System and method for transparent access and management of user accessible cloud assets
AssigneeNovell, Inc.
InventorsDoug Earl, Lloyd Leon Burch, Carolyn Bennion McClain, Stephen R. Carter
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Abstract
System and method for enabling user access of cloud assets are described. In one embodiment, a method comprises authenticating a user to a system comprising a cloud computing environment in which a plurality of cloud assets are hosted; assembling a deployment associated with the authenticated user in accordance with a policy, the deployment comprising designated ones of the cloud assets; and providing a secure mechanism by which the designated ones of the cloud assets comprising the deployment are accessible by the authenticated user.
Claims20
A method for facilitating user access of cloud assets, the method comprising:
- authenticating a user to a system comprising a cloud computing environment in which a plurality of cloud assets are hosted, wherein authenticating the user includes authenticating the user to a secure bridge that interconnects the user to at least one cloud asset of the plurality of cloud assets through a routing system including a virtual router and a distributor connected to the virtual router disposed within the cloud computing environment;
- assembling a deployment associated with the authenticated user in accordance with a policy, the deployment comprising designated ones of the cloud assets;
- and
- providing a secure mechanism by which the designated ones of the cloud assets comprising the deployment are accessible by the authenticated user, wherein providing the secure mechanism includes generating a key pair at the secure bridge such that the authenticated user thereby obtains access to the designated ones of the cloud assets comprising the deployment through the virtual router of the routing system within the cloud computing environment.
A system for enabling user access of cloud assets, the system comprising:
- means for authenticating a user to a system comprising a cloud computing environment in which a plurality of cloud assets are hosted, wherein means for authenticating the user includes means for authenticating the user to a secure bridge that interconnects the user to at least one cloud asset of the plurality of cloud assets through a routing system including a virtual router and a distributor connected to the virtual router disposed within the cloud computing environment;
- means for assembling a deployment associated with the authenticated user in accordance with a policy, the deployment comprising designated ones of the cloud assets comprising deployment components;
- and
- means for providing a secure mechanism by which the designated ones of the cloud assets comprising the deployment are accessible by the authenticated user, wherein means for providing the secure mechanism includes means for generating a key pair at the secure bridge such that the authenticated user thereby obtains access to the designated ones of the cloud assets comprising the deployment through the virtual router of the routing system within the cloud computing environment.
A system for facilitating user access of cloud assets, the system comprising:
- a first computing environment;
- a second computing environment comprising a cloud computing environment, the second computing environment comprising:
- a plurality of cloud assets;
- a routing system including a virtual router and a distributor connected to the virtual router disposed within the cloud computing environment, the routing system providing access to the cloud assets;
- and
- a secure bridge for interconnecting the first and second computing environments;
- wherein responsive to a user's establishing an identity with the secure bridge, the secure bridge instructs components of the routing system to assemble a deployment comprising selected ones of the cloud assets in accordance with policy and operating requirements of the user and further secures the deployment such that only the user has access thereto through the virtual router of the routing system within the cloud computing environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.