IP Library Granted Patent US 11,063,811
Granted Patent B2
US 11,063,811 · App. 16/393,226 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Multi-tenant event sourcing and audit logging in a cloud-based computing infrastructure

Inventor: Suman Shil (Fremont, CA)
Assignee: VMware, Inc.
H04L41/0233H04L41/0618H04L41/0846H04L63/10H04L67/2809
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,063,811
App. No.
16/393,226
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Examples described herein include systems and methods for multi-tenant event sourcing and audit logging in a cloud-based computing infrastructure. In an example method, an event package can be received from a first microservice of an application. The event can describe any action performed within the computing infrastructure and can include various types of information. For example, it can include an event type, event ID, object type, object ID, and parent event ID. The event package can be associated with a tenant and only provided to tenant-approved recipients. The recipient can use the event package to automatically carry out steps to recreate and configure an object, or to determine the source of an event or failure within the system.

Claims (46)

1. A method for multi-tenant event sourcing and audit logging in a cloud-based computing infrastructure, comprising:

receiving an event package from a first microservice of an application, wherein the event package includes information relating to an event occurring in the cloud-based computing infrastructure and comprises:

an event type;

an object ID identifying a first software-defined data center (SDDC);

an event ID; and

a parent event ID, wherein the parent event ID relates to a parent event that caused the event described by the event ID;

associating the event package with a tenant;

receiving a request for information relating to the event package from a second microservice of the application; and

based on determining that the request is authorized by the tenant, providing the information relating to the event package to the second microservice,

wherein the second microservice recreates a sequence of events in the event package to create a new SDDC with the same settings as the first SDDC.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request for information relates to the object ID.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the second microservice builds a new object based on the sequence of events used to build the object identified by the object ID.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the event package includes information related to multiple events.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request for information requests all objects relating to the event ID.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the event package further comprises an object type, and wherein the request for information requests all events relating to the object type.

7. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by a hardware-based processor, performs stages for multi-tenant event sourcing and audit logging in a cloud-based computing infrastructure, the stages comprising:

receiving an event package from a first microservice of an application, wherein the event package includes information relating to an event occurring in the cloud-based computing infrastructure and comprises:

an event type;

an object ID identifying a first software-defined data center (SDDC);

an event ID; and

a parent event ID, wherein the parent event ID relates to a parent event that caused the event described by the event ID;

associating the event package with a tenant;

receiving a request for information relating to the event package from a second microservice of the application; and

based on determining that the request is authorized by the tenant, providing the information relating to the event package to the second microservice,

wherein the second microservice recreates a sequence of events in the event package to create a new SDDC with the same settings as the first SDDC.

8. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the request for information relates to the object ID.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 8 , wherein the second microservice builds a new object based on the sequence of events used to build the object identified by the object ID.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the event package includes information related to multiple events.

11. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the request for information requests all objects relating to the event ID.

12. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 7 , wherein the event package further comprises an object type, and wherein the request for information requests all events relating to the object type.

13. A system for multi-tenant event sourcing and audit logging in a cloud-based computing infrastructure, comprising:

a memory storage including a non-transitory, computer-readable medium comprising instructions; and

a computing device including a hardware-based processor that executes the instructions to carry out stages comprising:

receiving an event package from a first microservice of an application, wherein the event package includes information relating to an event occurring in the cloud-based computing infrastructure and comprises:

an event type;

an object ID identifying a first software-defined data center (SDDC);

an event ID; and

a parent event ID, wherein the parent event ID relates to a parent event that caused the event described by the event ID;

associating the event package with a tenant;

receiving a request for information relating to the event package from a second microservice of the application; and

based on determining that the request is authorized by the tenant, providing the information relating to the event package to the second microservice,

wherein the second microservice recreates a sequence of events in the event package to create a new SDDC with the same settings as the first SDDC.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the request for information relates to the object ID.

15. The system of claim 14 , wherein the second microservice builds a new object based on the sequence of events used to build the object identified by the object ID.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein the event package includes information related to multiple events.

17. The system of claim 13 , wherein the request for information requests all objects relating to the event ID.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 15, 2024
From: VMWARE, INC.
To: VMWARE LLC
Reel/Frame 067102/0314 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 24, 2019
From: SHIL, SUMAN
To: VMWARE, INC.
Reel/Frame 048983/0578 →
Continuity (1)
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