Towards interpreting models to orchestrate IaaS multi-cloud infrastructures

Abstract

One challenge to the cloud computing paradigm is the task complexity associated with designing and managing multi-cloud solutions based on operational objectives. Heterogeneous vendor interfaces and a lack of standardization compounds this complexity and may eventually lead to vendor lock-in. In this article we present a model driven approach to allowing network administrators to intuitively describe and rapidly realize non-trivial IaaS behavior in realtime. We have developed iCloudML, an interpreted domain-specific modeling language and its interpreter as tooling support for the domain.