Patent ID: 9124633
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of provisioning an Internet Protocol address, comprising: receiving a request to provision an Internet Protocol address to a virtual resource; automatically determining an Internet Protocol address to allocate to the virtual resource, wherein automatically determining the Internet Protocol address includes selecting the determined Internet Protocol address among a group of Internet Protocol addresses potentially available to be assigned to the virtual resource of the received request; using an Internet Protocol Address Management appliance to automatically allocate the determined Internet Protocol address to the virtual resource, wherein the Internet Protocol Address Management appliance manages Internet Protocol address provisioning of both virtual resources and physical resources; and automatically registering the virtual resource with a Domain Name System using the determined Internet Protocol address, wherein automatically registering the virtual resource with the Domain Name System includes registering the determined Internet Protocol address as being associated with a selected domain name; wherein the request is received due to a component action included in a group of component actions programmatically defined in a workflow; wherein the workflow is defined using a global cloud manager interface application that interfaces with a global cloud manager managing a virtual cloud that includes the virtual resource.