System and method for providing a service management engine for use with a cloud computing environment

A method of providing a service management engine for use with a cloud computing environment, comprising:

• providing one or more computers including a cloud environment executing thereon;
• providing a platform component within the cloud environment, that supports self-service provisioning for enterprise applications;
• providing a plurality of service management engines, in communication with an orchestration engine, which are used to provision services as service types, including one or more provisioning, lifecycle management, and monitoring of the service types, wherein each particular service type is associated with a particular service management engine that handles lifecycle management and monitoring for the particular service type;
• and
• determining a plurality of service types to be provisioned for use within the cloud environment, and configuring corresponding a plurality of service management engines within the platform component to support the plurality of service types;
• wherein a service management engine is incorporated into a platform domain by installing an associated service definition package, wherein a service definition package manager handles installation and registration of service management engines associated with the service definition package, and wherein registered service management engines then provision the service types within the platform domain.

A non-transitory computer readable medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the steps comprising:

• providing, at one or more computers including a cloud environment executing thereon, a platform component within the cloud environment, that supports self-service provisioning for enterprise applications;
• providing a plurality of service management engines, in communication with an orchestration engine, which are used to provision services as service types, including one or more provisioning, lifecycle management, and monitoring of the service types, wherein each particular service type is associated with a particular service management engine that handles lifecycle management and monitoring for the particular service type;
• and
• determining a plurality of service types to be provisioned for use within the cloud environment, and configuring a plurality of corresponding service management engines within the platform component to support the plurality of service types;
• wherein a service management engine is incorporated into a platform domain by installing an associated service definition package, wherein a service definition package manager handles installation and registration of service management engines associated with the service definition package, and wherein registered service management engines then provision the service types within the platform domain.