Methods and apparatus to scale application deployments in cloud computing environments

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to at least:

• set a scaling status of a first virtual machine included in an application deployed in a computing environment, the first virtual machine to execute a first component of the application, the scaling status of the first virtual machine to indicate a change in a number of virtual machines executing the first component;
• identify an information dependency of a second virtual machine on information from the first virtual machine, the second virtual machine to execute a second component of the application,
• the information dependency representing that an operation of the second component is performed after an operation of the first component,
• the information dependency to indicate that the first virtual machine is dependent on the second virtual machine and the first virtual machine is to provide information to the second virtual machine,
• the information dependency to indicate that the second virtual machine is to obtain information from the first virtual machine;
• and
• update the information dependency based on the scaling status of the first virtual machine, the information dependency in configuration information including a reference to the first virtual machine.

A method comprising:

• setting, by executing an instruction with a hardware processor, a scaling status of a first virtual machine deployed in a computing environment, the first virtual machine executing a first component of an application, the scaling status of the first virtual machine indicating a change in a number of virtual machines executing the first component;
• identifying, by executing an instruction with the hardware processor, an information dependency of a second virtual machine on information from the first virtual machine, the second virtual machine executing a second component of the application, the information dependency representing that a task of the second component is performed after a task of the first component, the information dependency to indicate that the first virtual machine is dependent on the second virtual machine and the first virtual machine is to provide information to the second virtual machine, the information dependency to indicate that the second virtual machine is to obtain information from the first virtual machine;
• and
• updating, by executing an instruction with the hardware processor, the information dependency based on the scaling status of the first virtual machine, the information dependency in configuration information including a reference to the first virtual machine.