# US 2022/0286368 A1 · Methods, systems and apparatus for custom interface specification in a cloud management system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0286368 A1 - Document ID: US20220286368A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/751,196 - Filed: 2022-05-23 - Published: 2022-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-27 - Assignees: VMware, Inc. - Applicants: VMware, Inc. - Inventors: Boris Savov; George P. Dimitrov; Ventsyslav Raikov; Rosen Spasov - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220286368A1 ## CPC - H04L 63/10: {for controlling access to devices or network resources} - G06F 8/61: Installation - G06F 9/455: Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines - H04L 41/22: comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI] - H04L 41/40: using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities - H04L 41/5041: characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service - H04L 47/70: Admission control; Resource allocation - H04L 47/781: {Centralised allocation of resources} - H04L 63/08: {for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32)} - H04L 67/56: Provisioning of proxy services (store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54) - H04L 67/561: Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata - G06F 9/45541: {Bare-metal, i.e. hypervisor runs directly on hardware} - G06F 9/4555: {Para-virtualisation, i.e. guest operating system has to be modified} - G06F 9/45558: {Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects} - G06F 2009/45587: {Isolation or security of virtual machine instances} - H04L 41/5096: {wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for custom interface specification in a cloud management system are disclosed. An example cloud management system includes: a first interface to communicate with a second interface external to the cloud management system; and a host to manage requests from the second interface and allocate resources to the second interface as a reverse proxy for the second interface with respect to a backend. The example host is to at least: add, at the request of the second interface, an endpoint with respect to the second interface; fetch, at the request of the second interface, data for the endpoint from the backend, the backend identified for the endpoint based on metadata in a component registry; and provide the data from the backend to the second interface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: memory circuitry; instructions; and processor circuitry to execute the instructions to at least: when an identifier is provided, search, via an interface in response to a first query including the identifier, for a component adapter configuration based on the identifier; when the identifier is not provided, search, via the interface in response to a second query including a criterion, for the component adapter configuration based on the criterion; and provide, via the interface, the component adapter configuration to a device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the criterion includes an endpoint type. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the component adapter configuration is provided via the interface from a component registry. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the component adapter configuration is selected from the component registry based on metadata. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the metadata defines how an associated endpoint is to be accessed. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor circuitry is to register an adapter to an endpoint with the component adapter configuration. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processor circuitry is to enable, via the adapter, provisioning of a resource to the device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the processor circuitry is to provision the resource by instantiating at least one of a virtual machine or a container to execute the resource. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the processor circuitry is to deactivate the adapter by removing the registration. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor circuitry is to define a protocol and an associated application programming interface associated with the interface. ### Claim 11 At least one computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause a machine to at least: when an identifier is provided, search, via an interface in response to a first query including the identifier, for a component adapter configuration based on the identifier; when the identifier is not provided, search, via the interface in response to a second query including a criterion, for the component adapter configuration based on the criterion; and provide, via the interface, the component adapter configuration to a device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to provide the component adapter configuration via the interface from a component registry. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to select the component adapter configuration from the component registry based on metadata. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to register an adapter to an endpoint with the component adapter configuration. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to enable, via the adapter, provisioning of a resource to the device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to provision the resource by instantiating at least one of a virtual machine or a container to execute the resource. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The at least one computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the machine to deactivate the adapter by removing the registration. ### Claim 18 A method comprising: when an identifier is provided, search, via an interface in response to a first query including the identifier, for a component adapter configuration based on the identifier; when the identifier is not provided, search, via the interface in response to a second query including a criterion, for the component adapter configuration based on the criterion; and provide, via the interface by executing an instruction using at least one processor, the component adapter configuration to a device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further including providing the component adapter configuration via the interface from a component registry. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further including registering an adapter to an endpoint with the component adapter configuration.