Cloud based service design inheritance

A system for designing a cloud based service from a component palette, comprising a processing resource in communication with a non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions executable by the processing resource to implement a provisioning engine, a decorating engine, a request engine, an indication engine, and a derivation engine, wherein:

• the provisioning engine provides a designer with a component palette for constructing a design of a cloud based service, the component palette including:
• a plurality of component types each including an identification of the component type, a property defining the component type, and a relationship rule defining a relationship with another component type;
• the decorating engine creates a component template, by addition of a standardized property and a standardized action specified by the designer to a one of the plurality of component types selected by the designer, wherein the component template inherits the property and the relationship rule of the one of the plurality of component types selected by the designer;
• the request engine receives a request for a new component type from the designer;
• the indication engine receives an indication of one of the plurality of component types from which to derive the new component type;
• and
• the derivation engine derives the new component type from the indicated one of the plurality of component types inheriting the property and the relationship rule from the indicated one of the plurality of component types.

A method for designing a cloud based service from a component palette, the method comprising:

• providing a designer with a component palette for constructing a design of a cloud based service, the component palette including:
• a plurality of component types each including an identification of the component type, a property defining the component type, and a relationship rule defining a relationship with another component type;
• and
• a component template corresponding to a component type, comprising a specialized variant of the component type, wherein the component template inherits the property and the relationship rule of the component type;
• receiving a request to clone the component template corresponding to a particular component type of the plurality of component types from the designer;
• cloning the component template corresponding to the particular component type of the plurality of component types;
• receiving a request for a new component type from the designer;
• receiving an indication of one of the plurality of component types from which to derive the new component type;
• and
• deriving the new component type from the indicated one of the plurality of component types inheriting the property and the relationship rule from the indicated one of the plurality of component types.