Apparatus, systems, and methods for cloud agnostic multi-tier application modeling and deployment

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory comprising dependency information for each component in a plurality of components of a multi-tier application, wherein the dependency information for a component comprises information indicating prerequisites for starting the component;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
• obtain the dependency information for each component in the plurality;
• and
• derive a cloud agnostic representation of the multi-tier application, wherein the cloud agnostic representation of the multi-tier application comprises metadata for:
• obtaining each of the plurality of components for a plurality of clouds, and
• starting each of the components, wherein each component in the plurality of components is started based on a starting sequence derived, in part, from the dependency information.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions, which, when executed by a processor, perform steps in a method, the steps comprising:

• obtaining, for a multi-tier application comprising a plurality of components, dependency information for each component in the plurality, wherein the dependency information for a component comprises information indicating prerequisites for starting the component;
• and
• deriving a cloud agnostic representation of the multi-tier application, wherein the cloud agnostic representation of the multi-tier application comprises metadata for:
• obtaining each of the plurality of components for a plurality of clouds, and
• starting each of the components, wherein each component in the plurality of components is started based on a starting sequence derived, in part, from the dependency information.