Cloud Gateway Outage Risk Detector

Abstract

A cloud gateway outage risk detector can receive, by an event listener module, user session data associated with a plurality of user sessions over a cloud gateway. The event listener module can store the data in a database. A run-time collection module can obtain at least a portion of the data. The run-time collection module can provide the portion of the data to a run-time risk criteria evaluation module that can determine, based upon the portion of the data, a run-time outage risk criteria for the cloud gateway. A baseline risk criteria evaluation module can obtain historical data from the database. The baseline risk criteria evaluation module can determine, based upon the data, a baseline outage risk criteria for the cloud gateway. The run-time risk criteria evaluation module can determine whether the run-time outage risk criteria meets or exceeds an outage risk threshold.

1 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by a cloud gateway outage risk detector comprising a processor, user session data, wherein the user session data comprises active user session data associated with a plurality of active user sessions being conducted, at least in part, via a cloud gateway operating between a communications network and a customer cloud resource, and wherein the user session data further comprises historical user session data associated with a plurality of historical user sessions conducted, at least in part, via the cloud gateway;   determining, by the cloud gateway outage risk detector, based upon the historical user session data, baseline outage risk criteria for the cloud gateway;   determining, by the cloud gateway outage risk detector, based upon the active user session data, run-time outage risk criteria for the cloud gateway;   determining, by the cloud gateway outage risk detector, an outage risk threshold; and   determining, by the cloud gateway outage risk detector, whether the run-time outage risk criteria meet or exceed the outage risk threshold.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising, in response to determining that the run-time outage risk criteria meet or exceed the outage risk threshold, generating, by the cloud gateway outage risk detector, an outage risk alert for the cloud gateway. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising sending the outage risk alert to an external entity. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the external entity comprises a network operations center. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving, by the cloud gateway outage risk detector, input comprising a model structure and a key model parameter;   determining, by the cloud gateway outage risk detector, based at least in part upon the model structure and the key model parameter, a baseline risk criteria calculation algorithm for determining the baseline outage risk criteria;   determining, by the cloud gateway outage risk detector, based at least in part upon the model structure and the key model parameter, a run-time risk criteria calculation algorithm for determining the run-time outage risk criteria; and   determining, by the cloud gateway outage risk detector, an outage risk threshold calculation algorithm for determining the outage risk threshold.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising building, by the cloud gateway outage risk detector, a health profile of the cloud gateway. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 6 , wherein the health profile defines a normal condition and an outage risk condition. 
     
     
         8 . A cloud gateway outage risk detector comprising:
 a processor; and   a memory comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
 receiving user session data, wherein the user session data comprises active user session data associated with a plurality of active user sessions being conducted, at least in part, via a cloud gateway operating between a communications network and a customer cloud resource, and wherein the user session data further comprises historical user session data associated with a plurality of historical user sessions conducted, at least in part, via the cloud gateway, 
 determining, based upon the historical user session data, baseline outage risk criteria for the cloud gateway, 
 determining, based upon the active user session data, run-time outage risk criteria for the cloud gateway, 
 determining an outage risk threshold, and 
 determining whether the run-time outage risk criteria meet or exceed the outage risk threshold. 
   
     
     
         9 . The cloud gateway outage risk detector of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to determining that the run-time outage risk criteria meet or exceed the outage risk threshold, generating an outage risk alert for the cloud gateway. 
     
     
         10 . The cloud gateway outage risk detector of  claim 9 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the outage risk alert to an external entity. 
     
     
         11 . The cloud gateway outage risk detector of  claim 10 , wherein the external entity comprises a network operations center. 
     
     
         12 . The cloud gateway outage risk detector of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving input comprising a model structure and a key model parameter;   determining, based at least in part upon the model structure and the key model parameter, a baseline risk criteria calculation algorithm for determining the baseline outage risk criteria;   determining, based at least in part upon the model structure and the key model parameter, a run-time risk criteria calculation algorithm for determining the run-time outage risk criteria; and   determining an outage risk threshold calculation algorithm for determining the outage risk threshold.   
     
     
         13 . The cloud gateway outage risk detector of  claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise building a health profile of the cloud gateway. 
     
     
         14 . The cloud gateway outage risk detector of  claim 13 , wherein the health profile defines a normal condition and an outage risk condition. 
     
     
         15 . A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
 receiving user session data, wherein the user session data comprises active user session data associated with a plurality of active user sessions being conducted, at least in part, via a cloud gateway operating between a communications network and a customer cloud resource, and wherein the user session data further comprises historical user session data associated with a plurality of historical user sessions conducted, at least in part, via the cloud gateway;   determining, based upon the historical user session data, baseline outage risk criteria for the cloud gateway;   determining, based upon the active user session data, run-time outage risk criteria for the cloud gateway;   determining an outage risk threshold; and   determining whether the run-time outage risk criteria meet or exceed the outage risk threshold.   
     
     
         16 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise, in response to determining that the run-time outage risk criteria meet or exceed the outage risk threshold, generating an outage risk alert for the cloud gateway. 
     
     
         17 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 16 , wherein the operations further comprise sending the outage risk alert to an external entity. 
     
     
         18 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:
 receiving input comprising a model structure and a key model parameter;   determining, based at least in part upon the model structure and the key model parameter, a baseline risk criteria calculation algorithm for determining the baseline outage risk criteria;   determining, based at least in part upon the model structure and the key model parameter, a run-time risk criteria calculation algorithm for determining the run-time outage risk criteria; and   determining an outage risk threshold calculation algorithm for determining the outage risk threshold.   
     
     
         19 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise building a health profile of the cloud gateway. 
     
     
         20 . The computer-readable storage medium of  claim 19 , wherein the health profile defines a normal condition and an outage risk condition.