System and methods for configuration management

• US 10,326,645 B2
• Filed: 08/02/2013
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd., Sandpiper CDN, LLC (Theseus LF Asset Holdings, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Level 3 Communications LLC (Lumen Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Flynn, Matthew David
• Primary Examiner(s): Shin, Kyung H
• Application Number:
  US13/958,136
• Publication Number:
  US 20130326029A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,146 Days
• Field of Search: 709224, 709223, 709220, 707999102, 707999203, 707203, 717104, 717107, 717174, 715738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0709 in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0748 in a remote unit communicating with a single-box computer node experiencing an error/fault remote testing G06F11/2294
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0793 Remedial or corrective actions recovery from an exception in an instruction pipeline G06F9/3861; by retry G06F11/1402; for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity H04L69/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0661 by reconfiguring faulty entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0677 Localisation of faults
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/069 using logs of notifications; Post-processing of notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure describe systems and methods for automatically configuring, managing, updating, and/or monitoring the configuration of various computing resources and/or network devices within a communications network, such as a telecommunications network. Configuration code may be deployed to a repository for a cluster of computing resources and one or more layers may be defined describing configurable aspects of the cluster. Subsequently, a script may be identified and executed to configure the cluster based on the configuration code.

Claims

1. A method for configuration management comprising:

accessing a script corresponding to a cluster of resources within a communications network, wherein the script defines a configuration for the cluster and comprises at least one verification function that, when executed, verifies an internal configuration of the resources of the cluster;

assigning the script to a specific version of at least one layer of a plurality of layers defining a configurable aspect of the cluster, wherein the plurality of layers comprises a hardware layer, a bios layer, an operating system layer, a network layer, a system admin layer, and an application layer; and

initiating configuration of the at least one layer of the cluster, wherein the verification function is executed to verify the internal configuration of the resources of the cluster.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a cluster name corresponding to the cluster based on a resource name of at least one resource of the cluster of resources;

identifying the at least one layer based on the cluster name;

processing the at least one layer to identify the script; and

initiating configuration of the at least one layer of the cluster by executing the identified script to apply the defined configuration to the cluster for the specific version of the layer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein assigning the script comprises:

defining a reference to the script within a table of a database, the database maintaining which version of the at least one layer may be applied to the cluster in conjunction with the script.

4. The method claim 1, wherein the at least one layer includes at least one variable corresponding to the specific version of the at least one layer, the at least one variable defining the configurable aspect of the cluster.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the script is part of a package, and wherein the package is in a red hat package format.

6. A configuration management system comprising:

at least one processor;

a memory configured to store instructions for execution by the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is operable to execute the instructions to;

access a script corresponding to a cluster of resources within a communications network, wherein the script defines a configuration for the cluster, the script stored in a repository, and comprises at least one verification function that, when executed, verifies an internal configuration of the resources of the cluster;

assign the script to a specific version of at least one layer of a plurality of layers defining a configurable aspect of the cluster, wherein the plurality of layers comprises a hardware layer, a bios layer, an operating system layer, a network layer, a system admin layer, and an application layer; and

initiating configuration of the at least one layer of the cluster, wherein the verification function is executed to verify the internal configuration of the resources of the cluster.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

identify a cluster name corresponding to the cluster based on a resource name of at least one resource of the cluster of resources;

identify the at least one layer based on the cluster name;

process the at least one layer to identify the script; and

initiate configuration of the at least one layer of the cluster by executing the script to apply the defined configuration to the cluster for the specific version of the layer.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein assigning the script comprises:

defining a reference to the script within a table of a database, the database maintaining which version of the at least one layer may be applied to the cluster in conjunction with the script.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the script is part of a package, and wherein the package is in a red hat package format.

10. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instructions for configuration management, the instructions, executable by a processor, comprising:

accessing a script corresponding to a cluster of resources within a communications network, wherein the script defines a configuration for the cluster and comprises at least one verification function that, when executed, verifies an internal configuration of the resources of the cluster;

assigning the script to a specific version of at least one layer of a plurality of layers defining a configurable aspect of the cluster, wherein the plurality of layers comprises a hardware layer, a bios layer, an operating system layer, a network layer, a system admin layer, and an application layer; and

initiating configuration of the at least one layer of the cluster, wherein the verification function is executed to verify the internal configuration of the resources of the cluster.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the instructions further comprise:

identifying a cluster name corresponding to the cluster based on a resource name of at least one resource of the cluster of resources;

identifying the at least one layer based on the cluster name;

processing the at least one layer to identify the script; and

initiating configuration of the at least one layer of the cluster by executing the script to apply the defined configuration to the cluster for the specific version of the layer.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein assigning the script comprises:

defining a reference to the script within a table of a database, the database maintaining which version of the at least one layer may be applied to the cluster in conjunction with the script.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the script is part of a package, and wherein the package is in a red hat package format.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10, wherein the at least one layer includes at least one variable corresponding to the specific version of the at least one layer, the at least one variable defining the configurable aspect of the cluster.