System and method for designing and executing control loops in a cloud environment

A system for designing and executing a control loop in a cloud environment comprising:

• a memory for storing computer instructions;
• a host computer coupled with the memory, wherein the host computer, responsive to executing the computer instructions, performs operations comprising:
• receiving, in a business process management application, data from a web based portal in a platform implemented in the cloud environment, wherein capabilities of the cloud environment include instantiation of virtual machines;
• developing, in the business process management application, a control loop template for the control loop;
• adding, in the business process management application, a microservice to the control loop template;
• defining, in the business process management application, policies for defining actions of the control loop;
• adding, in the business process management application, a metric to serve as an input to the microservice;
• associating, in the business process management application, a policy to the microservice;
• activating, in the platform, the control loop template to provide an activated control loop;
• and
• monitoring, in the platform, the activated control loop.

A non-transitory computer readable medium, including program instructions executing on a computer, for designing and executing a control loop for a system in a cloud environment, the program instructions including instructions for performing the steps of:

• receiving, in a business process management application, data from a web based portal in a platform implemented in the cloud environment, wherein capabilities of the cloud environment include instantiation of virtual machines;
• developing, in the business process management application, a control loop template for the control loop;
• adding, in the business process management application, a microservice to the control loop template;
• defining, in the business process management application, policies for defining actions of the control loop;
• adding, in the business process management application, a metric to serve as an input to the microservice;
• associating, in the business process management application, a policy to the microservice;
• activating, in the platform, the control loop template to provide an activated control loop;
• and
• monitoring, in the platform, the activated control loop.