Distributed versioning of applications using cloud-based systems

A system, comprising:

• one or more data processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing instructions which, when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more data processors to perform operations including:
• receiving, at a cloud system, a request for an export application from a local server, the local server storing a local application, the export application being configured to export the local application to the cloud system, and the local application being defined by one or more configuration settings stored at the local server;
• transmitting the export application to the local server, wherein the export application is configured to execute on the local server to extract the local application, and execution of the export application includes:
• automatically discovering application data stored at the local server, the application data characterizing at least a network architecture of the local application, wherein the application data includes at least the one or more configuration settings that define the local application, and
• transforming the application data into exportable deployment data that includes a configuration file with metadata representing the local application, the exportable deployment data being in a defined format, and the transforming including serializing the local application into an exportable deployment data in the defined format;
• receiving, at the cloud system and from the local server, the exportable deployment data;
• defining a new environment for the local application in the cloud system, the new environment being defined using the one or more configuration settings included in the exportable deployment data, and the new environment being configured to provision the local application on the cloud system;
• and
• generating one or more templates of the new environment, each template of the one or more templates being a deployable version of the local application, and each of the one or more templates being separately modifiable to include one or more modifications to the one or more configuration settings of the local application.

A computer-program product tangibly embodied in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, including instructions configured to cause a data processing apparatus to perform operations including:

• receiving, at a cloud system, a request for an export application from a local server, the local server storing a local application, the export application being configured to export the local application to the cloud system, and the local application being defined by one or more configuration settings stored at the local server;
• transmitting the export application to the local server, wherein the export application is configured to execute on the local server to extract the local application, and execution of the export application includes:
• automatically discovering application data stored at the local server, the application data characterizing at least a network architecture of the local application, wherein the application data includes at least the one or more configuration settings that define the local application, and
• transforming the application data into exportable deployment data that includes a configuration file with metadata representing the local application, the exportable deployment data being in a defined format, and the transforming including serializing the local application into an exportable deployment data in the defined format;
• receiving, at the cloud system and from the local server, the exportable deployment data;
• defining a new environment for the local application in the cloud system, the new environment being defined using the one or more configuration settings included in the exportable deployment data, and the new environment being configured to provision the local application on the cloud system;
• and
• generating one or more templates of the new environment, each template of the one or more templates being a deployable version of the local application, and each of the one or more templates being separately modifiable to include one or more modifications to the one or more configuration settings of the local application.