Virtual Bootstrap Environment for Cloud Region Migration

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional techniques for building a new region in cloud infrastructure are time-consuming, error-prone, and do not scale well due to reliance on manual operations and complex coordination of tasks.

Innovation Solution

The implementation of a Cloud Infrastructure Orchestration Service (CIOS) that automates the region build process by using a virtual bootstrap environment (ViBE) to provision and deploy resources, and by leveraging cloud infrastructure orchestration services to manage dependencies and execute tasks efficiently.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If manual operations are used to bootstrap services and build regions, then flexibility and control are maintained, but time consumption and error risk increase significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveconfiguration accuracyVSAvoidregion build time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system implements self-service through automated service deployment and configuration management. The orchestration service automatically provisions resources, configures services, and manages dependencies without manual intervention, enabling the system to bootstrap itself and reduce human error while accelerating region build processes

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

Manual mechanical operations are replaced with automated orchestration services that use software-based resource provisioning and service deployment. The system substitutes human operators with automated agents that manage service lifecycles, configure resources, and coordinate dependencies through programmatic interfaces

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

2Productivity

If manual configuration operations are performed, then complex dependencies can be managed with human judgment, but scalability and productivity are limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveregion build speedVSAvoidorchestration system complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The orchestration system is segmented into distinct functional components including service deployment agents, resource provisioning modules, dependency management services, and configuration management systems. Each component handles specific aspects of the bootstrap process, making the overall complex system manageable through modular design and clear separation of concerns

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

An orchestration service acts as an intermediary between infrastructure resources and service deployment operations. This mediator coordinates complex dependencies, manages resource allocation, and orchestrates the bootstrap process, simplifying the management of complex systems through a centralized control plane

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

3Reliability

If services are deployed to a virtual bootstrap environment first, then deployment risks are reduced, but additional infrastructure overhead is introduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedeployment success rateVSAvoidinfrastructure structure

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

Services are deployed to a virtual bootstrap environment (ViBE) before production regions are fully established. This preliminary deployment allows validation of service configurations, testing of dependencies, and verification of resource requirements in a controlled environment, reducing deployment risks to production systems

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

A virtual bootstrap environment is created as a simplified copy or representation of the target production environment. The ViBE replicates essential infrastructure components and service dependencies, allowing safe testing and validation before committing resources to full production deployment

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS12204916B2Techniques for migrating services from a virtual bootstrap environment

Publication Date: 2025.01.21 ORACLE INT CORP

AI summary

Techniques are disclosed for migrating services from a virtual bootstrap environment. A distributed computing system can generate a virtual cloud network in a data center of a host region. A virtual bootstrap environment may be implemented in the virtual cloud network. The virtual bootstrap environment can include a plurality of services. The distributed computing system can also deploy an instance of one of the plurality of services to a target region data center. When the instance has been deployed, an indication that the deployment was successful can be received by the distributed computing system. In response, the distributed computing system may identify additional resources associated with the deployed instance of the service and update another service in the virtual bootstrap environment with that resource.