External Virtual Server Accessibility

How can virtual servers and their hosted applications be made available to cloud consumers?

Problem

Cloud consumers need to be able to access virtual servers and their hosted applications and services.

Solution

The virtual servers are connected to a virtual switch that has at least one physical uplink that is accessible to cloud consumers.

Application

The virtual switch and its physical uplink are used in combination with various networking components to make the virtual servers and their cloud services available to cloud consumers.

Mechanisms

Hypervisor, Physical Uplink, Virtual Infrastructure Manager, Virtual Switch

Compound Patterns

Burst In, Burst Out to Private Cloud, Burst Out to Public Cloud, Cloud Authentication, Cloud Balancing, Elastic Environment, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Isolated Trust Boundary, Multitenant Environment, Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), Private Cloud, Public Cloud, Resilient Environment, Resource Workload Management, Secure Burst Out to Private Cloud/Public Cloud, Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

Cloud consumers can communicate with the virtual servers after the virtual switch’s physical uplinks have been implemented.