Pluggable infrastructure for cloud provider selection

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, a request to launch a deployment of a virtual machine;

identifying, by the processing device, a pool of cloud providers;

determining, by the processing device, a set of cloud providers in the pool that satisfy one or more minimum requirements for the deployment;

identifying, by the processing device, a selection policy for the deployment of the virtual machine, the selection policy comprising one or more priority ranking criteria and one or more probability ranking criteria;

generating, by the processing device, a probability distribution in view of the one or more probability ranking criteria;

generating, by the processing device, a value in accordance with the probability distribution;

selecting, by the processing device, a cloud provider corresponding to the generated value in view of the one or more priority ranking criteria; and

deploying the virtual machine in a cloud computing system of the selected cloud provider.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting comprises:

determining a priority ranking of the cloud providers in view of the one or more priority ranking criteria; and

determining at least one priority group in view of the priority ranking.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the selected cloud provider is from a top ranked priority group when the top ranked priority group has an available cloud provider.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the selected cloud provider is from a next ranked priority group when the top ranked priority group does not have an available cloud provider.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more priority ranking criteria comprises a plurality of priority ranking parameters.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more probability ranking criteria comprises a plurality of probability ranking parameters.

7. A system comprising:

a memory; and

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

receive a request to launch a deployment of a virtual machine;

identify a pool of cloud providers;

determine a set of matches from a pool of cloud providers in the pool that satisfy one or more, wherein the set of matches comprises cloud providers meeting minimum requirements for the deployment; and

identify a selection policy for the deployment of the virtual machine, the selection policy comprising one or more priority ranking criteria and one or more probability ranking criteria;

generate a probability distribution in view of the one or more probability ranking criteria;

generate a value in accordance with the probability distribution;

select a cloud provider corresponding to the generated value in view of the one or more priority ranking criteria; and

deploy the virtual machine in a cloud computing system of the selected cloud provider.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein to select the cloud provider comprises:

determine a priority ranking of the cloud providers in view of the one or more priority ranking criteria; and

determine at least one priority group in view of the priority ranking.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the selected cloud provider is from a top ranked priority group when the top ranked priority group has an available cloud provider.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the selected cloud provider is from a next ranked priority group when the top ranked priority group does not have an available cloud provider.

11. The system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more priority ranking criteria comprises a plurality of priority ranking parameters.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the one or more probability ranking criteria comprises a plurality of probability ranking parameters.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

receive, by the processing device, a request to launch a deployment;

identify, by the processing device, a pool of cloud providers;

determine, by the processing device, a set of cloud providers in the pool that satisfy one or more minimum requirements for the deployment;

identify, by the processing device, a selection policy comprising one or more priority ranking criteria and one or more probability ranking criteria;

generate, by the processing device, a probability distribution in view of the one or more probability ranking criteria;

generate, by the processing device, a random number in accordance with the probability distribution;

select, by the processing device, a cloud provider corresponding to the generated value in view of the one or more priority ranking criteria; and

deploy, by the processing device, the virtual machine in a cloud computing system of the selected cloud provider.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the selecting comprises:

determining a priority ranking of the cloud providers in view of the one or more priority ranking criteria; and

determining at least one priority group in view of the priority ranking.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the selected cloud provider is from a top ranked priority group when the top ranked priority group has an available cloud provider.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the selected cloud provider is from a next ranked priority group when the top ranked priority group does not have an available cloud provider.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more priority ranking criteria comprises a plurality of priority ranking parameters.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein the one or more probability ranking criteria comprises a plurality of probability ranking parameters.