Vmware, Inc.

Dimitar Hristov Barfonchovski

Anna Delcheva

Dimitar Ivanov

Evgeny Aronov

Alexander Stoyanov

Miroslav Mitevski

George P Dimitrov

Diana Kovacheva

Zahari Ivanov

George Dmitriov

Methods and apparatus to clone an agent in a distributed environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first management agent associated with a first component server in a virtualization environment, the first management agent configured to facilitate communication between the first component server and a virtual appliance, the virtual appliance to authenticate the first management agent based on first credentials including a first identifier and a first certificate. The example apparatus includes a second management agent associated with a second component server in the virtualization environment, the second management agent cloned from the first management agent and including a copy of the first credentials. The example second management agent is to: generate second credentials including a second identifier and a second certificate; authenticate with the virtual appliance based on the first identifier and the first certificate; and delete the copy of the first credentials.

Systems and methods for cloning an agent in a distributed environment

Methods and apparatus to facilitate infrastructure installation checks and corrections in a distributed environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a virtual appliance including a management endpoint. The example apparatus includes a component server including a management agent to communicate with the management endpoint. The virtual appliance is to assign a role to the component server and to determine a subset of prerequisites associated with the role based on an applicability to the role. Each of the subset of prerequisites is associated with an error correction script. The component server is to determine whether the component server satisfies the subset of prerequisites associated with the role. The component server is to address an error when the component server is determined not to satisfy at least one of the subset of prerequisites by executing the error correction script associated with the at least one of the subset of prerequisites.

Systems and methods to facilitate infrastructure installation checks and corrections in a distributed environment

Methods and apparatus to orchestrate infrastructure installation of a hybrid system are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first virtual appliance including a management endpoint. The first virtual appliance is to organize tasks to be executed to install a computing infrastructure. The example apparatus includes a first component server to execute tasks. The component server includes a management agent to communicate with the management endpoint to receive a task to be executed to install the computing infrastructure. The first virtual appliance is to associate a role with the first component server and to determine whether the first component server satisfies a prerequisite associated with the role. The first virtual appliance is to facilitate addressing an error when the first component server is determined not to satisfy the prerequisite.

Systems and methods to orchestrate infrastructure installation of a hybrid system

Methods and apparatus to facilitate certificate and trust management across a distributed environment are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a first virtual appliance including a first management endpoint and a first authentication provider including a first certificate validator, the first certificate validator to validate that a first certificate received by the first authentication provider is authentic, virtual appliance to communicate the first certificate via the first management endpoint; and a first component server including a first management agent and a first certificate evaluator, the first management agent to communicate with the first virtual appliance via the first management endpoint, the first management agent to receive the first certificate via the first management endpoint, the first certificate evaluator to evaluate the first certificate to determine a signing authority, the first management agent to restart the first component server and notify the first virtual appliance of acceptance of the first certificate.

Systems and methods to facilitate certificate and trust management across a distributed environment

Methods and apparatus for distribution and execution of instructions in a distributed computing environment are disclosed. An example method includes requesting, by executing an instruction with a processor within a deployment environment, a package supporting execution of a second instruction from a management endpoint, loading, by executing an instruction with the processor, a first component of the package in a command cache, the first component including a third instruction to implement a plugin framework, causing, by executing an instruction with the processor, a second component of the package to be stored in an instruction cache, the instruction cache located outside the deployment environment, the second component including a fourth instruction, and executing the first component from the command cache.

Distribution and execution of instructions in a distributed computing environment

Methods and apparatus for distribution and execution of instructions in a distributed computing environment are disclosed. An example method includes accessing, by executing a first instruction with a processor implementing a management agent within a deployment environment, an indication of a second instruction to be executed, the indication of the second instruction to be executed provided by a management endpoint within the deployment environment. A package supporting execution of the instruction is requested from the management endpoint. A component of the package is loaded into a command cache. The component of the package includes the second instruction to be executed. The command cache is implemented by a plug in framework. The second instruction is executed from the command cache. A result of the execution of the second instruction is collected. The result of the execution of the second instruction is transmitted to the management endpoint.

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Sofia, Bulgaria

Dimitar Hristov Barfonchovski