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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2009
Stephen R. Carter, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Carolyn Bennion Mcclain, Springville, UT (US);
Jared Patrick Allen, Sandy, UT (US);
Dale Robert Olds, Draper, UT (US);
Lloyd Leon Burch, Payson, UT (US);
Stephen R. Carter, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Carolyn Bennion McClain, Springville, UT (US);
Jared Patrick Allen, Sandy, UT (US);
Dale Robert Olds, Draper, UT (US);
Lloyd Leon Burch, Payson, UT (US);
NOVELL, INC., Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
System and method for providing cloud computing services are described. In one embodiment, the system comprises a cloud computing environment comprising resources for supporting cloud workloads, each cloud workload having associated therewith an internal cloud address; and a routing system disposed between external workloads of an external computing environment and the cloud workloads, the routing system for directing traffic from an external cloud address to the internal cloud addresses of the cloud workloads. The routing system comprises a virtual router configured to function as a network address translator ('NAT'); a distributor connected between the virtual router and the cloud workloads; and a distributor registry accessible by the distributor for maintaining information comprising at least one of port mappings, cloud address mappings, and cloud workload configuration information.