System and method for service expiration in a cloud platform environment

A method of providing service expiration in a cloud computing environment, comprising:

• providing, at a computer, a cloud environment that supports provisioning of enterprise applications;
• providing a plurality of services which can be used by applications within the cloud environment, wherein the services can be associated with and utilize resources within the cloud environment;
• and
• providing a service expiration component, which
• associates reservations with the services,
• periodically determines a status of the reservations and of any expired services associated therewith, and
• instructs the system to release the resources of expired services, for use by other services.

A non-transitory computer readable storage 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 a computer, a cloud environment that supports provisioning of enterprise applications;
• providing a plurality of services which can be used by applications within the cloud environment, wherein the services can be associated with and utilize resources within the cloud environment;
• and
• providing a service expiration component, which
• associates reservations with the services,
• periodically determines a status of the reservations and of any expired services associated therewith, and
• instructs the system to release the resources of expired services, for use by other services.