Patent ID: 8176484

Claim:
A method of deploying software, the method comprising steps of: receiving from a party over a network a sizing input that indicates both resources needed for a plurality of application components and resources needed for a database server to manage database objects required by said plurality of application components; receiving over said network from said party a request to install said plurality of application components into a hosted environment accessible to the party over the network; and in response to receiving said request to install: based on said sizing input, selecting a computer to provision said hosted environment; and based on said sizing input, provisioning on the selected computer said hosted environment for said plurality of application components in a manner that allows said party to execute said plurality of application components over said network, 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, in a manner that allows said party to execute said plurality of application components over said network.