Patent ID: 9043445
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for linking instances within a cloud computing environment, comprising: providing a first graphical user interface (GUI) comprising: a first button for performing at least one action on a first cloud instance, a tag field for tagging the first cloud instance with at least one keyword, at least one access control button for generating at least one security key for the first cloud instance, location information for the first cloud instance, and an instance field identifying the first cloud instance; receiving a request from a user, via the first GUI, to link a second cloud instance with the first cloud instance, the request comprising information for generating a set of rules, the information comprising: generating a first alert for the user in response to receiving the request; starting the first cloud instance; generating, based on the information included in the request, the set of rules, the set of rules defining the corresponding reaction to be performed with respect to the second cloud instance when the each action of the one or more actions is performed with respect to the first cloud instance; associating the first cloud instance with the set of rules; generating a second alert for the user in response to the associating the first cloud instance with the set of rules; performing an action of the one or more actions on the first cloud instance; generating a third alert for the user in response to the action; identifying a rule of the set of rules based on the performed action of the one or more actions; performing the reaction of the second cloud instance, based on the identified rule, the corresponding reaction comprising at least one of a start of the second cloud instance, a restart of the second cloud instance, a deletion of the second cloud instance, a creation of the second cloud instance, a creation of a new copy of the second cloud instance, and a provisioning of the second cloud instance; generating a fourth alert for the user in response to the reaction; and providing a confirmation of the reaction on a second GUI, the second GUI comprising: a second button for performing at least one action on the second cloud instance, a tag field for tagging the second cloud instance with at least one keyword, at least one access control button for generating at least one security key for the second cloud instance, location information for the second cloud instance, and an instance field identifying the second cloud instance.