Optimizing legacy application deployment using derived images in hyperscalers

A computer-implemented method for deploying instances of a legacy application to a public cloud infrastructure, the method being executed by one or more processors and comprising:

• providing, in a repository of a cloud computing environment, a set of images that are executable to deploy one or more instances of an application to the cloud computing environment;
• executing two or more images of the set of images to configure the cloud computing environment for deployment of at least one instance of the application and to install one or more packages used by instances of the application;
• and
• executing one or more language-specific images of the set of images to instantiate that at least one instance of the application within the cloud computing environment.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for deploying instances of a legacy application to a public cloud infrastructure, the operations comprising:

• providing, in a repository of a cloud computing environment, a set of images that are executable to deploy one or more instances of an application to the cloud computing environment;
• executing two or more images of the set of images to configure the cloud computing environment for deployment of at least one instance of the application and to install one or more packages used by instances of the application;
• and
• executing one or more language-specific images of the set of images to instantiate that at least one instance of the application within the cloud computing environment.

A system, comprising:

• a computing device;
• and
• a computer-readable storage device coupled to the computing device and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations for deploying instances of a legacy application to a public cloud infrastructure, the operations comprising:
• providing, in a repository of a cloud computing environment, a set of images that are executable to deploy one or more instances of an application to the cloud computing environment;
• executing two or more images of the set of images to configure the cloud computing environment for deployment of at least one instance of the application and to install one or more packages used by instances of the application;
• and
• executing one or more language-specific images of the set of images to instantiate that at least one instance of the application within the cloud computing environment.