Cloudbolt Software Inc.

Hewlett-packard Development, L.p.

Bernard Sanders

Lisa Percival

Alexandre Augusto Ramos Da Rocha

Thomas C Hamlin

Peter Lyons

Provided are examples of apparatus and methods which relate to infrastructure testing, such as end-to-end reliability testing of a network deployed across one or more clouds in a cloud computing system. In an example method, a machine-executable order describing a computing network is received at a platform management device. The computing network can include a plurality of provisioned computing resources. The platform management device can be configured to manage a plurality of disparate platforms of pooled computing resources, such as disparate clouds in the cloud computing system. The computing network is deployed by executing the machine-executable order. At least one function of each provisioned computing resource in the plurality of provisioned computing resources can be tested. The testing can include transmitting one or more calls to a respective application program interface of each provisioned computing resource in the plurality of provisioned computing resources. The computing network can be decommissioned thereafter.

Infrastructure testing

Provided in an example is a cloud computing service catalog which enables a cloud computing user to prepare and implement a blueprint of service items across multiple different clouds of computing resources. An example method includes discovering a plurality of computer resources which are available from at least one of a first platform and a second platform, and receiving data describing a plurality of service items. The service items include instructions configured to control one or more tangible computing devices. A first service item in the plurality of service items corresponds to a first computer resource in the first platform. A second service item in the plurality of service items corresponds to a second computer resource in the second platform. The method also includes adding the service items to the blueprint.

Cloud computing service catalog

Provided are example methods and apparatus for orchestrating cloud computing resources which enable customizing cloud management software to add, via user-provided code, features and functionality which go beyond base features built into the cloud management software, without otherwise modifying the cloud computing management software. The user-provided code can include a plug-in, a script, a webhook, a callout, the like, or a combination thereof.

Cloud computing resource orchestration

Methods, computer-readable media, and systems are provided for managing a target computing device. One method for managing the target computing device includes loading a service operating system into non-persistent memory of the target computing device having a persistent memory that is initially devoid of a functional operating system. The service operating system includes an embedded global shell agent. The global shell agent is executed thereby configuring the target computing device for remote management within an interactive command shell function before loading an operating system into persistent memory of the target computing device. The global shell agent is operable to examine and modify filesystems on the target computing device.

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Portland, OR, United States of America

Bernard Sanders