Single, logical, multi-tier application blueprint used for deployment and management of multiple physical applications in a cloud infrastructure

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed in a computing device, perform operations comprising:

• receiving a selected cloud environment on which to deploy an application;
• determining one or more logical templates to use in a blueprint for the application, the one or more logical templates specifying virtual computing resource for the application and the blueprint specifying a logical topology of the application;
• determining tasks to be executed for deploying the application components of the application;
• determining one or more dependencies between the application components,
• determining an order of the application components to be deployed based on the one or more dependencies;
• generating a deployment plan for executing the tasks to deploy the application in the selected cloud environment based on the determined order and the one or more logical templates;
• and
• provisioning the virtual computing resources and deploying the application components on the provisioned virtual computing resources based on the deployment plan.

A computer system for deploying an application having application components, the computer system comprising:

• a system memory;
• and
• a processor programmed to:
• receive a selected cloud environment on which to deploy the application;
• determine one or more logical templates to use in a blueprint for the application, the one or more logical templates specifying virtual computing resources for the application and the blueprint specifying a logical topology of the application;
• determine tasks to be executed for deploying the application components of the application;
• determine one or more dependencies between the application components;
• determine an order of the application components to be deployed based on the one or more dependencies;
• and
• generate a deployment plan for executing the tasks to deploy the application in the selected cloud environment based on the determined order and the one or more logical templates;
• and
• provision the virtual computing resources and deploying the application components on the provisioned virtual computing resources based on the deployment plan.