Methods and apparatus for template driven infrastructure in virtualized server systems

A method comprising:

• mapping a requirement and system information to a first tag, the system information associated with a cloud computing environment, the first tag including first instructions to deploy a first virtual resource corresponding to physical hardware;
• identifying a template based on the mapping, the template including the first tag;
• generating a plan based on the template to generate a first workload domain having a first priority, the plan including an order of execution of tags including the first tag to deploy virtual resources including the first virtual resource to the cloud computing environment;
• determining whether or not a first physical hardware resource is available to generate the first workload domain;
• in response to determining that the first physical hardware resource is not available to generate the first workload domain, releasing a second physical hardware resource from a second workload domain having a second priority less than the first priority;
• and
• deploying the first workload domain to the cloud computing environment based on the plan by executing second instructions associated with the tags included in the template, the first workload domain including at least one of the first physical hardware resource or the second physical hardware resource.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions which, when executed, cause a machine to at least:

• map a requirement and system information to a first tag, the system information associated with a cloud computing environment, the first tag including first instructions to deploy a first virtual resource to the cloud computing environment, the first virtual resource corresponding to physical hardware;
• identify a template based on the mapping, the template including the first tag;
• generate a plan based on the template to generate a first workload domain having a first priority, the plan including an order of execution of tags to deploy virtual resources including the first virtual resource to the cloud computing environment, the tags including the first tag;
• determine whether or not a first physical hardware resource is available to generate the first workload domain;
• in response to determining that the first physical hardware resource is not available to generate the first workload domain, release a second physical hardware resource from a second workload domain having a second priority less than the first priority;
• and
• deploy the first workload domain to the cloud computing environment based on the plan by executing second instructions associated with the tags included in the template, the first workload domain to execute an application, the first workload domain to include at least one of (i) one or more of the first physical hardware resource or second physical hardware resource.