Patent ID: 8370915
Filing Date: 2013-02-05
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A processing device implemented method for executing on a processing device, comprising: requesting, by an orchestrator executing on the processing device, a temporary access token from an identity service; generating, by the orchestrator, a request to establish a remote virtual processing environment on a target physical hosting environment authenticated by the identity service, wherein the request comprises the temporary access token; sending, by the orchestrator, the request to a remote identity service on the target physical hosting environment, wherein the remote identity service contacts the identity service to authenticate the temporary access token; imaging, by the orchestrator in response to receiving an acknowledgement from the target physical hosting environment a virtual distribution comprising a service and content for the target physical hosting environment; acquiring, by the orchestrator, an identity for the virtual distribution from the identity service; obtaining, by the orchestrator, a distribution policy for the virtual distribution defining under what conditions the virtual distribution is supplied to the target physical hosting environment; and transmitting, by the orchestrator according to the distribution policy, the identity and the virtual distribution to a deployment service on the target physical hosting environment,