Service Oriented Infrastructures and Cloud Service Platforms for the Enterprise (eBook)

Preface 5
Contents 9
Contributors 13
Introduction 16
Motivation 16
The BEinGRID Project 19
The BEinGRID Matrix 20
Vertical Market Sectors 20
Business Models 21
Research and Technological Innovation Themes 21
Knowledge Repository for SOI and Cloud Computing 23
Common Capabilities for SOI and Cloud Services 23
Life-Cycle Management of Virtual Organizations 24
Federated Identity and Access Management 26
Identity Brokerage and Identity Federation Context Management 27
Distributed Access Management 29
Common Capabilities for Managing Software Licenses 32
Common Capabilities for Managing Service Level Agreements 33
Common Capabilities for Data Management 37
Common Capabilities for Data and Service Portals 38
An Example that Brings it all Together 40
About the Contents and Structure of this Book 43
References 45
Approach Towards Technical Innovations for Service Oriented Infrastructures and Clouds 47
Introduction 47
High-Level Objectives 48
The Innovation Delivery Process 50
Elicitation of Common Technical Requirements 53
Thematic Areas 54
Prioritisation of Common Technical Requirements 57
Common Capabilities and Design Patterns 58
Generic Components: Reference Implementations of Common Capabilities 60
References 61
Management of Virtual Organizations 62
Introduction 62
The Main Challenges 63
Technical Requirements 65
Secure Federation 65
Separation of Infrastructure Management Capabilities from Application Specific Ones 66
Automatic Resource and Service Discovery 66
Common Capabilities 66
VO Set Up 67
High Level Design 67
Sample Implementation 67
Creation of Instances in Service Oriented Distributed Infrastructures 69
High Level Design 70
Sample Implementation 70
Application Virtualization 71
High Level Design 71
Sample Implementation 73
Automatic Resource/Service Discovery 74
High Level Design 74
Sample Implementation 75
A Sample Scenario and Integrated View of the Components 76
VO Identification & Formation
VO Creation 80
VO Operation and Evolution 80
VO Dissolution 81
Lessons Learnt 81
Business Benefits 83
Conclusion 84
References 85
Aspects of General Security & Trust
Introduction 87
The Overall Challenge 90
Business Motivation 92
Technical Requirements 93
Primary Security Requirements 94
Authentication (AuthC) & Authorization (AuthZ)
Auditing & Assurance
Distributed Systems Security 95
Adaptive Enforcement 96
Data Protection & Infrastructure Security
SOA Security Governance 97
Common Capabilities 97
Overview 97
Identity Brokerage & Secure Federation Management
Architecture 99
Business Benefits 102
Access Control & Authorization
Architecture 103
Business Benefits 105
Secure Messaging Gateway 106
Architecture 106
Business Benefits 107
Security Observer 108
Architecture 108
Business Benefits 110
The SOI Governance Gateway (SOI-GGW) 110
Architecture 110
Business Benefits 112
Conclusion 112
References 114
Management for Service Level Agreements 115
The Overall Challenge 115
Technical Requirements 116
SLA Negotiation 117
Business Benefit 117
State of the Art and Innovation 118
SLA Optimisation of Resource Selection 118
Business Benefit 119
State of the Art and Innovation 119
SLA Evaluation 119
Business Benefit 120
State of the Art and Innovation 121
SLA Accounting 121
Business Benefit 122
State of the Art and Innovation 122
Common Capabilities 122
SLA Negotiation Capability 123
High Level Design 123
Implementation 125
Example of Use 125
SLA Optimisation Capability 126
High Level Design 126
Implementation 126
Example of Use 127
SLA Evaluation and Monitoring 128
High Level Design 128
Implementation 129
Example of Use 130
Motivation 130
Conclusion 131
Lessons Learned 132
SLA Concept Penetration 132
Need for an Integrated SLA Functionality 133
Renegotiation Is not Clearly Needed 133
Recommendations 134
Plan Your SLA Usage in the Early Stages 134
Who Wants to Sign an SLA? 135
References 135
License Management 137
Introduction 137
The Overall Challenge 137
Technical Requirements 138
Gridification of Currently Used License Management Systems 138
Description 138
Innovation 138
Business Impact 138
Limited License Service Provider (LSP) Capability 139
Description 139
Business Impact 139
Common Capabilities 140
LM Authorization 141
Purpose 141
Architecture 141
Implementation 142
Validation Scenario 143
Extension of Job Description and Submission 144
Purpose 144
Architecture 144
Implementation 144
Validation Scenario 145
Resource Management Extension 145
Purpose 145
Architecture 145
Implementation 145
Validation Scenario 146
Encapsulation of License Server 146
Purpose 146
Architecture 146
Implementation 146
Validation Scenario 146
Accounting and Billing 147
Purpose 147
Architecture 147
Implementation 147
Validation Scenario 148
LM Monitor 148
Purpose 148
Architecture 148
Implementation 149
Validation Scenario 149
Conclusion 149
Lessons Learnt 149
Support for License Management in Grid Environments 149
Transition to Pay-Per-Use 149
Recommendations 150
Transition to Pay-Per-Use-the Business Model Aspect 150
Recommendations for Use of LM Components 150
References 150
Data Management 152
Introduction 152
The Overall Challenge 153
Technical Requirements 154
Accessing Data from Different Locations 155
Business Benefit 155
State of the Art and Innovation 156
Accessing Heterogeneous Data 156
Business Benefit 156
State of the Art and Innovation 157
Respond to Changes of Data in a Database 157
Business Benefit 157
State of the Art and Innovation 158
Common Capabilities 158
Access to Remote Data Sources 158
Purpose 159
Implementation 159
Example of Use 161
Homogenise Data Sources 161
Purpose 162
Implementation 162
Example of Use 163
Synchronise Multiple Data Sources 163
Purpose 165
Implementation 165
Example of Use 167
Conclusion 167
Recommendations 167
Do the Simple Thing if Possible 167
Use Native Database Functionality where Possible 168
For Simple Deployment of OGSA-DAI Data Resources Use the Data Source Publisher 168
For Reflecting Data Changes Outside of a Database Use the OGSA-DAI Trigger 168
References 168
Portals for Service Oriented Infrastructures 170
Introduction 170
The Overall Challenge 171
Common Capabilities and Technical Requirements 172
User Management 173
Requirements and Features 173
Architecture 173
Implementation 174
Innovation and Business Value 175
Example Usage 176
Portals Security 176
Requirements and Features 176
Architecture 177
Implementation 178
Innovation and Business Value 179
Example Usage 179
File Management 180
Requirements and Features 180
Architecture 181
Implementation 182
Innovation and Business Value 182
Example Usage 183
Job Submission Monitoring and Control 183
Requirements and Features 183
Architecture 184
Implementation 185
Innovation and Business Value 186
Example Usage 186
Conclusion 187
References 188
Bringing it all Together 189
Business Benefits and Innovations per Thematic Area 189
VO Management 189
SLA Management 191
License Management 193
Data Management 194
Security 195
Portals 198
Analysis of Technical Requirements 199
Overview of Common Technical Capabilities 202
Integration Scenarios 205
The Federated ASP Scenario 205
Description of the Scenario 205
Main Challenges of the Scenario: How Complementary CC Can Help? 206
Business Benefits of the Scenario 208
Overview of the BEinGRID Components Used in the Scenario 209
The Collaborative Engineering Scenario 213
Description of the Scenario 213
Main Challenges of the Scenario: How Complementary CC Can Help? 214
Business Benefits of the Scenario 217
Overview of the BEinGRID Components Used in the Scenario 217
References 219