assembly template system provides universality by designing templates that can operate across multiple cloud service layers (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS) and hybrid cloud environments. A single template can be instantiated across different cloud providers and service types, maintaining service flexibility while reducing integration complexity through standardized interfaces and management
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces virtual assembly templates as an intermediary layer between the underlying cloud infrastructure and the deployed services. These templates act as mediators that abstract the complexity of hybrid cloud integration, providing a standardized interface for deploying and managing assemblies across different service layers without requiring direct management of each layer's specific complexities
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AI summary
A system and method for providing a virtual assembly builder for use with a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, the system can include a virtual assembly builder component which maintains a repository of virtual assembly archives, wherein each virtual assembly can include a metadata and one or more virtual machine templates that can be used to instantiate an instance of the assembly; and a virtual assembly builder deployer provided as a web service or other interface, which enables operations for uploading virtual assemblies to the repository, registering virtual assemblies with cloud components, and/or managing deployment instances defined by an assembly.