Paper Info
Title
Application level interface for a cloud monitoring service.
Abstract
We introduce a new paradigm, based on an extension of the Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI), for the on-demand monitoring of the cloud resources provided to a user. We have extended the OCCI with two new sub-types of core entities: one to collect the measurements and the other to process them. The user can request instances of such entities to implement a monitoring infrastructure.The paradigm does not target a specific cloud model, and is therefore applicable to any kind of resource provided as a service. The specifications include only the minimum needed to describe a monitoring infrastructure, thus making this standard extension simple and easily adoptable. Despite its simplicity, the model is able to describe complex solutions, including private/public clouds, and covers both infrastructure and application monitoring.To highlight the impact of our proposal in practice, we have designed an engine that deploys a monitoring infrastructure using its OCCI-compliant descriptions. The design is implemented in a prototype that is available as open source. We define an OGF-OCCI interface for the configuration of a monitoring infrastructure in a cloud provision.While introducing a minimal number of new types, the interface is able to describe complex monitoring infrastructures.We introduce an OCCI-conformant solution to describe the communication between OCCI entities.We outline and prototype a cloud manager that deploys the monitoring framework using the container's technology.A demo available online operates the prototype to deploy a simple monitoring framework.We survey the monitoring provisions offered by commercial cloud providers.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1016/j.csi.2016.01.001
Computer Standards & Interfaces
Keywords
Field
DocType
Monitoring of cloud resources,Monitoring-as-a-Service,Open Cloud Computing Interface (OCCI),RESTful service,Cloud interoperability
Computer science,Database,Cloud interoperability,Cloud computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
46
C
0920-5489
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.51
13
Authors
1
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Augusto Ciuffoletti113917.40