US 12,461,730 B2
System and method for uniform cloud provider-specific product deployment
Vasu Yadlapalli, Karnataka (IN); and Dmitry Krivenok, The Gallops (IE)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/075,508.
Prior Publication US 2024/0184557 A1, Jun. 6, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 8/61 (2013.01) [G06F 9/54 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, executed on a computing device, comprising:
receiving a selection of a product associated with a cloud provider for deployment in a cloud computing environment;
exposing a cloud provider-specific product container associated with the product to a cloud manager, wherein the cloud provider-specific product container includes a plurality of input parameter validations;
obtaining an input parameter file from the cloud provider using the cloud provider-specific product container;
generating a dynamic user interface using the input parameter file, wherein the input parameter file is a YAML Ain't Markup Language (YAML) file, wherein generating the dynamic user interface includes converting the input parameter file from YAML format into a graphical user interface;
processing a plurality of input parameters based upon, at least in part, the input parameter file, wherein processing the plurality of input parameters includes processing the plurality of input parameter validations to determine whether the plurality of input parameters are acceptable for deployment in the cloud computing environment; and
deploying the product in the cloud computing environment using the cloud provider-specific product container and the plurality of input parameters.