Granted Patent B1

US 11,706,155 · App. 17/592,851 · Granted Jul 18, 2023

Inventors: Cathal O'Connor (Waterford, IE); Brian Gallagher (Waterford, IE)

Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.

H04L47/762H04L9/3236H04L9/3247H04L47/781H04L47/822H04L47/828

Abstract

Claims (71)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a cloud resource provisioning component via a cloud provisioning request application programming interface (API), a cloud resource request;

broadcasting, to a cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, a first transaction comprising the cloud resource request;

transmitting, to one or more cloud providers, the cloud resource request,

receiving, from a first cloud provider of the one or more cloud providers, a first cloud resource offer responsive to the cloud resource request;

broadcasting, to the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, a second transaction comprising the first cloud resource offer; and

responsive to receiving, from a node of the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, a notification of validation of the first cloud resource offer with respect to the cloud resource request, causing the first cloud provider to provision a cloud resource specified by the first cloud resource offer.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from a second cloud provider, a second cloud resource offer responsive to the cloud resource request.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation by comparing a first cloud resource parameter specified by the cloud resource request to a second cloud resource parameter specified by the first cloud resource offer.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation, wherein the smart contract is to select, among two or more qualified cloud resource offers, a cloud resource offer that specifies a minimal cloud resource usage price.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation by accepting an electronic signature of an originator of the cloud resource request.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

storing the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation by rejecting a cloud resource offer that was received upon expiration of a predefined timeout triggered by the cloud resource request.

8. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device, operatively coupled to the memory, to:

receive, by a cloud resource provisioning component via a cloud provisioning request application programming interface (API), a cloud resource request;

broadcast, to a cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, a first transaction comprising the cloud resource request;

transmit, to one or more cloud providers, the cloud resource request;

receive, from a first cloud provider of the one or more cloud providers, a first cloud resource offer responsive to the cloud resource request;

broadcast, to the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, a second transaction comprising the first cloud resource offer; and

responsive to receiving, from a node of the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, a notification of validation of the first cloud resource offer with respect to the cloud resource request, cause the first cloud provider to provision a cloud resource specified by the first cloud resource offer.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing device is further to:

receive, from a second cloud provider, a second cloud resource offer responsive to the cloud resource request.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing device is further to:

store the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing device is further to:

store the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation by comparing a first cloud resource parameter specified by the cloud resource request to a second cloud resource parameter specified by the first cloud resource offer.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing device is further to:

store the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation, wherein the smart contract is to select, among two or more qualified cloud resource offers, a cloud resource offer that specifies a minimal cloud resource usage price.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing device is further to:

store the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation by accepting an electronic signature of an originator of the cloud resource request.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing device is further to:

store the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation by rejecting a cloud resource offer that was received upon expiration of a predefined timeout triggered by the cloud resource request.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a cloud resource provisioning component via a cloud provisioning request application programming interface (API), a cloud resource request;

broadcasting, to a cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, a first transaction comprising the cloud resource request;

transmitting, to one or more cloud providers, the cloud resource request;

receiving, from a first cloud provider of the one or more cloud providers, a first cloud resource offer responsive to the cloud resource request;

broadcasting, to the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, a second transaction comprising the first cloud resource offer; and

responsive to receiving, from a node of the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, a notification of validation of the first cloud resource offer with respect to the cloud resource request; causing the first cloud provider to provision a cloud resource specified by the first cloud resource offer.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving, from a second cloud provider, a second cloud resource offer responsive to the cloud resource request.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

storing the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

storing the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation, wherein the smart contract is to select, among two or more qualified cloud resource offers, a cloud resource offer that specifies a minimal cloud resource usage price.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

storing the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation by accepting an electronic signature of an originator of the cloud resource request.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , further comprising:

storing the cloud resource request on the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger, wherein storing the cloud resource request comprises:

causing the cryptographically-protected distributed ledger to store, in association with the cloud resource request, a smart contract code to implement cloud resource offer validation by rejecting a cloud resource offer that was received upon expiration of a predefined timeout triggered by the cloud resource request.

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