KR102443202B1 - Apparatus and method for applying environment of computing infrastructure based on comparison of price rule according to cloud service provider - Google Patents

Abstract

A computing infrastructure environment support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pricing unit that collects pricing policies for a plurality of CSPs (Cloud Service Providers) and generates pricing policy information in which the pricing policies are configured in a markup language; a provisioning database for storing the pricing policy information for the plurality of CSPs; a CSP selection unit for determining one or more CSPs in which a computing infrastructure environment composed of a markup language input by a user from among the plurality of CSPs operates; a parsing unit that parses a price determining factor among the markup languages based on the price policy information for the determined CSP; and a conversion unit deriving a price to be paid to the determined CSP for a computing infrastructure environment supporting the parsed factor, based on the price policy information mapped with the parsed factor.

Description

Apparatus and method for supporting computing infrastructure environment based on price policy comparison according to CSP

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for supporting a computing infrastructure environment based on price policy comparison according to a Cloud Service Provider (CSP).

Cloud computing is a computing service that provides the resources necessary to build a computing infrastructure environment (server, memory, CPU, storage, etc.) over the Internet by computing nodes located in physically different locations using virtualization and distributed processing technology. .

Accordingly, if an Internet connection is provided, the user's own computing environment can be used regardless of time and place, and all services such as hardware/software after-sales service can be provided in the cloud computing environment. Hardware/software purchase costs and energy savings can be expected.

As these cloud computing services begin to be in the spotlight, CSPs (Cloud Service Providers) such as Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Alibaba, and Tencent each have their own cloud computing services (ex. Google cloud, AWS, iCloud, Azure, Aliyun, Tengxunyun, etc.), ushering in the era of cloud computing.

However, as the various cloud computing services are released, the functions and charges provided by each cloud computing service are different, so from the user's point of view, each CSP compares the price and function for the computing infrastructure environment they want to build, and finally There is a problem that a considerable amount of effort and time is required to make the right choice.

In addition, users may want to use other cloud computing services to expand new functions in the computing infrastructure environment they are using, or to use other cloud computing services to enter the computing infrastructure environment already built in one country into another country. When (ex. When you want to provide a service that is being provided using AWS in the US and Aliyun in China), it takes a huge amount of time for replacement and There is a problem with the cost.

Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2013-0046155: Access control system in cloud computing service

The problem to be solved in the embodiment of the present invention is to automatically calculate the price to be paid when each of a plurality of CSPs (Cloud Service Providers) is selected in building the computing infrastructure environment required by the user. We want to provide technology that allows people to minimize the time and effort they spend in choosing the CSP that is right for them.

However, the technical tasks to be achieved by the embodiments of the present invention are not limited to the tasks mentioned above, and various technical tasks may be derived from the content to be described below within the scope obvious to those skilled in the art.

A computing infrastructure environment support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a pricing unit that collects pricing policies for a plurality of CSPs (Cloud Service Providers) and generates pricing policy information in which the pricing policies are configured in a markup language; a provisioning database for storing the pricing policy information for the plurality of CSPs; a CSP selection unit for determining a CSP in which a computing infrastructure environment composed of a markup language input by a user from among the plurality of CSPs operates; a parsing unit that parses a price determining factor among the markup languages based on the price policy information for the determined CSP; and a conversion unit deriving a price to be paid to the determined CSP for a computing infrastructure environment supporting the parsed factor, based on the price policy information mapped with the parsed factor.

In addition, the factor determining the price may include a resource, an attribute, an attribute value, or a factor value of a computing infrastructure environment.

In addition, the price policy unit may include crawled information about the price policy for the price determining factor directly provided by the CSP and the price policy for the price determining factor posted on a web page operated by the CSP. .

In addition, the price policy unit may generate the price policy information by configuring the price determining factor in the markup language and mapping the price to the price determining factor for each of the plurality of CSPs.

In addition, the conversion unit provides the user with an interface that can be selected by changing the resource, attribute, attribute value or factor value in the computing infrastructure environment, and the user for the resource, attribute, attribute value or factor value through the interface According to the selection of , the price of the computing infrastructure environment selected by the user may be derived based on the price policy information mapped with the selected resource, attribute, attribute value, or factor value.

In addition, the device may further include a markup language generating unit for configuring information on the computing infrastructure environment in a markup language.

In addition, the provisioning database further stores specification information including specifications for factors constituting a computing infrastructure environment and a CSP function call API, and the parsing unit is converted among the markup languages based on the determined specification information of the CSP. You can parse the argument to do.

Also, the conversion unit may determine conversion information to be converted so that the factor to be converted conforms to the determined standard information of the CSP, and reconstruct the markup language based on the conversion information.

In addition, the apparatus may further include an application unit for requesting a computing infrastructure environment from the determined CSP using the reconfigured markup language.

Also, the conversion unit may determine an API to request a resource for a computing infrastructure environment included in the markup language, based on the determined standard information of the CSP.

Also, the conversion unit may generate the conversion information by determining an arrangement order of factors configured in the markup language and an API call order based on the determined standard information of the CSP.

In addition, the conversion unit may convert the factor according to the conversion information, and reconstruct the markup language according to the arrangement order of the factors and the calling order of the API.

Also, the conversion unit may perform debugging on the reconstructed markup language based on the determined standard information of the CSP.

Also, the markup language may include XML or JSON.

A method for supporting a computing infrastructure environment according to an embodiment of the present invention includes the steps of: collecting price policies for a plurality of Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) and generating price policy information in which the price policies are configured in a markup language; storing the pricing policy information for the plurality of CSPs; determining one or more CSPs in which a computing infrastructure environment composed of a markup language input by a user from among the plurality of CSPs will operate; parsing a price determining factor in the markup language based on the pricing policy information for the determined CSP; and deriving a price to be paid to the determined CSP for a computing infrastructure environment supporting the parsed factor based on the price policy information mapped with the parsed factor.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to quickly derive the price required to build a specific computing infrastructure environment for each of the plurality of CSPs by integrating and managing the pricing policies for a plurality of CSPs (Cloud Service Providers) based on the markup language. Accordingly, the user can minimize the time and effort required for CSP selection.

In addition, users do not need to invest additional development time or resources even when building a computing infrastructure environment in CSP for the first time or replacing CSP. By reconfiguring according to the specification information of the CSP, it is possible to easily request the resources required for the construction of the computing infrastructure environment.

In addition, various effects directly or indirectly identified through this document may be provided.

1 is a functional block diagram of an apparatus for supporting a computing infrastructure environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is an exemplary diagram of information on a cloud-based computing infrastructure environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is an exemplary diagram of agreement information stored in a provisioning database according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a dependency relationship between resources provided by CSP of Google Cloud.
5 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a dependency relationship between resources provided by CSP of Amazon AWS.
6 is an exemplary diagram in which a price required for a computing infrastructure environment support apparatus to build a computing infrastructure environment based on markup language-based pricing policy information according to an embodiment of the present invention is derived for each of a plurality of CSPs.
7 is a flowchart of a method for supporting a computing infrastructure environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Advantages and features of the present invention, and a method of achieving them will become apparent with reference to the embodiments described below in detail in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments disclosed below, but can be implemented in various forms, only these embodiments make the disclosure of the present invention complete, and 　 with ordinary knowledge in the art to which the present invention belongs It is provided to fully inform the person of the scope of the invention, and the scope of the present invention is only defined by the claims.

In describing the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of a well-known function or configuration will be omitted unless it is actually necessary. In addition, the terms to be described later are terms defined in consideration of functions in an embodiment of the present invention, which may vary according to intentions or customs of users and operators. Therefore, the definition should be made based on the content throughout this specification.

The functional blocks shown in the drawings and described below are merely examples of possible implementations. Other functional blocks may be used in other implementations without departing from the spirit and scope of the detailed description. Also, although one or more functional blocks of the present invention are represented as separate blocks, one or more of the functional blocks of the present invention may be combinations of various hardware and software configurations that perform the same function.

In addition, the expression including certain components is an open expression and merely refers to the existence of the corresponding components, and should not be construed as excluding additional components.

Furthermore, when it is said that a component is connected or connected to another component, it may be directly connected or connected to the other component, but it should be understood that another component may exist in the middle.

In addition, expressions such as 'first, second', etc. are used only for distinguishing a plurality of components, and do not limit the order or other characteristics between the components.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

1 is a functional block diagram of an apparatus 100 for supporting a computing infrastructure environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an apparatus 100 for supporting a computing infrastructure environment according to an embodiment of the present invention receives information on a computing infrastructure environment required by a user, and builds a cloud-based computing infrastructure environment. It provides a technology for calculating the price to be paid when each of a plurality of Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) are selected. In addition, the computing infrastructure environment support apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention automatically reconfigures information about the computing infrastructure environment input by the user according to the standard supported by the CSP determined to be used, and the standard of the corresponding CSP. It provides the technology to request the resources required for the computing infrastructure environment that the user wants to meet the needs of the user.

The computing infrastructure environment referred to in the description of the present invention is cloud-based computing resources (ex. server, memory, CPU, storage, etc.) can mean

CSP refers to a service server that provides cloud-based computing resources. For example, the CSP may include various service servers such as Google's Google cloud, Amazon's AWS, Apple's iCloud, Microsoft's Azure, Alibaba's Aliyun, Tencent's Tengxunyun, etc.

In order to provide the above-described technology, the computing infrastructure environment support device 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a price policy unit 105 , a markup language generation unit 110 , a provisioning database 120 , and a CSP selection unit. 130 , the parsing unit 140 , the transform unit 150 , and the application unit 160 may include the configuration, and the role of each configuration will be described below.

The price policy unit 105 may collect price policies for a plurality of CSPs and generate price policy information obtained by converting the collected price policy information into a markup language. The price policy unit 105 may store price policies for the plurality of CSPs and the price policy information. The price policy unit 105 may newly receive and synchronize the stored pricing policy and price policy information from a plurality of CSPs according to various embodiments. For example, the price policy unit 105 synchronizes the price of the CSP in real time or according to a preset cycle, synchronizes when the price policy is changed in the CSP, synchronizes when a new product is released in the CSP, or the price policy unit If the price calculated in (105) is different from the actual CSP applied to the CSP, and an error occurs, it can be synchronized.

The CSP may set a price of a service provided for each factor such as a resource provided to the user, and a price policy for each CSP may be different for each factor. In this case, the factor determining the price may include a resource, an attribute, an attribute value, or a factor value of a cloud-based computing infrastructure environment. A detailed description of the resource, attribute, attribute value, or factor value will be described later.

The pricing unit 105 can acquire data provided by the CSP in a standardized data format, and since the data format used by each CSP is different, it is used as a unified standard in the embodiment of the present invention. Pricing information can be generated by transforming the data provided in the markup language, which is a format.

On the other hand, since the data directly provided by the CSP may not include price information for all factors determining the price, the price policy unit 105 determines the price posted on the web page operated by the CSP. It is possible to obtain crawled information about the price policy for

The price policy unit 105 may generate price policy information by composing information on price determining factors in a markup language and mapping prices for a plurality of CSPs with respect to price determining factors.

The markup language generating unit 110 may convert information on a computing infrastructure environment required by a user into a markup language and store the converted markup language. A markup language is a language in which text rules are defined to express the format in which documents or images are displayed or to specify the logical structure of data.

2 is an exemplary diagram of information on a cloud-based computing infrastructure environment according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2 , information on a computing infrastructure environment required by a user may be input in the form of a system architecture. The system architecture of FIG. 2 shows the components to be included in the computing infrastructure environment (eg, instance1, blockstorage1, securitygroup1, securitygroup2 in FIG. 2), the connection relationship between the components (ex. the connection line between the components in FIG. 2), and the group relationship between the components ( ex. The rectangle surrounding the components of FIG. 2), the dependencies of the components, and information about various other factors, etc. may be included.

The markup language generating unit 110 converts information about the components to be included in the computing infrastructure environment, the connection relationship between the components, the group relationship between the components, the dependency relationship between the components, and various other factors into a markup language, You can create a markup language that expresses the information of the system architecture entered by the user in text. A technology for converting the system architecture into a markup language may use various algorithms, such as a JQuery/Javascript data conversion algorithm, and the markup language may include XML, JSON, HTML, and the like.

The provisioning database 120 provides pricing policy information generated by the pricing unit 105 for a plurality of CSPs, standards (or formats) for factors constituting the computing infrastructure environment, and CSP function call API standards (or formats). It can store standard information including.

Here, the factor may include all information on objects specified in the CSP to configure the computing infrastructure environment, properties of objects, relationships between objects, and the like. For example, the factor may include a resource, a dependency relationship between resources, a group relationship between resources, an attribute, an attribute value, a factor value, and the like.

Pricing policy information specifies and stores resources, dependency relationships between resources, group relationships between resources, properties, property values, and factor values, which are factors that determine the price in CSP to compose a computing infrastructure environment, in a markup language, and stores the corresponding Information on the price policy for each CSP corresponding to the markup language may be mapped and stored.

The specification information may include information including a name for specifying a factor provided by each CSP, a method for requesting a factor, a dependency relationship between factors, a standard used for setting for parameter use, and the like.

As various cloud computing services are released, language standards, APIs, etc. that a user needs to request for a CSP in order to request factors for a computing infrastructure environment desired by a user for each CSP may all be different. In order to unify these standards, the provisioning database 120 maps and stores information indicating a predetermined factor in the markup language and specification information for the corresponding factor in each CSP, and each CSP for using the corresponding factor. You can save by matching API.

Hereinafter, a method in which the provisioning database 120 stores standard information about resources, attributes, and attribute values/factor values among various factors is exemplified.

Resource means product unit provided by CSP. For example, a function for processing security management may be provided by various CSPs, but the name and creation method of each specifying security management, the dependency relationship in which the resource is configured, etc. may be different, so the provisioning database 120 can match and store the markup language meaning security management and standard information on the name, creation method, dependency, etc. that specify the resource to request security management from each CSP.

Attributes mean detailed functions that CSP can provide for each resource. For example, various CSPs may provide a setting for a network band attribute among resources called a virtual network, but since their names and creation methods may be different, the provisioning database 120 is a virtual network network. It is possible to match and store the markup language meaning information on the properties of the band and the standard information on the name, generation method, command, etc. for specifying the setting of the network band in each CSP.

The attribute value/argument value means the detailed setting value of the attribute provided by CSP. For example, for a resource called a security group, AWS allows information to allow a specific IP through an attribute value of allow and an argument value for IP information, but Aliyun sets an attribute value of accept and an argument value for IP information. to be entered through Accordingly, the provisioning database 120 includes a markup language meaning information on attribute value/factor value of allowing a specific IP of the security group, and a name, creation method, and attribute for setting a specific IP permission of the security group in each CSP. A command indicating a value/argument value may be matched and stored as shown in FIG. 3 .

In addition, when a predetermined factor is requested from a specific CSP, the order of the factors to be requested and the order of the API to be called may be determined according to the dependency relationship between the factors predetermined in the corresponding CSP. However, in each CSP, a dependency relationship for each resource is set differently as shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 . As described above, the order of resources to be requested and the order of APIs to be called may be determined according to different dependencies for each CSP. Provisioning database 120, based on the dependency relationship between the factors of each CSP, the markup language, which means information about the factors, and the arrangement order between the factors to be requested in the markup language according to the dependency relationship between the factors in each CSP and an API call order for requesting an argument may be mapped and stored.

Hereinafter, the operations of the CSP selection unit 130 , the parsing unit 140 , and the conversion unit 150 which are components of the embodiment of the present invention to be described are the first to calculate the price to be paid when each of a plurality of CSPs is selected. According to the second embodiment of reconfiguring information about the computing infrastructure environment input by the user according to the description according to the first embodiment and the standards supported by the CSP, and requesting the resources required for the computing infrastructure environment to meet the standards of the corresponding CSP. Separate the descriptions.

First, when the operation of the first embodiment of calculating the price of each of a plurality of CSPs is performed, the operations of the CSP selection unit 130 , the parsing unit 140 , and the conversion unit 150 will be described.

The CSP selection unit 130 receives a markup language expressing the computing infrastructure environment desired by the user directly from the user, or a mark generated by the markup language generation unit 110 based on information on the computing infrastructure environment desired by the user. By acquiring the up language, it is possible to determine the CSP on which the computing infrastructure environment configured in the markup language will operate. In this case, the CSP selection unit 130 may select one or more CSPs from among the plurality of CSPs according to the user's selection, or may be set to select one or more CSPs from among the plurality of CSPs by default, and may select a CSP according to the default setting.

For example, the CSP selector 130 may determine the optimal value based on the priority item set by the user among items such as quality standards (SLA) such as performance, cost, and availability when the computing infrastructure environment operates in each CSP. CSP can be determined. To this end, the CSP selection unit 130 selects a quality standard (SLA) such as performance, cost (eg, divided into long-term contract standards or short-term contract standards, etc.), availability, etc. when a specific computing infrastructure environment operates in each CSP. RULE information that can be evaluated can be stored.

The parsing unit 140 determines the price among markup languages representing the computing infrastructure environment input by the user based on the pricing policy information stored in the provisioning database 120 for one or more CSPs determined by the CSP selection unit 130. Arguments can be parsed. For example, the parsing unit 140 may parse a resource, a dependency relationship between resources, a group relationship between resources, an attribute, an attribute value, a factor value, etc. which are factors determining a price among the input markup languages. At this time, when the service supporting the parsed factor is absent from the determined CSP, the parsing unit 140 cannot recommend a similar service based on the standard information stored in the provisioning database 120. It can notify the user that there is no service that supports the specified argument.

The parsing unit 140 may map the service of the selected product based on any one of performance, cost, and the latest release date when there are multiple products in the CSP for a specific resource, attribute, attribute value, and factor value. .

Based on the price mapped with the factor parsed by the parsing unit 140 in the price policy information, the conversion unit 150 determines the price to be paid when each CSP requests a computing infrastructure environment supporting the parsed factor. can be calculated In addition, the conversion unit 150 provides the user with an interface that allows the user to select by changing the resource, property, property value or factor value, unlike the setting value of the computing infrastructure environment that was initially input, and the user uses the resource, As the attribute, attribute value, or factor value is changed and selected, the price for each CSP according to the new setting can be derived based on the price mapped to the pricing policy information based on the newly selected resource, attribute, attribute value or factor value. can

6 is an exemplary diagram in which a price required for a computing infrastructure environment support apparatus to build a computing infrastructure environment based on markup language-based pricing policy information according to an embodiment of the present invention is derived for each of a plurality of CSPs.

Referring back to FIG. 2 together with FIG. 6 , the markup language generating unit 110 generates a markup language representing the computing infrastructure environment input by the user as shown in FIG. 2 , and the CSP selection unit 130 includes a plurality of When it is decided to analyze the prices for four CSPs corresponding to AWS, Aliyun, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Azure among CSPs, the parsing unit 140 generates the markup language generated by the markup language generation unit 110 . Parsing the factors determining the price (ex. Network, Storage, Database, Compute), and the conversion unit 150 is the price (ex. AWS) mapped with the parsed factors (ex. Network, Storage, Database, Compute) , Aliyun, Google Cloud, pricing information stored in the provisioning database 120 for Azure), based on the price of the computing infrastructure environment that supports the parsed factor (eg AWS- $ 15.07, Aliyun - $ 18.25, GCP- 39.65) dollars, Azure - $ 12.49). Accordingly, the user may select the CSP to be used by the user through the CSP selection unit 130 in consideration of price and performance. For example, in the example of FIG. 6 , AWS may be selected based on a low price.

Next, in a state in which the CSP is selected according to the operation of the first embodiment, the CSP selector 130 according to the second embodiment that reconfigures information about the computing infrastructure environment to meet the standard required by the selected CSP and requests a resource , the parsing unit 140 and the operation of the converting unit 150 will be described.

The CSP selector 130 may receive the CSP selected by the user according to the first embodiment described above.

The parsing unit 140 may parse the factor to be converted to fit the CSP determined among the markup languages based on the CSP determined by the CSP selection unit 130 and the standard information stored in the provisioning database 120 . The parsing unit 140 may parse factors including resources, attributes, attribute values, factor values, etc. included in the markup language, and search the provisioning database 120 for CSP specification information mapped to the corresponding factors. .

The conversion unit 150 may determine conversion information to be converted so that the parsed factor conforms to the determined standard information of the CSP. For example, if the argument parsed in the markup language is an attribute value meaning "allow a specific IP in the security group", and the determined CSP is AWS, the conversion unit 150 allows a specific IP in the security group of various CSPs Among the specification information (ex. argument: allow specific IP <-> AWS: allow, Aliyun: accept, ...), AWS "allow" can be determined as conversion information.

Also, the conversion unit 150 may determine an API to request a factor for the computing infrastructure environment included in the markup language based on the standard information. For example, if the argument parsed in the markup language is an attribute value that means "allow a specific IP from the security group", and the determined CSP is AWS, AWS loads an API that can request the creation of a security group resource. Conversion information can be generated to reflect the attribute value. At this time, if there are a plurality of resources and APIs to be requested, the conversion unit 150 may generate conversion information by determining the arrangement order of the factors configured in the markup language and the calling order of the API, based on the determined standard information of the CSP. .

Accordingly, the conversion unit 150 may convert the factors included in the markup language according to the conversion information, and reconstruct the markup language according to the arrangement order of the factors included in the conversion information and the calling order of the API. . In addition, the conversion unit 150 performs debugging in advance based on the standard information of the CSP determined for the reconstructed markup language, and when there is an error, newly receives the standard information provided by the CSP, and After updating the specification information, the above-described parsing, conversion, and debugging processes may be re-performed.

The application unit 160 may request to configure the cloud-based computing infrastructure environment input by the user to the determined CSP using the markup language reconstructed by the conversion unit 150 .

In addition, the computing infrastructure environment support apparatus 100 may further include a processor (not shown), an input/output interface (not shown), and/or a memory (not shown). The processor, including a central processing unit (CPU), and the like, may perform processing and operation of various data. For example, based on the control of the processor, components of the computing infrastructure environment support apparatus 100 , for example, the pricing unit 105 , the markup language generation unit 110 , and the provisioning database 120 . , the CSP selection unit 130 , the parsing unit 140 , the converting unit 150 , and the applying unit 160 may be controlled.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the price policy unit 105 , the markup language generation unit 110 , the provisioning database 120 , the CSP selection unit 130 , the parsing unit 140 , the conversion unit 150 ) and the application unit 160 may be included in the processor. For example, the price policy unit 105 , the markup language generation unit 110 , the provisioning database 120 , the CSP selection unit 130 , the parsing unit 140 , the conversion unit 150 , and the application unit 160 ) An operation of may be understood as an operation by the processor.

7 is a flowchart of a method for supporting a computing infrastructure environment according to an embodiment of the present invention. Each step of the computing infrastructure environment support method according to FIG. 7 may be performed by the computing infrastructure environment support apparatus 100 described with reference to FIG. 1 , and each step is described as follows.

In operation S510 , the price policy unit 105 may collect price policies for a plurality of CSPs and generate price policy information in which the price policies are configured in a markup language.

In operation S520 , the provisioning database 120 may store pricing policy information for a plurality of CSPs.

In operation S530, the CSP selector 130 may determine a CSP in which the computing infrastructure environment configured in the markup language input by the user will operate.

In operation S540 , the parsing unit 140 may parse a price determining factor among markup languages based on the determined CSP.

In operation S550, the conversion unit 150 may derive a price to be paid to the CSP determined for the computing infrastructure environment supporting the parsed factor, based on the price policy information mapped with the parsed factor.

Meanwhile, since the detailed process for the subject of each of the above-described steps to carry out the corresponding step has been described along with FIGS. 1 to 6 , the redundant description will be omitted.

When using the same method as in the above-described embodiment, price policies for a plurality of CSPs are integrated and managed based on a markup language, so that the price required to build a specific computing infrastructure environment can be quickly derived for each of the plurality of CSPs, Accordingly, the user can minimize the time and effort required for CSP selection. In addition, users do not need to invest additional development time or resources even when building a computing infrastructure environment in CSP for the first time or replacing CSP. By reconfiguring according to the specification information of the CSP, it is possible to easily request the resources required for the construction of the computing infrastructure environment.

The above-described embodiments of the present invention may be implemented through various means. For example, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof.

In the case of implementation by hardware, the method according to embodiments of the present invention may include one or more Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs), Digital Signal Processors (DSPs), Digital Signal Processing Devices (DSPDs), and Programmable Logic Devices (PLDs). , FPGAs (Field Programmable Gate Arrays), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, and the like.

In the case of implementation by firmware or software, the method according to the embodiments of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a module, procedure, or function that performs the functions or operations described above. A computer program in which a software code or the like is recorded may be stored in a computer-readable recording medium or a memory unit and driven by a processor. The memory unit may be located inside or outside the processor, and may exchange data with the processor by various known means.

Also, combinations of each block in the block diagram attached to the present invention and each step in the flowchart may be performed by computer program instructions. These computer program instructions may be embodied in an encoding processor of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing equipment, such that the instructions executed by the encoding processor of the computer or other programmable data processing equipment may correspond to each block of the block diagram or Each step of the flowchart creates a means for performing the functions described. These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer-usable or computer-readable memory that may direct a computer or other programmable data processing equipment to implement a function in a particular way, and thus the computer-usable or computer-readable memory. It is also possible for the instructions stored in the block diagram to produce an article of manufacture containing instruction means for performing a function described in each block of the block diagram or each step of the flowchart. The computer program instructions may also be mounted on a computer or other programmable data processing equipment, such that a series of operational steps are performed on the computer or other programmable data processing equipment to create a computer-executed process to create a computer or other programmable data processing equipment. It is also possible that instructions for performing the processing equipment provide steps for performing the functions described in each block of the block diagram and each step of the flowchart.

In addition, each block or each step may represent a module, segment, or part of code including one or more executable instructions for executing a specified logical function. It should also be noted that it is also possible for the functions recited in blocks or steps to occur out of order in some alternative embodiments. For example, it is possible that two blocks or steps shown one after another may in fact be performed substantially simultaneously, or that the blocks or steps may sometimes be performed in the reverse order according to the corresponding function.

As such, those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains will understand that the present invention may be embodied in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential characteristics thereof. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. The scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims rather than the detailed description, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalent concepts should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention. .

Claims (16)

a pricing unit for collecting standard information including standards for factors constituting a computing infrastructure environment for a plurality of Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), and pricing policy information for resource use corresponding to the standard information;
a provisioning database for storing the plurality of CSP-specific standard information and price policy information;
a markup language generation unit configured to configure information about a configuration to be included in a computing infrastructure environment to be used by a user, a connection relationship between the configurations, a group relationship between the configurations, and a dependency relationship between the configurations in a markup language;
a CSP selection unit that determines at least one CSP in which the computing infrastructure environment to be used by the user operates;
a parsing unit that parses a factor to be converted in order to request a resource from the determined CSP among the markup languages based on the standard information; and
A computing infrastructure environment that determines conversion information to be input to the parsed factor so as to correspond to the standard information of a resource to be requested from the determined CSP, and supports the conversion information based on the pricing policy information mapped to the determined conversion information Containing a conversion unit for deriving the price to be paid for the determined CSP,
Computing infrastructure environment support devices.
According to claim 1,
The conversion information is
Including the resource, attribute, attribute value or argument value of the computing infrastructure environment,
Computing infrastructure environment support devices.
3. The method of claim 2,
The price policy department,
Including crawled information on the pricing policy for the price determining factor directly provided by the CSP and the price determining factor posted on the web page operated by the CSP,
Computing infrastructure environment support devices.
4. The method of claim 3,
The price policy department,
Composing the specification information and the pricing policy information in a markup language and storing them in the provisioning database,
Computing infrastructure environment support devices.
5. The method of claim 4,
The conversion unit,
Provide the user with an interface that can be selected by changing the resource, attribute, attribute value or factor value in the computing infrastructure environment, and according to the user's selection of the resource, attribute, attribute value or factor value through the interface, Deriving the price of the computing infrastructure environment selected by the user based on the price policy information mapped with the selected resource, attribute, attribute value or factor value,
Computing infrastructure environment support devices.
delete delete According to claim 1,
The conversion unit,
reconstructing the markup language based on the transformation information,
Computing infrastructure environment support devices.
9. The method of claim 8,
The device is
Using the reconstructed markup language further comprising an application unit for requesting a computing infrastructure environment to the determined CSP,
Computing infrastructure environment support devices.
9. The method of claim 8,
The conversion unit,
Based on the determined standard information of the CSP, determining an API to request a resource for the computing infrastructure environment included in the markup language,
Computing infrastructure environment support devices.
11. The method of claim 10,
The conversion unit,
Based on the determined standard information of the CSP, determining the arrangement order of the arguments configured in the markup language and the calling order of the API to generate the conversion information,
Computing infrastructure environment support devices.
12. The method of claim 11,
The conversion unit,
converting the argument according to the conversion information, and reconstructing the markup language according to the arrangement order of the argument and the call order of the API,
Computing infrastructure environment support devices.
13. The method of claim 12,
The conversion unit,
Debugging is performed on the reconstructed markup language based on the determined standard information of the CSP,
Computing infrastructure environment support devices.
According to claim 1,
The markup language is
containing XML or JSON;
Computing infrastructure environment support devices.
In the computing infrastructure environment support method performed by the computing infrastructure environment support device,
collecting standard information including standards for factors constituting a computing infrastructure environment for a plurality of Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), and pricing policy information of resource use corresponding to the standard information;
storing standard information and price policy information for each of the plurality of CSPs;
composing information about a configuration to be included in a computing infrastructure environment to be used by a user, a connection relationship between the configurations, a group relationship between the configurations, and a dependency relationship between the configurations in a markup language;
determining at least one CSP in which a computing infrastructure environment to be used by the user will operate;
parsing a factor to be converted in order to request a resource from the determined CSP among the markup languages based on the standard information; and
A computing infrastructure environment that determines conversion information to be input to the parsed factor so as to correspond to the standard information of a resource to be requested from the determined CSP, and supports the conversion information based on the pricing policy information mapped to the determined conversion information deriving a price to be paid to the determined CSP for
How to support your computing infrastructure environment.
A computer program stored in a computer readable recording medium for causing a processor to perform the method of claim 15 .

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