High-level language for specifying configurations of cloud-based deployments

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving a configuration specification for configuring a cloud-based deployment, the configuration specification being written in a specification language and requiring instantiation of respective class definitions of one or more classes, each class modeling a respective data or functional component of the cloud-based deployment using a group of configurable class parameters, and the respective class definition of each class representing a requested state of the data or functional component modeled by the class;
• deriving a plurality of application programming interface (API) calls for configuring the cloud-based deployment based on the class definitions of the one or more classes;
• causing the plurality of API calls to be executed to configure the cloud-based deployment,
• identifying a plurality of cloud-based deployments each having been carried out according to a respective configuration specification written in the specification language;
• identifying at least one base class whose class definition is used in multiple of the plurality of cloud-based deployments;
• monitoring respective performance of each of the multiple of the plurality of cloud-based deployments;
• and
• calculating a quality metric of the at least one base class based on aggregated performance of the multiple of the plurality of cloud-based deployments.

A computer-implemented, comprising:

• receiving a configuration specification for configuring a cloud-based deployment, the configuration specification being written in a specification language and requiring instantiation of respective class definitions of one or more classes, each class modeling a respective data or functional component of the cloud-based deployment using a group of configurable class parameters, and the respective class definition of each class representing a requested state of the data or functional component modeled by the class;
• deriving a plurality of application programming interface (API) calls for configuring the cloud-based deployment based on the class definitions of the one or more classes;
• causing the plurality of API calls to be executed to configure the cloud-based deployment;
• storing respective class definitions of a plurality of core classes of the specification language, each core class corresponding to a modular component of a cloud-based environment, each core class being extendable with additional class parameters to configure the respective modular component;
• storing a mapping between each of the core classes and a respective group of API calls, the respective group of API calls for configuring the modular component associated with the core class according to the class parameters of the core class;
• and
• storing a plurality of protocols for modifying the respective groups of API calls associated with each core class to obtain a new group of API calls for a new class definition derived from the core class.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a configuration specification for configuring a cloud-based deployment, the configuration specification being written in specification language and requiring instantiation of respective class definitions of one or more classes, each class modeling a respective data or functional component of the cloud-based deployment using a group of, configurable class parameters, and the respective class definition of each class representing a requested state of the data or functional component modeled by the class;
• deriving a plurality of application programming interface (API) calls for configuring the cloud-based deployment based on the class definitions of the one or more classes;
• causing the plurality of API calls to be executed to configure the cloud-based deployment;
• storing respective class definitions of a plurality of core classes of the specification language, each core class corresponding to a modular component of a cloud-based environment, each core class being extendable with additional class parameters to configure the respective modular component;
• storing a mapping between each of the core classes and a respective group of API calls, the respective group of API calls for configuring the modular component associated with the core class according to the class parameters of the core class;
• and
• storing a plurality of protocols for modifying the respective groups of API calls associated with each core class to obtain a new group of API calls for a new class definition derived from the core class.

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a configuration specification for configuring a cloud-based deployment, the configuration specification being written in specification language and requiring instantiation of respective class definitions of one or more classes, each class modeling a respective data or functional component of the cloud-based deployment using a group of configurable class parameters, and the respective class definition of each class representing a requested state of the data or functional component modeled by the class;
• deriving a plurality of application programming interface (API) calls for configuring the cloud-based deployment based on the class definitions of the one or more classes;
• causing the plurality of API calls to be executed to configure the cloud-based deployment;
• identifying, based on the respective class definitions of the one or more classes, a plurality of data and functional components modeled by the one or more classes, and one or more dependency and connectivity relationships existing among the plurality of data or functional components,
• deriving a block diagram of a cloud-based environment based on the identified plurality of data and functional components and the identified dependency and connectivity relationships;
• and
• representing trigger events for dynamic reconfiguration of the cloud-based environment in the block diagram.

A system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a configuration specification for configuring a cloud-based deployment, the configuration specification being written in a specification language and requiring instantiation of respective class definitions of one or more classes, each class modeling a respective data or functional component of the cloud-based deployment using a group of configurable class parameters, and the respective class definition of each class representing a requested state of the data or functional component modeled by the class;
• deriving a plurality of application programming interface (API) calls for configuring the cloud-based deployment based on the class definitions of the one or more classes;
• causing the plurality of API calls to be executed to configure the cloud-based deployment;
• identifying a plurality of cloud-based deployments each having been carried out according to a respective configuration specification written in the specification language;
• identifying at least one base class whose class definition is used in multiple of the plurality of cloud-based deployments;
• monitoring respective performance of each of the multiple of the plurality of cloud-based deployments;
• and
• calculating a quality metric of the at least one base class based on aggregated performance of the multiple of the plurality of cloud-based deployments.