System and method for providing an end-to-end lifecycle in a multitenant application server environment

• US 10,084,723 B2
• Filed: 09/24/2015
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Mordani, Rajiv, Islam, Nazrul, Dattatreya, Jyothi, Ghaffar, Siraj, Konkus, Loren, Patel, Chanda, Galloway, Jennifer
• Primary Examiner(s): Abedin, Normin
• Application Number:
  US14/864,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20160094484A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,097 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/656 while running
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/827 Aggregation of resource allocation or reservation requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing an end-to-end lifecycle in a multi-tenant application server environment. A lifecycle manager enables configuration integration across different components, for example application servers, traffic directors or load balancers, and database or other components, which may have their own partition-specific configurations. In accordance with an embodiment, the end-to-end lifecycle infrastructure includes a plugin-based mechanism which enables the different components within a multi-tenant application server environment to use a lifecycle plugin to provide their own component-specific lifecycle functionality. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes support for a tenant onboarding functionality, which can be used to onboard a tenant for a service to a particular partition. In accordance with an embodiment, the system supports the use of a global runtime within the multi-tenant application server environment.

Claims

1. A system for end-to-end lifecycle in a multitenant application server environment, comprising:

one or more computers, comprising an application server environment executing thereon that enables deployment and execution of software applications, wherein the application server environment includes

a domain configuration that defines an application server domain for execution of the software applications, and one or more partitions of the domain;

a plurality of deployable resources that can be used within the application server environment; and

one or more resource groups that enable partition-specific information for one or more of the deployable resources;

wherein each partition of the one or more partitions, is associated with a partition configuration and provides a subdivision of the domain, includes one or more of the resource groups, and can be associated with a tenant; and

a lifecycle manager that provides configuration integration across one or more components of the application server environment that have partition-specific configurations to coordinate lifecycle of the one or more components for use with the one or more partitions,

wherein each component of the one or more components is associated with an interface that enables lifecycle operations to be performed with that component; and

wherein the lifecycle manager, during configuration of a partition, performs lifecycle operations associated with configuration of the one or more components, for use with the partition.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the lifecycle manager supports the use of interceptors during lifecycle operations.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising, for each tenant of a plurality of tenants, a tenant context associated with the tenant that can be mapped to a partition context for use with the tenant.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising one or more resource group templates that enable information to be associated with a referenced resource group template, to indicate partition-specific information for one or more of the deployable resources.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein each component of the one or more components is associated with a plugin that provides an interface that enables lifecycle operations to be performed with that component.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the lifecycle manager populates a lifecycle context that is passed to one or more plugins, for use by the one or more plugins in configuring associated components.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein each plugin interface receives configuration change events, and wherein the plugin performs corresponding actions to configure its associated component.

8. A method for end-to-end lifecycle in a multitenant application server environment, comprising:

providing, at one or more computers, an application server environment executing thereon that enables deployment and execution of software applications, wherein the application server environment includes

a domain configuration that defines an application server domain for execution of the software applications, and one or more partitions of the domain;

a plurality of deployable resources that can be used within the application server environment; and

one or more resource groups that enable partition-specific information for one or more of the deployable resources;

wherein each partition of the one or more partitions, is associated with a partition configuration and provides a subdivision of the domain, includes one or more of the resource groups, and can be associated with a tenant; and

providing a lifecycle manager that provides configuration integration across one or more components of the application server environment that have partition-specific configurations to coordinate lifecycle of those components for use with the one or more partitions,

wherein each component of the one or more components is associated with an interface that enables lifecycle operations to be performed with that component; and

wherein the lifecycle manager, during configuration of a partition, performs lifecycle operations associated with configuration of the one or more components, for use with the partition.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the lifecycle manager supports the use of interceptors during lifecycle operations.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising, for each tenant of a plurality of tenants, a tenant context associated with the tenant that can be mapped to a partition context for use with the tenant.

11. The method of claim 8, further comprising one or more resource group templates that enable information to be associated with a referenced resource group template, to indicate partition-specific information for one or more of the deployable resources.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein each component of the one or more components is associated with a plugin that provides an interface that enables lifecycle operations to be performed with that component.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the lifecycle manager populates a lifecycle context that is passed to one or more plugins, for use by the one or more plugins in configuring associated components.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein each plugin interface receives configuration change events, and wherein the plugin performs corresponding actions to configure its associated component.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the method comprising:

providing an application server environment that enables deployment and execution of software applications, wherein the application server environment includes

a domain configuration that defines an application server domain for execution of the software applications, and one or more partitions of the domain;

a plurality of deployable resources that can be used within the application server environment; and

one or more resource groups that enable partition-specific information for one or more of the deployable resources;

wherein each partition of the one or more partitions, is associated with a partition configuration and provides a subdivision of the domain, includes one or more of the resource groups, and can be associated with a tenant; and

providing a lifecycle manager that provides configuration integration across one or more components of the application server environment that have partition-specific configurations to coordinate lifecycle of those components for use with the one or more partitions,

wherein each component of the one or more components is associated with an interface that enables lifecycle operations to be performed with that component; and

wherein the lifecycle manager, during configuration of a partition, performs lifecycle operations associated with configuration of the one or more components, for use with the partition.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the lifecycle manager supports the use of interceptors during lifecycle operations.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising, for each tenant of a plurality of tenants, a tenant context associated with the tenant that can be mapped to a partition context for use with the tenant.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, further comprising one or more resource group templates that enable information to be associated with a referenced resource group template, to indicate partition-specific information for one or more of the deployable resources.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein each component of the one or more components is associated with a plugin that provides an interface that enables lifecycle operations to be performed with that component.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein each plugin interface receives configuration change events, and wherein the plugin performs corresponding actions to configure its associated component.