KR102442111B1 - Apparatus for configuring virtual network and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for configuring a virtual network. That is, the present invention configures a virtual network by using a plurality of sub service items included in the main service for each cloud company according to user input, and the cloud estimated cost and data estimated cost to which program products applied to each of the plurality of sub service items are applied. By calculating and guiding the network speed, load, etc., the configuration diagram of the virtual network, cost estimation, and infrastructure are provided together, and the cost, network speed, and load when a specific program product is installed in the equipment can be easily checked.

Description

Apparatus for configuring virtual network and method thereof

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for configuring a virtual network, and in particular, a program that configures a virtual network using a plurality of sub-service items included in a main service for each cloud company according to a user input, and is applied to each of the plurality of sub-service items It relates to a virtual network configuration device and method for calculating and guiding the cloud estimated cost to which the product is applied, data expected cost, network speed, load, and the like.

Network Function Virtualization (NFV) technology is a technology that supports network opening and virtualization for the construction of future-oriented network and service infrastructure. It is a technology that can install and execute network functions. Through this, network services can be configured in a timely manner by combining multiple virtual network functions (VNFs) and can be actively controlled according to the situation.

In order to configure such a virtual network, there is an application that draws a virtual network diagram for a specific cloud, but it is inconvenient to use and it is impossible to check the cost when a specific installer product is installed on the equipment, and the network speed or It is difficult to check the load.

Korean Patent Application Laid-Open No. 10-2016-0109216 [Title: Virtual Network Configuration Method and Apparatus]

An object of the present invention is to configure a virtual network using a plurality of sub-service items included in a main service for each cloud company according to a user input, and to apply a program product applied to each of the plurality of sub-service items. , to provide a virtual network configuration device and method for calculating and guiding network speed, load, and the like.

A virtual network configuration device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a display unit for displaying an app execution result screen; and a cloud company selection screen including one or more cloud company names to select a cloud company corresponding to the selected cloud company selection menu when a preset cloud company selection menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit Display on the display unit, when any one cloud company name is selected according to user selection among one or more cloud company names included in the cloud company selection screen displayed on the display unit, one or more cloud company names provided by the cloud company in relation to the selected cloud company name an instance selection screen including a main service is displayed in an area corresponding to the instance selection menu, and one or more main items included in the instance selection screen displayed in an area corresponding to the instance selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit A control unit for displaying a sub-service selection screen including one or more sub-services included in the selected main service in an area corresponding to the sub-service selection menu when any one main service is selected according to a user selection from among the services can

As an example related to the present invention, the control unit may select any one of one or more sub-services from among one or more sub-services included in the sub-service selection screen displayed in an area corresponding to the sub-service selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit. After selecting the sub-service of display, and a connection relationship may be established for a plurality of devices displayed in the virtual network editing area according to a user input.

As an example related to the present invention, the control unit is displayed in an area corresponding to the DBMS selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit after any one of the one or more devices displayed in the virtual network editing area is selected When any one DBMS is selected according to user selection among one or more DBMSs included in the DBMS selection screen, the selected DBMS is applied to the device and displayed in the corresponding virtual network editing area, and the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit With respect to one or more devices configured in the virtual network editing area within, receiving a setting value including at least one of an input value, an output value, a disk capacity, and a program to be used according to a user input in the setting information input menu in the application execution result screen , you can configure a virtual network.

As an example related to the present invention, the instance corresponding to the sub-service is expressed in at least one form of a 2D image, a 3D image, and a sound, and may be applied by matching 1:1 with a program language.

As an example related to the present invention, the instances corresponding to the sub-services include the number of vCPUs, the number of GPUs, the number of CPU credits per hour, the memory, the storage, the instance storage, the GPU memory, the GPU P2P, the network bandwidth, the EBS bandwidth, the network performance, and the number of connections. and TPS (Transaction Per Second).

As an example related to the present invention, when one or more devices are newly added to the virtual network editing area or when a setting value for the device is received, the control unit is configured to Calculating the estimated cost based on the set value for the , and displaying the estimated cost display screen including the estimated cost for one or more equipment configured in the calculated virtual network editing area corresponding to the expected cost display menu in the app execution result screen area can be displayed.

As an example related to the present invention, when a performance/load test menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit, the control unit calculates the network speed and load for the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area, The calculated network speed and load for the virtual network including the one or more devices may be displayed in an area corresponding to the performance/load test menu in the app execution result screen.

A virtual network configuration method according to an embodiment of the present invention includes, by a controller, a virtual network in a virtual network editing area within the app execution result screen according to a user selection for a plurality of menus included in an app execution result screen displayed on the display unit. constructing; When one or more devices are newly added to the virtual network editing area or when a setting value for the device is received, based on the device configured in the virtual network editing area and the setting value for the device by the control unit calculating an estimated cost; and displaying, by the controller, an estimated cost display screen including the estimated cost for one or more equipment configured in the calculated virtual network editing area in an area corresponding to the estimated cost display menu in the app execution result screen. may include

As an example related to the present invention, the step of configuring the virtual network in the virtual network editing area may include, when a preset cloud company selection menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit, by the controller, the selected cloud displaying a cloud company selection screen including one or more cloud company names on the display unit to select a cloud company corresponding to the company selection menu; When any one cloud company name is selected according to a user selection among one or more cloud company names included in the cloud company selection screen displayed on the display unit, one provided by the cloud company in relation to the selected cloud company name by the control unit displaying an instance selection screen including the above main services in an area corresponding to the instance selection menu; When any one main service is selected according to a user's selection among one or more main services included in the instance selection screen displayed in an area corresponding to the instance selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit, by the control unit, displaying a sub-service selection screen including one or more sub-services included in the selected main service in an area corresponding to the sub-service selection menu; After selecting any one sub-service according to a user's selection among one or more sub-services included in the sub-service selection screen displayed in an area corresponding to the sub-service selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit, drag and drop displaying, by the controller, the device corresponding to the selected sub-service in the virtual network editing area when the device corresponding to the selected sub-service is located in the virtual network editing area in the app execution result screen; setting, by the control unit, a connection relationship with respect to a plurality of devices displayed in the virtual network editing area according to a user input; After any one of the one or more devices displayed in the virtual network editing area is selected, the user from among the one or more DBMSs included in the DBMS selection screen displayed in the area corresponding to the DBMS selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit displaying, by the control unit, the selected DBMS to the device in a virtual network editing area when any one DBMS is selected according to the selection; and an input value, an output value, a disk capacity according to a user input in the setting information input menu in the app execution result screen for one or more devices configured in the virtual network editing area in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit by the control unit and receiving a setting value including at least one of the programs to be used.

As an example related to the present invention, when the performance/load test menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit, the control unit calculates the network speed and load for the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area. step; and displaying, by the controller, the calculated network speed and load for the virtual network including the one or more devices in an area corresponding to the performance/load test menu in the app execution result screen. .

The present invention configures a virtual network using a plurality of sub-service items included in the main service for each cloud company according to a user input, and the cloud estimated cost, data estimated cost, and network to which program products applied to each of the plurality of sub-service items are applied. By calculating and guiding the speed and load, the virtual network configuration diagram, cost prediction, and infrastructure are provided together, and it is effective to easily check the cost, network speed, and load when a specific program product is installed on the equipment. .

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a virtual network configuration apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring a virtual network according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 to 9 are diagrams illustrating examples of screens according to an embodiment of the present invention.

It should be noted that the technical terms used in the present invention are only used to describe specific embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. In addition, the technical terms used in the present invention should be interpreted as meanings generally understood by those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs, unless otherwise defined in the present invention, and excessively comprehensive It should not be construed as a human meaning or in an excessively reduced meaning. In addition, when the technical term used in the present invention is an incorrect technical term that does not accurately express the spirit of the present invention, it should be understood by being replaced with a technical term that can be correctly understood by those skilled in the art. In addition, general terms used in the present invention should be interpreted as defined in advance or according to the context before and after, and should not be interpreted in an excessively reduced meaning.

Also, the singular expression used in the present invention includes the plural expression unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present invention, terms such as "consisting of" or "comprising" should not be construed as necessarily including all of the various components or various steps described in the invention, and some components or some steps may not be included. It should be construed that it may further include additional components or steps.

Also, terms including ordinal numbers such as first, second, etc. used in the present invention may be used to describe the components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, a first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, but the same or similar components are given the same reference numerals regardless of the reference numerals, and the redundant description thereof will be omitted.

In addition, in the description of the present invention, if it is determined that a detailed description of a related known technology may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted. In addition, it should be noted that the accompanying drawings are only for easy understanding of the spirit of the present invention, and should not be construed as limiting the spirit of the present invention by the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a virtual network configuration apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1 , the virtual network configuration device 100 includes a communication unit 110 , a storage unit 120 , a display unit 130 , an audio output unit 140 , and a control unit 150 . Not all of the components of the virtual network component 100 shown in FIG. 1 are essential components, and the virtual network component 100 may be implemented by more components than the components shown in FIG. 1, The virtual network configuration device 100 may be implemented with fewer components.

The virtual network configuration device 100 is a smart phone (Smart Phone), a portable terminal (Portable Terminal), a mobile terminal (Mobile Terminal), a foldable terminal (Foldable Terminal), Personal Digital Assistant (PDA), PMP (Portable Multimedia Player) terminal, telematics terminal, navigation terminal, personal computer, notebook computer, slate PC, tablet PC, ultrabook, wearable Devices (including wearable devices, for example, watch-type terminals (Smartwatch), glass-type terminals (Smart Glass), HMD (Head Mounted Display), etc.), Wibro terminals, IPTV (Internet Protocol Television) terminals, smart TVs , digital broadcasting terminals, AVN (Audio Video Navigation) terminals, A/V (Audio/Video) systems, flexible terminals, digital signage devices, and the like. In this case, the virtual network configuration device 100 may be a terminal possessed by a user who wants to configure a virtual network.

In addition, the virtual network configuration device 100 communicates with a server (not shown) and the like.

Here, the server may be implemented in the form of a web server, a database server, a proxy server, or the like. In addition, one or more of a network load balancing mechanism, or various software enabling the server to operate on the Internet or other networks may be installed in the server, and may be implemented as a computerized system through this. Also, the network may be an http network, and may be a private line, an intranet, or any other network. Furthermore, the connection between the virtual network configuration device 100 and the server may be connected to a secure network so that data is not attacked by any hacker or other third party. In addition, the server may include a plurality of database servers, and such database servers may be implemented in such a way that they are separately connected to the server through any type of network connection including a distributed database server architecture.

The communication unit 110 communicates with any internal component or at least one external terminal through a wired/wireless communication network. In this case, the external arbitrary terminal may include a server (not shown) and the like. Here, as wireless Internet technologies, wireless LAN (WLAN), DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance), WiBro (Wireless Broadband: Wibro), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access: Wimax), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) ), High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), IEEE 802.16, Long Term Evolution (LTE), Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A), Wireless Mobile Broadband Service (WMBS), etc. In this case, the communication unit 110 transmits and receives data according to at least one wireless Internet technology within a range including Internet technologies not listed above. In addition, short-range communication technologies include Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and Near Field Communication (NFC). , Ultra Sound Communication (USC), Visible Light Communication (VLC), Wi-Fi (Wi-Fi), Wi-Fi Direct (Wi-Fi Direct), etc. may be included. In addition, the wired communication technology may include power line communication (PLC), USB communication, Ethernet, serial communication, optical/coaxial cable, and the like.

Also, the communication unit 110 may mutually transmit information with an arbitrary terminal through a Universal Serial Bus (USB).

In addition, the communication unit 110 is a technology standard or communication method for mobile communication (eg, GSM (Global System for Mobile communication), CDMA (Code Division Multi Access), CDMA2000 (Code Division Multi Access 2000), EV -DO (Enhanced Voice-Data Optimized or Enhanced Voice-Data Only), WCDMA (Wideband CDMA), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access), HSUPA (High Speed Uplink Packet Access), LTE (Long Term Evolution), LTE-A (Long Term Evolution-Advanced, etc.) transmits and receives radio signals to and from the base station, the server, and the like on a mobile communication network constructed according to the same.

In addition, the communication unit 110 transmits, under the control of the control unit 150 , information on a virtual network created according to a user selection of the corresponding virtual network configuration device 100 to the server or the like.

The storage unit 120 stores various user interfaces (UIs), graphic user interfaces (GUIs), and the like.

In addition, the storage unit 120 stores data and programs necessary for the virtual network configuration device 100 to operate.

That is, the storage unit 120 stores a plurality of application programs (application programs or applications) driven in the virtual network configuration device 100 , data for the operation of the virtual network configuration device 100 , and commands. can be saved At least some of these applications may be downloaded from an external server via wireless communication. In addition, at least some of these application programs may exist on the virtual network configuration device 100 from the time of shipment for a basic function of the virtual network configuration device 100 . Meanwhile, an application program is stored in the storage unit 120 , installed in the virtual network configuration device 100 , and driven to perform an operation (or function) of the virtual network configuration device 100 by the control unit 150 . can be

In addition, the storage unit 120 is a flash memory type (Flash Memory Type), a hard disk type (Hard Disk Type), a multimedia card micro type (Multimedia Card Micro Type), a card type memory (eg, SD or XD) memory, etc.), magnetic memory, magnetic disk, optical disk, RAM (Random Access Memory: RAM), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read-Only Memory: ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), It may include at least one storage medium among Programmable Read-Only Memory (PROM). In addition, the virtual network configuration device 100 may operate a web storage that performs a storage function of the storage unit 120 on the Internet, or may operate in connection with the web storage.

In addition, the storage unit 120 stores information on a virtual network created according to a user selection of the virtual network configuration device 100 under the control of the controller 150 .

The display unit (or display unit) 130 may display various contents such as various menu screens using the user interface and/or graphic user interface stored in the storage unit 120 under the control of the control unit 150 . have. Here, the content displayed on the display unit 130 includes various text or image data (including various information data) and a menu screen including data such as icons, list menus, and combo boxes. Also, the display unit 130 may be a touch screen.

In addition, the display unit 130 includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), and a flexible display. It may include at least one of a flexible display, a 3D display, an e-ink display, and a Light Emitting Diode (LED).

In addition, the display unit 130 displays an app execution result screen according to the execution of the dedicated app under the control of the controller 150 .

The audio output unit 140 outputs audio information included in a signal processed by the control unit 150 . Here, the audio output unit 140 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

In addition, the voice output unit 140 outputs a guide voice generated by the control unit 150 .

In addition, the voice output unit 140 outputs voice information (or sound information) corresponding to an app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130 under the control of the control unit 150 .

The controller (or microcontroller unit) 150 executes an overall control function of the virtual network configuration device 100 .

In addition, the control unit 150 executes the overall control function of the virtual network configuration device 100 by using the program and data stored in the storage unit 120 . The controller 150 may include a RAM, ROM, CPU, GPU, and bus, and the RAM, ROM, CPU, GPU, etc. may be connected to each other through a bus. The CPU may access the storage unit 120 and perform booting using the O/S stored in the storage unit 120 , and use various programs, contents, data, etc. stored in the storage unit 120 . to perform various operations.

In addition, the control unit 150 is configured to provide a virtual network configuration function, an estimated cost calculation function, a performance/load test function, etc. through a dedicated app and/or website provided by the server by interworking with the server. Sign up as a user and register personal information and the like in the server. In this case, the personal information includes an ID, email address, password (or password), name, gender, date of birth, contact information (or phone number), address, and the like.

Also, the controller 150 may sign up as a user to the server using SNS account information or mobile messenger account information that the user of the virtual network configuration device 100 has subscribed to. Here, the SNS account may be information related to Facebook, Twitter, Kakao Story, Naver, PAYCO, and the like. In addition, the mobile messenger account is information related to KakaoTalk, line, viber, wechat, whatsapp, Telegram, snapchat, etc. can

In addition, when performing the membership registration procedure, the control unit 150 must complete the authentication function through the self-authentication means (eg, mobile phone, credit card, i-Pin, etc.) to complete the membership registration procedure for the server normally. have.

In addition, after membership registration is completed, the controller 150 transmits a dedicated app (or application/application/specific app) provided from the server to the corresponding virtual network configuration device 100 in order to use the service provided by the server. ) is installed in In this case, the dedicated app may be an app for performing a virtual network configuration function, an estimated cost calculation function, a performance/load test function, and the like.

In addition, the control unit 150 executes a dedicated app pre-installed on the virtual network configuration device 100 , and displays an app execution result screen according to the execution of the dedicated app on the display unit 130 . At this time, the app execution result screen is a cloud company selection menu (or item/button) for selecting a cloud company, an instance selection menu for selecting a main service, and a sub-service selection menu for selecting a sub-service according to the main service selection , Virtual network editing area for displaying the equipment corresponding to the sub-service selected in the sub-service selection menu, setting values of input values, output values, disk capacity, programs to be used, etc. for the equipment corresponding to the sub-service selected in the virtual network editing area Setting information input menu to receive input, DBMS selection menu to select the database management system (DBMS) to be used within the server, the estimated cost display menu to display the estimated cost of cloud, data, etc., the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area. Performance/load test menu to display network speed, load, etc. for the network, image output menu to output the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area in the form of an image, one or more virtual networks configured in the virtual network editing area Temporarily storing information included in the equipment corresponding to one or more sub-services constituting the virtual network configured in the Excel data menu and virtual network editing area for storing or outputting the information contained in the equipment corresponding to the sub-service as a database Temporary save menu for configuration, application menu for composing the final virtual network using information contained in the equipment corresponding to one or more sub-services constituting the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area, and retrieving information about the saved virtual network and import menus for Here, the control unit 150 is a member of a server (not shown) providing the dedicated app, and uses the ID and password according to the membership registration, a barcode or QR code including the ID, and the like to use the dedicated app. Upon execution, a login procedure may be performed to perform one or more functions of the dedicated app (including, for example, virtual network configuration functions, estimated cost calculation functions, performance/load testing functions, etc.).

In addition, when a preset cloud company selection menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130 , the controller 150 controls one or more cloud companies to select a cloud company corresponding to the selected cloud company selection menu. A cloud company selection screen including a company name is displayed on the display unit 130 . Here, the cloud company selection screen includes NHN cloud items, Amazon Web Service (AWS) items, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) items, Microsoft Azure items, and the like. At this time, when the dedicated app is executed, the control unit 150 defaults to the cloud company including one or more cloud company names in order to select a cloud company corresponding to the cloud company selection menu included in the corresponding app execution result screen. You can also display a selection screen.

In addition, when any one cloud company name is selected according to a user selection (or user input/touch/control) from one or more cloud company names included in the cloud company selection screen displayed on the display unit 130 , the control unit 150 ) displays an instance selection screen including one or more major services provided by the corresponding cloud company in an area corresponding to the instance selection menu in relation to the selected cloud company name.

In addition, when any one main service is selected according to a user's selection among one or more main services included in the instance selection screen displayed in an area corresponding to the instance selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130, The controller 150 displays a sub-service selection screen including one or more sub-services included in the selected main service in an area corresponding to the sub-service selection menu. Here, the sub-service includes a list of products by type, specification information of the corresponding product, and the like. In this case, the instance corresponding to the sub-service is expressed in the form of a 2D image, a 3D image, a sound, etc., and is applied by matching 1:1 with a program language (eg, including script, XML, etc.) is the type, the next number is the generation, and the a in the next alphabet represents the AMD family or CPU capacity. In addition, the instances corresponding to the sub-services include the number of vCPUs (virtual CPUs), number of GPUs, CPU credits per hour, memory, storage (including, for example, EBS only, SSD, etc.), instance storage, GPU memory, GPU P2P, network bandwidth , EBS bandwidth, network performance, number of connections, TPS (Transaction Per Second), etc.

In addition, after any one sub-service is selected according to a user's selection among one or more sub-services included in the sub-service selection screen displayed in an area corresponding to the sub-service selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130 , when the device corresponding to the selected sub-service by drag and drop is located (or dropped) in the virtual network editing area (or virtual network editing screen) in the app execution result screen, the controller 150 controls the corresponding The equipment (or hardware/device/component) corresponding to the sub-service is displayed in the corresponding virtual network editing area. In this case, the controller 150 establishes a connection relationship for a plurality of devices displayed in the virtual network editing area according to a user input.

In addition, after any one device is selected from one or more devices (or devices/components corresponding to the corresponding sub-services) displayed in the virtual network editing area, the DBMS selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130 When any one DBMS is selected according to the user's selection among one or more DBMSs included in the DBMS selection screen displayed in the area corresponding to mark in the area.

In addition, the controller 150 executes the corresponding app with respect to one or more devices (or equipment/components corresponding to one or more sub-services) configured in the virtual network editing area in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130 . In the setting information input menu in the result screen, depending on the user input, input values (including simultaneous users, dynamic users, non-dynamic users, desired TPS (Transaction Per Second), etc.), output values (including scale In/Out, etc.) ), disk capacity, and program to be used (or set value related to the device).

That is, after selecting any one of the one or more devices (or devices/components corresponding to the corresponding sub-services) displayed in the virtual network editing area, the control unit 150 responds to a user input in the setting information input menu. Accordingly, a set value including the input value, the output value, the disk capacity, and the program to be used is received.

At this time, when one or more devices (or components) are newly added to the virtual network editing area, or when setting values such as input values, output values, disk capacity, and programs to be used are received (or set) for the corresponding device , the control unit 150 calculates (or calculates) the estimated cost in real time according to equipment (or components) configured in the corresponding virtual network editing area, setting values for the corresponding equipment, and the like in real time.

In addition, the control unit 150 displays the estimated cost display screen including the estimated cost for one or more equipment (or components) configured in the corresponding virtual network editing area at the calculated (or calculated) corresponding time point as the result of executing the app It is displayed in the area corresponding to the expected cost display menu on the screen. Here, the estimated cost includes an estimated cloud cost, an estimated data cost, and the like.

In this way, the control unit 150 repeatedly performs the cloud company selection process, the main service selection process, the sub-service selection process, the DBMS selection process, the setting value setting process for one or more components configured in the virtual network editing area, etc. , constitutes a virtual network consisting of one or more devices (or components).

In addition, when the performance/load test menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130, the control unit 150 controls the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area (or configured in the corresponding virtual network editing area). Calculate (or calculate) network speed, load, etc. for a virtual network that includes one or more equipment/components.

That is, the controller 150 calculates the network speed, load, etc. related to the corresponding virtual network, respectively, based on the characteristics (or specifications) of one or more devices configured in the corresponding virtual network editing area.

In addition, the control unit 150 displays the calculated (or calculated) network speed, load amount, etc. for the virtual network including one or more devices in an area corresponding to the performance/load test menu in the app execution result screen. do.

In this way, when the application (or application program) is installed in the equipment (including, for example, a database, a server, etc.), the control unit 150 calculates the network speed, load, etc., and displays the calculated network speed, load, etc. can do.

In addition, the control unit 150 may formalize data included in the user-applied virtual network and store it in the storage unit 120 , and propose a network and architecture through artificial intelligence analysis.

In addition, when an image output menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130 , the control unit 150 controls the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area (or one or more virtual networks configured in the corresponding virtual network editing area). A virtual network including equipment/components) is created as an image, and the generated image is stored in the storage unit 120 .

In addition, when the Excel data menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130 , the control unit 150 controls the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area (or one or more virtual networks configured in the corresponding virtual network editing area). A virtual network including equipment/components) is created in the form of an Excel file, and the generated Excel file is stored in the storage unit 120 .

In addition, when the temporary storage menu is selected from the screen of the application execution result displayed on the display unit 130 , the control unit 150 controls the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area (or one or more virtual networks configured in the corresponding virtual network editing area). Information related to one or more devices (or components) constituting a virtual network including devices/components is temporarily stored in the storage unit 120 .

In addition, when an application menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130 , the control unit 150 controls the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area (or one or more devices configured in the virtual network editing area). A final virtual network is constructed (or created) by using information related to one or more devices (or components) constituting a virtual network that includes /components.

In addition, when a fetch menu is selected from among the app execution result screens displayed on the display unit 130 , the control unit 150 retrieves (or loads) information about the virtual network stored in the storage unit 120 . displayed on the display unit 130 .

In the embodiment of the present invention, it is described that the virtual network configuration function, the estimated cost calculation function, the performance/load test function, etc. are performed in the form of a dedicated app in the virtual network configuration device 100, but the present invention is not limited thereto. In addition to the dedicated app, the virtual network configuration function, the estimated cost calculation function, and the performance/load test function may be performed through a web site provided by the server.

In this way, a virtual network is configured using a plurality of sub service items included in the main service for each cloud company according to user input, and the cloud estimated cost, data estimated cost, and network to which program products applied to each of the plurality of sub service items are applied. It can calculate and guide speed, load, etc.

Hereinafter, a virtual network configuration method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 9 .

2 is a flowchart illustrating a method for configuring a virtual network according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the controller 150 executes a dedicated app pre-installed on the virtual network configuration device 100 , and displays an app execution result screen according to the execution of the dedicated app on the display unit 130 . At this time, the app execution result screen is a cloud company selection menu (or item/button) for selecting a cloud company, an instance selection menu for selecting a main service, and a sub-service selection menu for selecting a sub-service according to the main service selection , Virtual network editing area for displaying the equipment corresponding to the sub-service selected in the sub-service selection menu, setting values of input values, output values, disk capacity, programs to be used, etc. for the equipment corresponding to the sub-service selected in the virtual network editing area Setting information input menu to receive input, DBMS selection menu to select the database management system (DBMS) to be used within the server, the estimated cost display menu to display the estimated cost of cloud, data, etc., the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area. Performance/load test menu to display network speed, load, etc. for the network, image output menu to output the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area in the form of an image, one or more virtual networks configured in the virtual network editing area Temporarily storing information included in the equipment corresponding to one or more sub-services constituting the virtual network configured in the Excel data menu and virtual network editing area for storing or outputting the information contained in the equipment corresponding to the sub-service as a database Temporary save menu for configuration, application menu for composing the final virtual network using information contained in the equipment corresponding to one or more sub-services constituting the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area, and retrieving information about the saved virtual network including an import menu for Here, the control unit 150 is a member of a server (not shown) providing the dedicated app, and uses the ID and password according to the membership registration, a barcode or QR code including the ID, and the like to use the dedicated app. Upon execution, a login procedure may be performed to perform one or more functions of the dedicated app (including, for example, virtual network configuration functions, estimated cost calculation functions, performance/load testing functions, etc.).

As an example, the first control unit 150 executes the virtual network configuration app pre-installed in the first virtual network configuration device 100, and as shown in FIG. 3 , the virtual network configuration app execution result screen 300 is displayed. It is displayed on the first display unit 130 (S210).

Thereafter, when a preset cloud company selection menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130 , the controller 150 controls one or more cloud companies to select a cloud company corresponding to the selected cloud company selection menu. A cloud company selection screen including a company name is displayed on the display unit 130 . Here, the cloud company selection screen includes NHN cloud items, Amazon Web Service (AWS) items, Google Cloud Platform (GCP) items, Microsoft Azure items, and the like. At this time, when the dedicated app is executed, the control unit 150 defaults to the cloud company including one or more cloud company names in order to select a cloud company corresponding to the cloud company selection menu included in the corresponding app execution result screen. You can also display a selection screen.

In addition, when any one cloud company name is selected according to a user selection (or user input/touch/control) from one or more cloud company names included in the cloud company selection screen displayed on the display unit 130 , the control unit 150 ) displays an instance selection screen including one or more major services provided by the corresponding cloud company in an area corresponding to the instance selection menu in relation to the selected cloud company name.

As an example, when the cloud company selection menu 310 is selected from the virtual network configuration app execution result screen 300 displayed on the first display unit, as shown in FIG. 4 , the first control unit controls the selected cloud company. A cloud company selection screen 400 corresponding to the selection menu 310 is displayed on the first display unit.

In addition, when an AWS item 410 is selected according to a user selection among one or more cloud company names included in the cloud company selection screen 400 displayed on the first display unit, as shown in FIG. 5 , the first The control unit displays an instance selection screen 500 including a plurality of main services corresponding to the selected AWS item 410 on the first display unit (S220).

Thereafter, when any one main service is selected according to a user's selection among one or more main services included in the instance selection screen displayed in an area corresponding to the instance selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130, The controller 150 displays a sub-service selection screen including one or more sub-services included in the selected main service in an area corresponding to the sub-service selection menu. Here, the sub-service includes a list of products by type, specification information of the corresponding product, and the like. In this case, the instance corresponding to the sub-service is expressed in the form of a 2D image, a 3D image, a sound, etc., and is applied by matching 1:1 with a program language (eg, including script, XML, etc.) is the type, the next number is the generation, and the a in the next alphabet represents the AMD family or CPU capacity. In addition, the instances corresponding to the sub-services include the number of vCPUs (virtual CPUs), number of GPUs, CPU credits per hour, memory, storage (including, for example, EBS only, SSD, etc.), instance storage, GPU memory, GPU P2P, network bandwidth , EBS bandwidth, network performance, number of connections, TPS (Transaction Per Second), etc.

As an example, when the T2 item 510 in the Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is selected according to a user selection among one or more major services included in the instance selection screen 500 displayed on the first display unit, As described above, the first control unit displays a sub-service selection screen 600 including a plurality of sub-services corresponding to the selected T2 item 510 on the first display unit (S230).

After that, any one sub-service is selected according to a user's selection among one or more sub-services included in the sub-service selection screen displayed in an area corresponding to the sub-service selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130 , when the device corresponding to the selected sub-service by drag and drop is located (or dropped) in the virtual network editing area (or virtual network editing screen) in the app execution result screen, the controller 150 controls the corresponding The equipment (or hardware/device/component) corresponding to the sub-service is displayed in the corresponding virtual network editing area. In this case, the controller 150 establishes a connection relationship for a plurality of devices displayed in the virtual network editing area according to a user input.

For example, a plurality of sub-services (eg, t2.nano, t2.micro, t2.small, t2.medium, t2) corresponding to the item T2 included in the sub-service selection screen 600 displayed on the first display unit .large, t2.xlarge, t2.2xlarge, etc.) is selected according to the user's selection, and then the selected t2.nano 610 is placed in the virtual network editing area 620 by the drag-and-drop function. When dropped, as shown in FIG. 7 , the first control unit displays the selected t2.nano 610 in the virtual network editing area 700 . In addition, a connection relationship for the corresponding t2.nano 610 is set (S240).

Thereafter, after any one of the one or more devices (or devices/components corresponding to the corresponding sub-services) displayed in the virtual network editing area is selected, the DBMS selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130 When any one DBMS is selected according to the user's selection among one or more DBMSs included in the DBMS selection screen displayed in the area corresponding to mark in the area.

For example, after the t2.nano 610 device is selected from among the one or more devices displayed in the virtual network editing area 700, from among one or more DBMSs displayed in an area corresponding to the DBMS selection menu in the app execution result screen. When the Oracle 710 is selected, as shown in FIG. 8 , the first control unit displays the virtual network editing area 800 to which the Oracle 810 is applied to the t2.nano 610 device (S250). .

Thereafter, the controller 150 executes the corresponding app for one or more devices (or equipment/components corresponding to one or more sub-services) configured in the virtual network editing area within the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130 . In the setting information input menu in the result screen, depending on the user input, input values (including simultaneous users, dynamic users, non-dynamic users, desired TPS (Transaction Per Second), etc.), output values (including scale In/Out, etc.) ), disk capacity, and program to be used (or set value related to the device).

That is, after selecting any one of the one or more devices (or devices/components corresponding to the corresponding sub-services) displayed in the virtual network editing area, the control unit 150 responds to a user input in the setting information input menu. Accordingly, a set value including the input value, the output value, the disk capacity, and the program to be used is received.

At this time, when one or more devices (or components) are newly added to the virtual network editing area, or when setting values such as input values, output values, disk capacity, and programs to be used are received (or set) for the corresponding device , the control unit 150 calculates (or calculates) the estimated cost in real time according to equipment (or components) configured in the corresponding virtual network editing area, setting values for the corresponding equipment, and the like in real time.

In addition, the control unit 150 displays the estimated cost display screen including the estimated cost for one or more equipment (or components) configured in the corresponding virtual network editing area at the calculated (or calculated) corresponding time point as the result of executing the app It is displayed in the area corresponding to the expected cost display menu on the screen. Here, the estimated cost includes an estimated cloud cost, an estimated data cost, and the like.

In this way, the control unit 150 repeatedly performs the cloud company selection process, the main service selection process, the sub-service selection process, the DBMS selection process, the setting value setting process for one or more components configured in the virtual network editing area, etc. , constitutes a virtual network consisting of one or more devices (or components).

For example, the first control unit is configured to select the t2.nano from among one or more devices configured in the virtual network editing area 800 in the virtual network configuration app execution result screen displayed on the first display unit, and then select the setting information input menu ( In step 820, a first input value, a first output value, a first disk capacity, a first program to be used, and the like are received according to a user input.

In addition, as the set value for the t2.nano 610 is input, the first control unit includes a first estimated cost (eg, a first cloud estimate, a first data estimate, etc.) including the corresponding t2.nano device. included) are calculated in real time.

Also, as shown in FIG. 9 , the first control unit displays the calculated first estimated cost 910 on the estimated cost display area 920 in the virtual network configuration app execution result screen ( S260 ).

Thereafter, when the performance/load test menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit 130, the control unit 150 controls the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area (or configured in the corresponding virtual network editing area). Calculate (or calculate) network speed, load, etc. for a virtual network that includes one or more equipment/components.

That is, the controller 150 calculates the network speed, load, etc. related to the corresponding virtual network, respectively, based on the characteristics (or specifications) of one or more devices configured in the corresponding virtual network editing area.

In addition, the control unit 150 displays the calculated (or calculated) network speed, load amount, etc. for the virtual network including one or more devices in an area corresponding to the performance/load test menu in the app execution result screen. do.

In this way, when the application (or application program) is installed in the equipment (including, for example, a database, a server, etc.), the control unit 150 calculates the network speed, load, etc., and displays the calculated network speed, load, etc. can do.

For example, when the performance/load test menu 930 in the virtual network configuration app execution result screen displayed on the first display unit is selected, the first control unit controls the first network speed with respect to the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area. , the first load amount, etc. are respectively calculated.

In addition, the first control unit displays the calculated first network speed, the first load amount, etc. on the first display unit (S270).

As described above, in the embodiment of the present invention, a virtual network is configured using a plurality of sub service items included in a main service for each cloud company according to a user input, and a program product applied to each of the plurality of sub service items is applied. It calculates and guides the cloud forecast cost, data estimate cost, network speed, load, etc., and provides the virtual network configuration diagram, cost estimate, and infrastructure together, and the cost, network speed, load, etc. when a specific program product is installed on the equipment can be easily checked.

Those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains may modify and modify the above-described contents without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical spirit of the present invention, but to explain, and the scope of the technical spirit of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be construed by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent range should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

100: virtual network configuration device 110: communication unit
120: storage unit 130: display unit
140: audio output unit 150: control unit

Claims (10)

a display unit for displaying an app execution result screen; and
When a preset cloud company selection menu is selected from among the app execution result screens displayed on the display unit, a cloud company selection screen including one or more cloud company names is displayed on the display unit to select a cloud company corresponding to the selected cloud company selection menu When any one cloud company name is selected according to user selection from among one or more cloud company names included in the cloud company selection screen displayed on the display unit, one or more key points provided by the cloud company in relation to the selected cloud company name one or more main services included in the instance selection screen displayed in an area corresponding to the instance selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit, and displaying an instance selection screen including a service in an area corresponding to the instance selection menu a control unit for displaying a sub-service selection screen including one or more sub-services included in the selected main service in an area corresponding to the sub-service selection menu when any one main service is selected according to a user selection from among;
The control unit is
After any one sub-service is selected according to a user selection among one or more sub-services included in the sub-service selection screen, the device corresponding to the selected sub-service is displayed in the virtual network editing area in the app execution result screen by drag and drop. displays the equipment corresponding to the selected sub-service in the virtual network editing area when located in the , and sets a connection relationship according to a user input for a plurality of devices displayed in the virtual network editing area,
After any one of the one or more devices displayed in the virtual network editing area is selected, the user from among the one or more DBMSs included in the DBMS selection screen displayed in the area corresponding to the DBMS selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit When any one DBMS is selected according to the selection, it is displayed in the virtual network editing area with the selected DBMS applied to the device, and one or more devices configured in the virtual network editing area in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit Virtual network, characterized in that by receiving a setting value including at least one of an input value, an output value, a disk capacity, and a program to be used according to a user input in the setting information input menu in the application execution result screen, and configuring a virtual network network configuration device. delete delete The method of claim 1,
The instance corresponding to the sub-service is,
A virtual network configuration device, characterized in that it is expressed in at least one form of a 2D image, a 3D image, and a sound, and is applied by matching 1:1 with a program language. The method of claim 1,
The instance corresponding to the sub-service is,
characterized by including at least one of vCPUs, GPUs, CPU Credits Per Hour, Memory, Storage, Instance Storage, GPU Memory, GPU P2P, Network Bandwidth, EBS Bandwidth, Network Performance, Number of Connections, and Transaction Per Second (TPS) virtual network configuration device. The method of claim 1,
The control unit is
When one or more devices are newly added to the virtual network editing area or when a setting value for the device is received, an estimated cost is calculated based on the equipment configured in the virtual network editing area and the setting value for the device, , a virtual network configuration characterized in that an estimated cost display screen including the estimated cost for one or more devices configured in the calculated virtual network editing area is displayed in an area corresponding to the estimated cost display menu in the app execution result screen. Device. The method of claim 1,
The control unit is
When the performance/load test menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit, the network speed and load amount for the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area are calculated, and the virtual network including the calculated one or more devices A virtual network configuration device, characterized in that for displaying the network speed and load amount for the application in an area corresponding to the performance/load test menu in the application execution result screen. configuring, by the controller, a virtual network in a virtual network editing area within the app execution result screen according to a user selection for a plurality of menus included in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit;
When one or more devices are newly added to the virtual network editing area or when a setting value for the device is received, based on the device configured in the virtual network editing area and the setting value for the device by the control unit calculating an estimated cost; and
Displaying, by the control unit, an estimated cost display screen including the estimated cost for one or more devices configured in the calculated virtual network editing area in an area corresponding to the estimated cost display menu in the app execution result screen and
The step of configuring a virtual network in the virtual network editing area comprises:
Cloud including one or more cloud company names in order to select, by the controller, a cloud company corresponding to the selected cloud company selection menu when a preset cloud company selection menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit displaying a company selection screen on the display unit;
When any one cloud company name is selected according to user selection among one or more cloud company names included in the cloud company selection screen, one or more major services provided by the cloud company in relation to the selected cloud company name are selected by the control unit. displaying an instance selection screen including an instance selection screen in an area corresponding to the instance selection menu;
When any one main service is selected according to user selection among one or more main services included in the instance selection screen, a sub-service selection screen including one or more sub-services included in the selected main service is displayed by the control unit. displaying in an area corresponding to the sub service selection menu;
After any one sub-service is selected according to a user selection among one or more sub-services included in the sub-service selection screen, the device corresponding to the selected sub-service is displayed in the virtual network editing area in the app execution result screen by drag and drop. displaying, by the control unit, equipment corresponding to the selected sub-service in the virtual network editing area when located in ;
setting, by the control unit, a connection relationship with respect to a plurality of devices displayed in the virtual network editing area according to a user input;
After any one of the one or more devices displayed in the virtual network editing area is selected, the user from among the one or more DBMSs included in the DBMS selection screen displayed in the area corresponding to the DBMS selection menu in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit displaying, by the controller, in the virtual network editing area in a state in which the selected DBMS is applied to the equipment, when any one DBMS is selected according to the selection; and
For one or more devices configured in the virtual network editing area in the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit by the control unit, input values, output values, disk capacity and and receiving a setting value including at least one of the programs to be used. delete 9. The method of claim 8,
calculating, by the controller, a network speed and a load amount for the virtual network configured in the virtual network editing area when a performance/load test menu is selected from the app execution result screen displayed on the display unit; and
Displaying, by the controller, the calculated network speed and load for the virtual network including the one or more devices in an area corresponding to the performance/load test menu in the app execution result screen How to configure a virtual network.

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