Vmware, Inc.

Zahari Ivanov

Ivo Petkov

Evgeny Aronov

Anna Delcheva

Alexander Dimitrov

Georgi Mitsov

Diana Kovacheva

Ventsyslav Raikov

Ivan Strelkov

Lazarin Lazarov

Boris Savov

Miroslav Mitevski

Dimitar Hristov Barfonchovski

Sergio Sanchez

Georgi Muleshkov

Gospodin Gochkov

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to manage cloud provider sessions. An example apparatus includes at least one computer readable medium; and processor circuitry to execute instructions that cause the processor circuitry to: in response to detecting a first request to establish a first session with a cloud provider that is to perform a first action: establish the first session using credentials associated with the cloud provider; record a lifespan of a session token associated with the first session; and transmit the session token to a cloud provider adapter to facilitate communication between the cloud provider adapter and the cloud provider; and in response to detecting a second request to establish a second session with the cloud provider that is to perform a second action, transmit the session token to the cloud provider adapter to facilitate communication between the cloud provider adapter and the cloud provider.

Methods and apparatus to manage cloud provider sessions

Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to improve cloud management. An example apparatus includes at least one processor, and memory including instructions that, when executed, cause the at least one processor to execute a cloud manager installer generated by a container platform manager, the cloud manager installer is to configure a cloud computing environment based on environment information, determine one or more virtual resources based on a blueprint, and deploy a cloud platform manager in the cloud computing environment to manage a lifecycle of an application executing in the cloud computing environment by provisioning the one or more virtual resources to the cloud computing environment, and installing the cloud platform manager in the cloud computing environment by storing the cloud manager installer and the blueprint in the cloud computing environment.

Methods and apparatus to improve cloud management

A quorum in a cluster of nodes in a quorum-based computing system can be dynamically updated such that even just a single remaining operational node can be sufficient to support continued operation of the computing system, while other node(s) in the cluster are in a failure state. When the other node(s) in the cluster become enabled again, the quorum can be adjusted back to an original quorum of the cluster. The content of storage devices in such other node(s) can be deleted when the node(s) start up from the failure state, and up-to-date content from the operational node can be synchronized into the newly started other node(s), thereby enabling content to be consistent and updated in all of the operational nodes in the cluster/quorum.

Method for running a quorum-based system by dynamically managing the quorum

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, apparatus and articles of manufacture to provide client extensibility during provisioning of virtual computing resources are disclosed. An example event broker apparatus includes a subscription manager to manage subscriptions to event topics associated with provisioning of a virtual computing resource. The example apparatus includes a meta-topic subscriber to identify a subscription request by a service for an event topic and to trigger, in response to the subscription request, a meta-topic subscription to indicate a) a subscriber to the event topic and b) a type of the subscriber, the type to include at least a blocking subscriber. The example apparatus includes a topic monitor to monitor for an event corresponding to the event topic to determine whether to trigger a blocking subscriber workflow when the meta-topic subscription indicates that the type of the subscriber is a blocking subscriber or bypass the blocking subscriber workflow when the type of the subscriber is not a blocking subscriber.

Methods and apparatus for adaptive workflow adjustment during resource provisioning using meta-topics

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to manage cloud provider sessions. The examples disclosed herein provide a system to manage cloud provider sessions. The system includes a session manger to establish a session using credentials associated with a cloud provider in response to detecting a request to establish the session with the cloud provider and to record a lifespan of a session token associated with the session. When the lifespan of the session token meets a threshold value, the session manager is to use the credentials to obtain a new session token to refresh the session. The system additionally includes a cloud provider adapter to, in response to detecting an action selection associated with a device, call the cloud provider to execute the action.

Method and apparatus to perform user authentication during cloud provider sessions

Methods, apparatus, and systems to perform transparent database switching using master-replica high availability setup in relational databases are disclosed. An example system includes a first virtual appliance including a first proxy and a master database, the first proxy to forward service traffic to the master database, the master database to read and/or write data based on the service traffic; a second virtual appliance including a second proxy and a first replica database, the second proxy to determine data stored in the master database, the first replica database to replicate the master database; and a third virtual appliance including a third proxy and a second replica database, the third proxy to, in response to determining the master database of the first virtual appliance is to power down, promote the second replica database to the master database.

Methods and apparatus for transparent database switching using master-replica high availability setup in relational databases

An inter-platform application manager may require a platform-specific resource template to be mapped to a resource proxy before it can be deployed to the platform. The mapping requirement can prove incompatible to automation software requiring a stateless API and may also limit accessibility by some human users. A front end can be provided that automates mapping (or provides for administrator mapping) of templates to proxies. Only mapped resources are made available to a user for selection. Accordingly, user-selected resource can then be deployed without risk of interruption due to a lack of mapping. The front end can provide a RESTful API so as to be compatible with conforming automation programs.

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Zahari Ivanov