Methods, systems and apparatus for governance of virtual computing infrastructure resources

Abstract

Methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for governance of virtual computing infrastructure resources are disclosed. An example cloud management system includes a plurality of hosts. The hosts are to manage requests and allocate resources through one or more virtual machines. The example system also includes an administrator to configure the plurality of hosts to accommodate resource provisioning requests by assigning a constraint and a skill to the hosts to define a placement of the hosts. The placement of a respective host is to dictate an availability of the host for provisioning.

1 . A cloud management administrator system comprising:
 memory to store instructions; and   at least one processor to execute the instructions to at least:
 configure a plurality of hosts to accommodate resource provisioning requests by assigning a constraint and a skill to define a placement of a respective host in a cloud infrastructure, the placement of the respective host dictating an availability of the respective host for provisioning; and 
 adjust at least one of the constraint or the skill to change the placement of the respective host in the cloud infrastructure. 
   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the constraint is to be assigned to the respective host by associating a tag with the respective host. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the constraint includes a business group associated with a requestor, the placement of the hosts made according to the business group associated with the placement. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 3 , wherein the constraint further includes a location for the respective host and requirements for the respective host. 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the placement is a placement zone in a virtual computing network of the cloud infrastructure. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the placement zone is a cloud zone in a multi-cloud virtual computing network of the cloud infrastructure. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is to adjust at least one of the constraint or the skill associated with at least one of the hosts to change behavior of the cloud management system. 
     
     
         8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least:
 configure a plurality of hosts to accommodate resource provisioning requests by assigning a constraint and a skill to define a placement of a respective host in a cloud infrastructure, the placement of the respective host dictating an availability of the respective host for provisioning; and   adjust at least one of the constraint or the skill to change the placement of the respective host in the cloud infrastructure.   
     
     
         9 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 8 , wherein the constraint is to be assigned to the respective host by associating a tag with the respective host. 
     
     
         10 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 8 , wherein the constraint includes a business group associated with a requestor, the placement of the hosts made according to the business group associated with the respective placement. 
     
     
         11 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 10 , wherein the constraint further includes a location for the respective host and requirements for the respective host. 
     
     
         12 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 8 , wherein the placement is a placement zone in a virtual computing network of the cloud infrastructure. 
     
     
         13 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 8 , wherein the placement zone is a cloud zone in a multi-cloud virtual computing network of the cloud infrastructure. 
     
     
         14 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed, cause the at least one processor to adjust at least one of the constraint or the skill associated with at least one of the hosts to change behavior of the cloud management system. 
     
     
         15 . A method comprising:
 grouping, by executing an instruction using at least one processor, hosts according to a placement associated with the hosts in a cloud infrastructure;   configuring, by executing an instruction using the at least one processor, the hosts to accommodate resource provisioning requests by assigning a constraint and a skill to define placement of a respective host in a cloud infrastructure, the placement of the respective host dictating an availability of the respective host for provisioning;   receiving, by executing an instruction using the at least one processor, a request for provisioning of a resource;   adjusting, by executing an instruction using the at least one processor, at least one of the constraint or the skill to change the placement of the respective host in the cloud infrastructure   identifying, by executing an instruction using the at least one processor, the placement and the respective host associated with the placement to provision the resource; and   facilitating, by executing an instruction using the at least one processor, provisioning of the resource using the identified respective host in the identified placement.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein identifying the placement and respective host associated with the placement further includes analyzing a tag associated with the respective host. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the tag identifies a business group associated with a requestor, the placement of the hosts made according to the business group associated with the respective placement. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , wherein the tag is associated with a resource constraint including a location for the respective host and requirements for the host. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the placement is a placement zone in a virtual computing network of the cloud infrastructure. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 15 , further including adjusting at least one of the constraint or the skill associated with at least one of the hosts to change behavior of a cloud management system including the hosts.