Automated infrastructure management for computer systems based on system rules, templates, and system state with deployment of computing environments

A method of spawning a computing environment, the method comprising:

• a controller accessing a plurality of system rules including configuration rules;
• the controller automatically configuring and deploying the computing environment through one or more connections between the computing environment and the controller based on the accessed system rules including the configuration rules, wherein the automatically configuring and deploying step includes automatically configuring and deploying a resource to the computing environment;
• securing the computing environment and the controller from each other by selectively disabling the one or more connections between the controller and computing environment after the computing environment has been deployed;
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• providing a user interface connection with the computing environment through which a user is allowed to use the computing environment independent of and secured from the controller.

A method of spawning a computing environment from a computing system that includes a plurality of resources, a plurality of system rules, a system state, and a plurality of templates, the method comprising:

• in response to a user request for the computing environment, a controller setting up the computing environment using one or more management connections between the controller and the computing environment, wherein the setting up step comprises:
• the controller selecting environment rules for the computing environment;
• the controller using the system rules, the selected environment rules, and the templates to find resources for the computing environment from among the resources;
• the controller allocating the found resources to the computing environment;
• the controller configuring networking resources with respect to the computing environment to manage connections between the computing environment and other components of the computing system;
• the controller updating the system state based on allocating and configuring;
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• the controller setting up and enabling integration and interoperability of the allocated resources of the computing environment to deploy the computing environment;
• the controller selectively disabling at least one of the one or more management connections to the computing environment to secure the computing environment and the controller from each other;
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• making the deployed and secured computing environment available to the one or more users.