Alexander A Schmidt

US Patent:

20170171020, Jun 15, 2017

Filed:

Dec 15, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/970512

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Rahim Maknojia - Redmond WA, US
Shawn Michael Lucas - Bellevue WA, US
Robert S.T. Gibson - Duvall WA, US
Matthew C. Wetmore - Redmond WA, US
Vladimir Averkin - Redmond WA, US
Sumant Shiv - Bellevue WA, US
Prateek Sharma - Redmond WA, US
Alexander Schmidt - Redmond WA, US
Brian Peterson - Redmond WA, US
Marta Sofia Barillas - Kenmore WA, US
Kaushik Gurumurthy - Redmond WA, US

International Classification:

H04L 12/24
H04L 29/08

Abstract:

Aspects extend to methods, systems, and computer program products for using declarative configuration data to manage cloud lifecycle. A declarative language can be used to declare physical and logical topology as well as lifecycle management commands at multiple topology hierarchies. Developers of different cloud components can declare roles and cloud operations in compliance with a declaration model. Compliance with the declaration model allows aggregation and cross-referencing among commands and topology elements declared by different developers. As such, dependencies between components can be efficiently identified and accounted for when implementing lifecycle management commands Declarative configuration data can also be used to onboard additional components to a cloud without code changes to an underlying lifecycle state manager.