SAP SE
CLOUD RESOURCE CREDENTIAL PROVISIONING FOR SERVICES RUNNING IN VIRTUAL MACHINES AND CONTAINERS

Abstract:

Some embodiments may be associated with a cloud computing environment. A cloud resource credential management system may be provisioned as part of a virtual machine deployment, access information associated with an application or a service configuration file and establish a cloud resource credential provisioning system external to an application to be executed in connection with the virtual machine. The cloud resource credential provisioning system may, for example, map a cloud resource policy and a cloud resource credential. The cloud resource credential provisioning system may then intercept a cloud resource call from the application to a cloud resource provider and validate that the cloud call request complies with the cloud resource policy. If the cloud resource call complies with the cloud resource policy, the cloud resource credential provisioning system may extend the cloud resource call with the cloud resource credential and forward the extended cloud resource call to the cloud resource provider.