Managing subscriptions for cloud-based virtual machines

1. A method comprising:

subscribing, by a processing device, a user to a cloud computing environment managed by a cloud management system;

receiving a defined period of time for which a virtual machine is instantiated;

instantiating, for the subscribed user, a set of virtual machines in the cloud computing environment in view of the defined period of time, wherein a management ID is embedded within each virtual machine of the set of instantiated virtual machines;

tracking, using the embedded management IDs, a group usage by the subscribed user of the set of instantiated virtual machines in the cloud computing environment;

storing the group usage of the set of instantiated virtual machines in the cloud management system; and

determining a group charge for the subscribed user in view of the stored group usage of the set of instantiated virtual machines.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein tracking the usage comprises tracking at least one of a time period for the set of instantiated virtual machines, a duration of the set of instantiated virtual machines, or a resource usage of set of instantiated virtual machines.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

providing a record of the usage and the charge to a requester of the set of instantiated virtual machines.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining payment of the charge from a requester of the set of instantiated virtual machines.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein tracking the usage comprises tracking at least one of a time period for the set of instantiated virtual machines, a duration of the set of instantiated virtual machines, or a resource usage of the set of instantiated virtual machines.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

registering a requesting user of the set of virtual machines in the cloud management system, prior to instantiating the set of virtual machines; and

determining a base charge for instantiating the set of virtual machines in the cloud computing system.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cloud computing environment comprises a set of resource servers to deliver resources to instantiate the set of virtual machines.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein tracking the usage of the set of instantiated virtual machines in the cloud computing environment, comprises:

tracking an individual usage of components of the set of instantiated virtual machines;

storing the individual usage of the components in a cloud management system; and

determining an individual charge for the individual usage of the components.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining a base component charge of the components.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein tracking the individual usage comprises tracking at least one of a time period for the components, a duration of the components, or a resource usage of the components.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

tracking a group component usage of the components;

storing the group component usage of the components in a cloud management system; and

determining a charge for the group component usage of the components.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the components comprise at least one of an operating system, an application, middleware, or an appliance.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the virtual machines in the set of instantiated virtual machines in the cloud computing environment perform a same process.

14. A system comprising:

a memory;

a processing device communicably coupled to the memory;

a network interface device to communicably couple the memory and the processing device to a set of virtual machines in a cloud computing environment; and

a cloud management module executable from the memory by the processing device and communicably coupled to the network interface device, the cloud management module to:

subscribe a user to a cloud in the cloud computing environment managed by the cloud management module;

receive a defined period of time for which a virtual machine is instantiated;

instantiate, for the subscribed user, the set of virtual machines in the cloud computing environment in view of the defined period of time, wherein a management ID is embedded within each virtual machine of the set of instantiated virtual machines;

track, using the embedded management IDs, a group usage by the subscribed user of the set of instantiated virtual machines in the cloud computing environment;

store the group usage of the set of instantiated virtual machines in the cloud management system; and

determine a group charge for the subscribed user in view of the stored group usage of the set of instantiated virtual machines.

15. The system of claim 14 , the cloud management module is to track at least one of a time period for the set of instantiated virtual machines, a duration of the set of instantiated virtual machines, or a resource usage of the set of instantiated virtual machines.

16. The system of claim 14 , the cloud management module is to provide a record of the usage and the charge to an owner of the set of instantiated virtual machines.

17. The system of claim 14 , the cloud management module is to determine payment of the charge from a requester of the set of instantiated virtual machines.

18. The system of claim 17 , the cloud management module to track at least one of a time period for the set of instantiated virtual machines, a duration of the set of instantiated virtual machines, or a resource usage of the set of instantiated virtual machines.

19. The system of claim 14 , the cloud management module is further to:

register a requesting user of the set of virtual machines in the cloud management system, prior to instantiating the set of virtual machines; and

determine a base charge for instantiating the set of virtual machines in the cloud computing system.

20. The system of claim 14 , wherein the cloud computing environment comprises a set of resource servers to deliver resources to instantiate the set of virtual machines.

21. The system of claim 14 , the cloud management module is further to:

track an individual usage of components of the set of instantiated virtual machines;

store the individual usage of the components in a cloud management system; and

determine an individual charge for the individual usage of the components.

22. The system of claim 21 , the cloud management module is further to determine a base component charge of the components.

23. The system of claim 21 , wherein tracking the individual usage comprises tracking at least one of a time period for the components, a duration of the components, or a resource usage of the components.

24. The system of claim 21 , the cloud management module is further to:

track a group component usage of the components;

store the group component usage of the components in a cloud management system; and

determine a charge for the group component usage of the components.

25. The system of claim 21 , wherein the components comprise at least one of an operating system, application, middleware, or appliance.

26. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, an access request from a subscriber to a cloud computing environment managed by a cloud management system;

receiving a defined period of time for which a virtual machine is instantiated;

searching, by the computing device, for an existing record of the subscriber in a repository associated with the cloud management system;

when a record for the subscriber is located, instantiating, by the computing device, a set of virtual machines in a cloud of the cloud computing environment in view of the defined period of time, wherein a management ID is embedded within each virtual machine of the set of instantiated virtual machines;

tracking, by the computing device in view of the embedded management IDs, a consumption of resources of the cloud by the set of instantiated virtual machines and a group usage of the set of instantiated virtual machines by the subscriber; and

determining a charge for the tracked consumption of resources of the cloud and the tracked group usage of the set of instantiated virtual machines.

27. The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

if the subscriber does not have an existing record in the repository, registering a requesting user of the set of virtual machines in the cloud management system, prior to instantiating the set of virtual machines; and

determining a base charge for instantiating the set of virtual machines in the cloud computing system.

28. The method of claim 26 , wherein the cloud computing environment comprises a set of resource servers to deliver resources to instantiate the set of virtual machines.

29. The method of claim 26 , wherein the set of instantiated virtual machines comprises components, the components including at least one of an operating system, application, middleware, or appliance.