# US 10,768,956 B2 · Dynamic cloud stack testing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,768,956 B2 - Document ID: US10768956B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/577,048 - Filed: 2019-09-20 - Published: 2020-01-09 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-08-23 - Assignees: Bank of America Corporation - Applicants: Bank of America Corporation - Inventors: Sandeep Kumar Chauhan; Sasidhar Purushothaman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10768956B2 ## CPC - G06F 9/455: Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines - G06F 9/5072: {Grid computing} - G06F 11/36: Prevention of errors by analysis, debugging or testing of software - H04L 67/34: {involving the movement of software or configuration parameters (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416)} - H04L 67/10: in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A dynamic cloud stack testing system comprises a cloud network with cloud components and a cloud stack server coupled to the network. The server includes an interface, a memory, a cloud stack configuration engine, and a cloud stack testing engine. The interface receives a cloud stack request from a user device that includes functionality parameters. The memory stores historic cloud stack combinations. The cloud stack configuration engine identifies cloud components associated with the functionality parameters and determines a cloud stack configuration that incorporates them. The cloud stack testing engine determines a cloud stack configuration test. The cloud stack testing engine executes the test, and stores results and the associated cloud stack configuration in the memory. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A dynamic cloud stack testing system, comprising: a cloud network comprising a plurality of cloud components; a cloud stack server communicatively coupled to the cloud network, the cloud stack server comprising: an interface operable to receive a cloud stack request from a user device a cloud stack configuration engine implemented by a processor operably coupled to the interface, the cloud stack configuration engine configured to: identify one or more cloud components; determine a cloud stack configuration that incorporates the one or more cloud components; and determine whether the cloud stack configuration is a unique cloud stack configuration; a cloud stack testing engine implemented by the processor, the stack testing engine configured to: in response to determining that the cloud stack configuration is a unique cloud stack configuration, determine a cloud stack configuration test; execute the cloud stack configuration test for the cloud stack configuration; and wherein the cloud stack testing engine is further configured to: determine that the cloud stack configuration failed the cloud stack configuration test; identify a failed cloud component in the cloud stack configuration, wherein the failed cloud component caused the cloud stack configuration to fail the cloud stack configuration test; and wherein the cloud stack configuration engine is further configured to: identify an alternative cloud component to replace the failed cloud component in the cloud stack configuration that caused the cloud stack configuration test to fail. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The dynamic cloud stack testing system of claim 1, wherein the cloud stack configuration test analyzes a performance of the cloud stack configuration. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The dynamic cloud stack testing system of claim 1, wherein the cloud stack configuration test performs a functionality analysis of the cloud stack configuration to determine whether the cloud stack configuration performs the cloud stack request. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The dynamic cloud stack testing system of claim 1, wherein the cloud stack testing engine is further configured to generate a certificate that the cloud stack configuration complies with the cloud stack configuration test. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The dynamic cloud stack testing system of claim 1, wherein the cloud stack configuration test performs a minimum threshold functionality analysis of the cloud stack configuration. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The dynamic cloud stack testing system of claim 1, wherein the failed cloud component is a hypervisor. ### Claim 7 A method for dynamic cloud stack testing, comprising: receiving, by an interface, a cloud stack request from a user device; identifying, by a processor communicatively coupled to the interface, one or more cloud components; determining, by the processor, a cloud stack configuration, wherein the cloud stack configuration incorporates the one or more cloud components; determining, by the processor, whether the cloud stack configuration is a unique cloud stack configuration; in response to determining that the cloud stack configuration is a unique cloud stack configuration, determining a cloud stack configuration test; executing, by the processor, the cloud stack configuration test for the cloud stack configuration; determining that the cloud stack configuration failed the cloud stack configuration test; identifying a failed cloud component in the cloud stack configuration, wherein the failed cloud component caused the cloud stack configuration to fail the cloud stack configuration test; and identifying an alternative cloud component to replace the failed cloud component in the cloud stack configuration that caused the cloud stack configuration test to fail. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The dynamic cloud stack testing method of claim 7, wherein the cloud stack configuration test analyzes a performance of the cloud stack configuration. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The dynamic cloud stack testing method of claim 7, wherein the cloud stack configuration test performs a functionality analysis of the cloud stack configuration to determine whether the cloud stack configuration performs the cloud stack request. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The dynamic cloud stack testing method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises generating, by the processor, a certificate that the cloud stack configuration complies with the cloud stack configuration test. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The dynamic cloud stack testing method of claim 7, wherein the cloud stack configuration test performs a minimum threshold functionality analysis of the cloud stack configuration. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The dynamic cloud stack testing method of claim 7, wherein the failed cloud component is a hypervisor. ### Claim 13 A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with logic, the logic operable when executed to: receive a cloud stack request from a user device; identify one or more cloud components; determine a cloud stack configuration, wherein the cloud stack configuration incorporates the one or more cloud components; determine whether the cloud stack configuration is a unique cloud stack configuration; in response to determining that the cloud stack configuration is a unique cloud stack configuration, determine a cloud stack configuration test; execute the cloud stack configuration test for the cloud stack configuration; determine that the cloud stack configuration failed the cloud stack configuration test; identify a failed cloud component in the cloud stack configuration, wherein the failed cloud component caused the cloud stack configuration to fail the cloud stack configuration test; and identify an alternative cloud component to replace the failed cloud component in the cloud stack configuration that caused the cloud stack configuration test to fail. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the cloud stack configuration test analyzes a performance of the cloud stack configuration. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the cloud stack configuration test performs a functionality analysis of the cloud stack configuration to determine whether the cloud stack configuration performs the cloud stack request. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises generating, by the processor, a certificate that the cloud stack configuration complies with the cloud stack configuration test. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the cloud stack configuration test performs a minimum threshold functionality analysis of the cloud stack configuration.