Cloud launch wizard
One example method includes receiving an input that indicates selection of a cloud storage provider, receiving one or more product selection inputs, each of the product selection inputs indicating selection of a respective data protection product, receiving an input indicating an instance size, assembling the inputs together to define a data protection configuration, and automatically generating a script which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, deploys the data protection configuration in a cloud storage environment of the selected cloud storage provider.
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a service provider site, cloud provider information from a client;
receiving by the service provider site, from the client, one or more product selection inputs, each of the one or more product selection inputs indicating selection, by a user, of a respective data protection product from a list of user-selectable data protection products presented to the user by the service provider site;
checking, by the service provider site, to determine if any conflicts or incompatibilities exist among the data protection products selected by the user and, when such a conflict or incompatibility is found, updating a user menu so as to prevent user selection of conflicting or incompatible data protection products;
receiving, at the service provider site, instance information from the client;
assembling, at the service provider site, the cloud provider information, the data protection product information, and the instance information, into a data protection configuration; and
generating, at a service provider site, a script which is executable to implement the assembled data protection configuration.
2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the received cloud provider information comprises information that identifies a cloud provider that has been selected by the user at the client.
3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the received instance information comprises information indicating an amount of storage needed by the user.
4. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising transmitting the generated script to the client.
5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the generated script is deployable in a cloud environment by the client.
6. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising enabling the client to download the generated script.
7. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the generated script, when deployed and executed, causes automatic deployment and provisioning of the assembled data protection configuration.
8. A non-transitory storage medium having stored therein instructions which are executable by one or more hardware processors to perform operations comprising:
receiving, at a service provider site, cloud provider information from a client;
receiving by the service provider site, from the client, one or more product selection inputs, each of the one or more product selection inputs indicating selection, by a user, of a respective data protection product from a list of user-selectable data protection products presented to the user by the service provider site;
checking, by the service provider site, to determine if any conflicts or incompatibilities exist among the data protection products selected by the user and, when such a conflict or incompatibility is found, updating a user menu so as to prevent user selection of conflicting or incompatible data protection products;
receiving, at the service provider site, instance information from the client;
assembling, at the service provider site, the cloud provider information, the data protection product information, and the instance information, into a data protection configuration; and
generating, at a service provider site, a script which is executable to implement the assembled data protection configuration.
9. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 8 , wherein the received cloud provider information comprises information that identifies a cloud provider that has been selected by the user at the client.
10. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 8 , wherein the received instance information comprises information indicating an amount of storage needed by the user.
11. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise transmitting the generated script to the client.
12. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 8 , wherein the generated script is deployable in a cloud environment by the client.
13. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 8 , further comprising enabling the client to download the generated script.
14. The non-transitory storage medium as recited in claim 8 , wherein the generated script, when deployed and executed, causes automatic deployment and provisioning of the assembled data protection configuration.