Multi-cloud resource reservations

    公开(公告)号:US10397130B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-08-27

    申请号:US15348993

    申请日:2016-11-11

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: An example method for reserving resources in a multi-cloud environment may include receiving, by a reservation broker executing in the multi-cloud environment, a first client request to reserve a first cloud resource in a plurality of clouds. The plurality of clouds includes a corresponding plurality of cloud brokers. The method may include selecting, by the reservation broker, a first cloud broker from the plurality of cloud brokers based on a first reservation type associated with the first cloud resource. The first cloud broker corresponds to a first cloud selected from the plurality of clouds. The method may also include transmitting, by the reservation broker, a first reservation request to the first cloud broker. The first cloud broker is configured to reserve the first cloud resource in the first cloud based on the first reservation request.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR SHARING CLOUD RESOURCES IN A MULTI-TENANT SYSTEM USING SELF-REFERENCING ADAPTER

    公开(公告)号:US20230239301A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-27

    申请号:US17581185

    申请日:2022-01-21

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    CPC classification number: H04L63/102 H04L63/20

    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to provision cloud infrastructure resources in a multi-tenant system using a self-referencing adapter, the apparatus comprising: provisioning circuitry to, in response to a first request from a tenant to access cloud infrastructure resources, determine a type of a cloud account, cloud provider interface circuitry to, in response to the type of the cloud account being a cloud provider interface type, access service-provider-credentials, the cloud provider interface circuitry to: retrieve a first access token based on the service-provider-credentials, submit a second request for the cloud infrastructure resources to a first cloud provider, the second request corresponding to the tenant impersonating the service provider based on the first access token.

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