Fast Provisioning in Cloud Computing Environments

One or more computer-readable non-transitory storage media embodying software that is operable when executed to:

• receive a request to provision a specified number of server nodes for a private cloud, wherein the request is associated with a user;
• identify a plurality of server nodes, wherein the identified server nodes include:
• the specified number of hypervisor server nodes from a first pool that comprises prepared hypervisor server nodes, wherein each prepared hypervisor server node comprises a previously-installed hypervisor, and
• a management server node from a second pool that comprises prepared management server nodes, wherein each prepared management server node comprises a previously-installed hypervisor and one or more previously-installed management components;
• configure the identified server nodes to use a network associated with the user;
• create a private cloud that includes the identified server nodes;
• and
• provide, to the user, permission to access the hypervisor server nodes and the management server node.

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and a memory coupled to the processors comprising instructions executable by the processors, the processors being operable when executing the instructions to:
• receive a request to provision a specified number of server nodes for a private cloud, wherein the request is associated with a user;
• identify a plurality of server nodes, wherein the identified server nodes include:
• the specified number of hypervisor server nodes from a first pool that comprises prepared hypervisor server nodes, wherein each prepared hypervisor server node comprises a previously-installed hypervisor, and
• a management server node from a second pool that comprises prepared management server nodes, wherein each prepared management server node comprises a previously-installed hypervisor and one or more previously-installed management components;
• configure the identified server nodes to use a network associated with the user;
• create a private cloud that includes the identified server nodes;
• and
• provide, to the user, permission to access the hypervisor server nodes and the management server node.