Patent ID: 8438562

Claim:
A computer-implemented method, the method comprising steps of: transmitting one or more user interface wizards over a network, said user interface wizards configured for generating, based on information entered by a human user interacting with said user interface wizards, user input indicating resources needed to provision a plurality of application components and resources needed for a database server to manage database objects to be accessed by said plurality of application components; receiving over said network said user input; receiving over said network a request to deploy said plurality of application components into a hosted environment accessible to a party over the network; and in response to receiving said request to deploy: provisioning said hosted environment for said plurality of application components in a manner that allows said party to cause, over said network, execution of said plurality of application components, wherein said provisioning said hosted environment comprises: configuring a database server so that said database server may be accessed by said plurality of application components during said execution of said plurality of application components, and provisioning one or more database objects in a database managed by said database server that stores data that is accessed by said execution of said plurality of application components; installing said plurality of application components into said hosted environment; and wherein the steps are performed by one or more computing devices.