Deployable console-based virtual application deployment and configuration systems and methods

1. A system for deploying a virtual application, the system comprising:

a hardware processor in communication with a memory including a console virtual machine, the console virtual machine comprising:

an application component used to execute an application;

a provisioning application configured to install the application component; and

a script comprising a command further configured to install the application component;

the memory further including computer executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

import the console virtual machine into an environment deployed to a server, the environment comprising a management center including application programming interfaces (APIs) for cloning virtual machines;

execute the provisioning application to install the application component to a clone of a template virtual machine in the environment;

wherein the clone is cloned using the included APIs and the template virtual machine is deployed in the environment alongside the console virtual machine; and

execute the script to further install the application component on the clone of the template virtual machine so that the application may be executed from the clone of the template virtual machine.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the application component is a binary file.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the console virtual machine comprises a downloadable link to the application component, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to download the application component to the clone of the template virtual machine through the downloadable link.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein one of the template virtual machine or the clone of the template virtual machine includes a base operating system.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the environment is a virtual environment.

6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, further cause the processor to import a template virtual machine into the environment.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the provisioning application includes configuration definitions for a plurality of virtual machines to be provisioned, the plurality of virtual machines clones of the template virtual machine.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the console virtual machine comprises a plurality of application components required to execute the application, and wherein the configuration definitions identify respective application components to be installed on respective virtual machines.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the memory further includes a blueprint comprising a mapping between the application component and the template virtual machine, and wherein the application component is installed to the clone of the template virtual machine according to the blueprint.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the blueprint is an extensible markup language (XML) file.

11. A method for deploying a virtual application, the method comprising:

importing, by a hardware processor, a console virtual machine into an environment deployed to a server, the console virtual machine comprising:

an application component required for execution of an application;

provisioning software configured to install the application component; and,

scripts comprising commands for completing installation of the application component, and the environment comprising a management center including application programming interfaces (APIs) for cloning virtual machines;

installing, by the hardware processor and the console virtual machine executing the provisioning application, the application component to a clone of a template virtual machine in the environment;

wherein the clone is cloned using the included APIs and the template virtual machine is deployed in the environment alongside the console virtual machine; and

executing, by the hardware processor and the clone of the template virtual machine, the scripts to configure one of the installed application component and the clone of the template virtual machine.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the application component is a binary file.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the console virtual machine comprises a downloadable link to the application component, and the method further comprises downloading, by the processor and to the clone of the template virtual machine, the application component through the downloadable link.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein one of the template virtual machine or the clone of the template virtual machine includes a base operating system.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the environment is a virtual environment.

16. The method of claim 11 , further comprising importing a template virtual machine into the environment.

17. The method claim 11 , wherein the provisioning application includes configuration definitions for a plurality of virtual machines to be provisioned, the plurality of virtual machines clones of the template virtual machine.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the console virtual machine comprises a plurality of application components required to execute the application, and wherein the configuration definitions identify respective application components be installed on respective virtual machines.

19. The method of claim 11 , wherein the application component is installed to the template virtual machine according to a blueprint, the blueprint comprising a mapping between the application component and the template virtual machine.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the blueprint is an extensible markup language (XML) file.