Deploying an application in a cloud computing environment
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTong Li, Xin Sheng Mao, Jia Tan, Bo Yang
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Abstract
A technique for deploying an application in a cloud computing environment includes: collecting, while a user is deploying an application, metadata and instructions issued by the user on deploying the application, the metadata comprising service metadata, application metadata and topology metadata, wherein the service metadata comprise metadata on a service required for deploying the application, the application metadata comprise metadata on the application, and the topology metadata comprise metadata indicative of a relationship between the service and the application; and storing the collected metadata and instructions as a model for re-deploying the application.
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A method for deploying an application in a cloud computing environment, the method comprising:
- collecting, while an application is being deployed in the cloud computing environment, metadata and instructions on deploying the application, the metadata comprising service metadata, application metadata and topology metadata, wherein the service metadata comprise metadata on a service created for deploying the application, the application metadata comprise metadata on the application, and the topology metadata comprise metadata indicative of a relationship between the service and the application to bind the service to the application according to the instructions, and wherein the instructions include an instruction to create either a dedicated service or a shared service and when to bind the application to the respective service;
- storing the collected metadata and instructions according to an operational order in which the application is deployed as a model for re-deploying the application in the cloud computing environment;
- automatically re-deploying, upon the model being selected by a user, the application to a running environment according to the metadata and instructions in the model by:
- preparing either the dedicated service or the shared service for deploying the application according to service metadata;
- pushing the application to the running environment according to application metadata in the model;
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- binding the respective prepared service to the application according to topology metadata in the model;
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- after deployment of the application and responsive to a revision of the application, revising the model based on the revision.
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