Execution of a composite template to provision a composite of software service instances

A system for executing a composite template to provision a composite service instance, the system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• at least one memory, the memory including instructions that, upon execution by at least one of the one or more processors, cause the system to perform a method for executing the composite template to provision the composite service instance, the method comprising:
• creating two or more interconnected service instances based on the composite template, wherein the composite template comprises at least two template members;
• wherein the two or more interconnected service instances comprise a respective service instance corresponding to each of the at least two template members of the composite template;
• determining that one or more dependencies exist between or among the at least two template members;
• determining an order for the two or more interconnected service instances based on the one or more dependencies between or among the at least two template members to which the two or more interconnected service instances correspond;
• and
• executing the two or more interconnected service instances in the determined order based on the one or more dependencies, wherein the two or more interconnected service instances are interconnected based on belonging to the composite template.

A computer program product for executing one or more composite templates to provision composite service instances, the computer program product comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having stored thereon first program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:
• create two or more interconnected service instances based on the composite template, wherein the composite template comprises at least two template members;
• wherein the two or more interconnected service instances comprise a respective service instance corresponding to each of the at least two template members of the composite template;
• determine that one or more dependencies exist between or among the at least two template members;
• determine an order for the two or more interconnected service instances based on the one or more dependencies between or among the at least two template members to which the two or more interconnected service instances correspond;
• and
• execute the two or more interconnected service instances in the determined order based on the one or more dependencies, wherein the two or more interconnected service instances are interconnected based on belonging to the composite template.