Kent Skaar

US Patent:

20120266156, Oct 18, 2012

Filed:

Mar 23, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/428125

Inventors:

Vadim SPIVAK - San Francisco CA, US
Kent SKAAR - Stow MA, US
Oleg SHALDYBIN - Mountain View CA, US

Assignee:

VMware, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/445

US Classification:

717172

Abstract:

A deployment system provides the ability to deploy a multi-node distributed application, such as a cloud computing platform application that has a plurality of interconnected nodes performing specialized jobs. The deployment system may update a currently running cloud computing platform application according to a deployment manifest and a versioned release bundle that includes jobs and application packages. The deployment system determines changes to the currently running cloud computing platform application and distributes changes to each job to deployment agents executing on VMs. The deployment agents apply the updated jobs to their respective VMs (e.g., launching applications), thereby deploying an updated version of cloud computing platform application.

US Patent:

20120266158, Oct 18, 2012

Filed:

Mar 23, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/428121

Inventors:

Vadim SPIVAK - San Francisco CA, US
Kent SKAAR - Stow MA, US

Assignee:

VMWARE, INC. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/445

US Classification:

717175

Abstract:

A deployment system provides the ability to deploy a multi-node distributed application, such as a cloud computing platform application that has a plurality of interconnected nodes performing specialized jobs. The deployment system includes a release management system that builds and manages versioned releases of application services and/or software modules that are executed by the plurality of nodes of the cloud computing platform application. The release management system utilizes specification files to define a jobs and application packages and configurations needed to perform the jobs. The jobs and application packages are assembled into a self-contained release bundle that may be provided to the deployment system. The deployment system unwraps the release bundle and provides each job to deployment agents executing on VMs. The deployment agents apply the jobs to their respective VM (e.g., launching applications), thereby deploying the cloud computing platform application.

US Patent:

20120266168, Oct 18, 2012

Filed:

Mar 23, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/428109

Inventors:

Vadim SPIVAK - San Francisco CA, US
Kent SKAAR - Stow MA, US

Assignee:

VMware, Inc. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/455

US Classification:

718 1

Abstract:

A deployment system provides the ability to deploy a multi-node distributed application, such as a cloud computing platform application, which has a plurality of interconnected nodes performing specialized jobs. The deployment system includes a deployment director that provisions an infrastructure that includes one or more virtual machines (VMs) for hosting the plurality of nodes of the cloud computing platform application. The deployment director distributes a plurality of jobs (e.g., application packages and configurations) to deployment agents executing on the provisioned VMs, based on a mapping in the deployment manifest between the infrastructure and the plurality of specialized jobs to be performed by the cloud computing platform application. The deployment agents apply the jobs to their respective VM (e.g., launching applications), thereby deploying the cloud computing platform application.

US Patent:

20120030672, Feb 2, 2012

Filed:

Jun 10, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/157480

Inventors:

Ezra ZYGMUNTOWICZ - Portland OR, US
Vadim SPIVAK - San Francisco CA, US
Kent SKAAR - Stow MA, US
Derek COLLISON - Atherton CA, US
Oleg SHALDYBIN - Mountain View CA, US
Mark LUCOVSKY - Carpinteria CA, US
Killian MURPHY - San Francisco CA, US

Assignee:

VMWARE, INC. - Palo Alto CA

International Classification:

G06F 9/455
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

718 1

Abstract:

A cloud computing environment with the ability to deploy a web application that has been developed using one of a plurality of application frameworks and is configured to execute within one of a plurality of runtime environments can be delivered as a self-contained virtual machine disk image configured to launch in a virtualization environment. Upon request (or alternatively, in a pre-processing phase), a cloud computing platform provider can compose a virtual machine disk image comprising the cloud computing environment. The virtual machine disk image may be attached to any virtual machine, whether running on a personal computing device such as a laptop or in an infrastructure-as-a-service service provider to provide a cloud computing environment that is automatically configured to receive and deploy a web application.

US Patent:

20210349706, Nov 11, 2021

Filed:

Mar 3, 2021

Appl. No.:

17/191426

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Kent Skaar - Stow MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 8/65
G06F 9/50
H04L 29/08
G06F 8/658
G06F 9/455
H04L 12/24
H04L 12/911
G06F 8/71

Abstract:

A deployment system provides the ability to deploy a multi-node distributed application, such as a cloud computing platform application that has a plurality of interconnected nodes performing specialized jobs. The deployment system may update a currently running cloud computing platform application according to a deployment manifest and a versioned release bundle that includes jobs and application packages. The deployment system determines changes to the currently running cloud computing platform application and distributes changes to each job to deployment agents executing on VMs. The deployment agents apply the updated jobs to their respective VMs (e.g., launching applications), thereby deploying an updated version of cloud computing platform application.

US Patent:

20160098262, Apr 7, 2016

Filed:

Dec 10, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/964969

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Kent Skaar - Stow MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/445
G06F 9/44
G06F 9/455

Abstract:

A deployment system provides the ability to deploy a multi-node distributed application, such as a cloud computing platform application that has a plurality of interconnected nodes performing specialized jobs. The deployment system may update a currently running cloud computing platform application according to a deployment manifest and a versioned release bundle that includes jobs and application packages. The deployment system determines changes to the currently running cloud computing platform application and distributes changes to each job to deployment agents executing on VMs. The deployment agents apply the updated jobs to their respective VMs (e.g., launching applications), thereby deploying an updated version of cloud computing platform application.

US Patent:

20160098263, Apr 7, 2016

Filed:

Dec 10, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/965005

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Kent Skaar - Stow MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/445
G06F 9/455

Abstract:

A deployment system provides the ability to deploy a multi-node distributed application, such as a cloud computing platform application that has a plurality of interconnected nodes performing specialized jobs. The deployment system may update a currently running cloud computing platform application according to a deployment manifest and a versioned release bundle that includes jobs and application packages. The deployment system determines changes to the currently running cloud computing platform application and distributes changes to each job to deployment agents executing on VMs. The deployment agents apply the updated jobs to their respective VMs (e.g., launching applications), thereby deploying an updated version of cloud computing platform application.

US Patent:

20150242237, Aug 27, 2015

Filed:

Mar 9, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/642650

Inventors:

- Palo Alto CA, US
Kent Skaar - Stow MA, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/455
H04L 12/24
H04L 12/911

Abstract:

A deployment system provides the ability to deploy a multi-node distributed application, such as a cloud computing platform application that has a plurality of interconnected nodes performing specialized jobs. The deployment system may update a currently running cloud computing platform application according to a deployment manifest and a versioned release bundle that includes jobs and application packages. The deployment system determines changes to the currently running cloud computing platform application and distributes changes to each job to deployment agents executing on VMs. The deployment agents apply the updated jobs to their respective VMs (e.g., launching applications), thereby deploying an updated version of cloud computing platform application.