Abstracted, extensible cloud access of resources

A system comprising:

• a memory having computer-readable instructions;
• and
• one or more processors for executing the computer-readable instructions, the computer-readable instructions comprising:
• determining how to translate between a primary schema and each of two or more native schemas of two or more cloud providers, wherein the primary schema defines access methods for accessing a plurality of cloud resources of the two or more cloud providers;
• receiving a request for a first cloud resource of the plurality of cloud resources, wherein the first cloud resource is provided remotely by a first cloud provider of the two or more cloud providers, and wherein the request complies with the primary schema;
• converting the request into a translated request in compliance with a first native schema of the first cloud provider;
• submitting the translated request to the first cloud provider;
• receiving a response from the first cloud provider, wherein the response comprises a cloud resource of the plurality of resources, and wherein the response complies with the first native schema of the cloud provider;
• and
• returning the response.

A computer-program product for accessing cloud resources, the computer-program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

• determining how to translate between a primary schema and each of two or more native schemas of two or more cloud providers, wherein the primary schema defines access methods for accessing a plurality of cloud resources of the two or more cloud providers;
• receiving a request for a first cloud resource of the plurality of cloud resources, wherein the first cloud resource is provided remotely by a first cloud provider of the two or more cloud providers, and wherein the request complies with the primary schema;
• converting the request into a translated request in compliance with a first native schema of the first cloud provider;
• submitting the translated request to the first cloud provider;
• receiving a response from the first cloud provider, wherein the response comprises a cloud resource of the plurality of resources, and wherein the response complies with the first native schema of the cloud provider;
• and
• returning the response.