Stitching an application model to an infrastructure template

1. A method of stitching an application model to an infrastructure topology, comprising:

identifying, by at least one processor of a cloud service broker, patterns in the application model;

identifying, by the at least one processor of the cloud service broker, patterns in the infrastructure topology;

matching, by the at least one processor of the cloud service broker, the patterns in the application model and infrastructure topology using policies associated with the application model, wherein the matching comprises matching policies and lifecycle management actions (LCMAs) associated with a number of nodes of the application model with policies and LCMAs associated with a number of nodes of the infrastructure topology; and

stitching, by the at least one processor of the cloud service broker, the application model with the infrastructure topology based on at least the matching.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the infrastructure topology comprises a number of portions of a number of infrastructure templates stitched together to form an infrastructure template.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the number of portions of infrastructure templates are stitched together based on policies and LCMAs.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein matching the patterns in the application model and infrastructure topology using policies associated with the application model further comprises searching a number of realized topologies in a realized topology system management (RTSM) database and a number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies in a catalog to find matches to the application model.

5. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:

providing the number of realized topologies, the number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, portions of realized topologies, portions of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, or combinations thereof to a customer via a graphical user interface; or

providing a number of realized topologies, number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, portions of realized topologies, portions of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, or combinations thereof to a stitching engine, in which the stitching engine matches the patterns in the application model and infrastructure topology using policies associated with the application model.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising receiving input from a customer, via the graphical user interface, indicating how the realized topologies, number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, portions of realized topologies, portions of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, or combinations thereof are to be modified to allow the application model to be stitched to the realized topologies, number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, portions of realized topologies, portions of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, or combinations thereof.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein using policies associated with the application model to match the patterns in the application model and infrastructure topology comprises:

discovering requirements in an application level;

associating those requirements with components that support them in a library of infrastructure topologies.

8. A system for stitching an application model to an infrastructure topology, comprising:

a stitching engine, wherein the stitching engine comprises at least one processor of a cloud service broker; and

a number of infrastructure topology sources;

wherein the stitching engine:

identifies patterns in the application model;

identifies patterns in the infrastructure topology;

matches the patterns in the application model and infrastructure topology using policies associated with the application model, wherein the matching comprises matching policies and lifecycle management actions (LCMAs) associated with a number of nodes of the application model with policies and LCMAs associated with a number of nodes of the infrastructure topology; and

stitches, by the at least one processor of the cloud service broker, the application model with the infrastructure topology based on at least the matching.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the infrastructure topology comprises a number of portions of a number of infrastructure templates stitched together to form an infrastructure template.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the number of portions of the number of infrastructure templates are stitched together based on policies associated with the number of portions of the number of infrastructure templates.

11. The system of claim 8 , further comprising:

a realized topology system management (RTSM) comprising a number of realized topologies; and

a catalog comprising a number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies;

in which matching the patterns in the application model and infrastructure topology using policies associated with the application model further comprises searching the number of realized topologies in the realized topology system management (RTSM) database and the number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies in the catalog to find matches to the application model.

12. The system of claim 8 , further comprising a graphical user interface in which the system receives input from a customer, via the graphical user interface, indicating how realized topologies, a number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, portions of realized topologies, portions of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, or combinations thereof are to be modified to allow the application model to be stitched to the realized topologies, number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, portions of realized topologies, portions of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, or combinations thereof.

13. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with computer usable program code, the computer usable program code for stitching an application model to an infrastructure template, executable by a tangible processor, the computer readable storage medium comprising, computer usable program code to:

identify patterns in the application model;

identify patterns in the infrastructure template;

match the patterns in the application model and the infrastructure topology using policies associated with the application model, wherein the matching comprises matching policies and lifecycle management actions (LCMAs) associated with a number of nodes of the application model with policies and LCMAs associated with a number of nodes of the infrastructure topology;

stitch the application model with the infrastructure topology based on at least the matching.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 13 , further comprising computer usable program code to:

search a number of realized topologies in a realized topology system management (RTSM) database and a number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies in a catalog to find matches to the application model;

provide the number of realized topologies, the number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, portions of realized topologies, portions of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, or combinations thereof to a customer via a graphical user interface; and

receive input from a customer, via a graphical user interface, indicating how the realized topologies, number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, portions of realized topologies, portions of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, or combinations thereof are to be modified to allow the application model to be stitched to the realized topologies, number of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, portions of realized topologies, portions of lifecycle management (LCM) topologies, or combinations thereof.