Systems and methods for incremental software deployment

• US 10,635,432 B2
• Filed: 05/14/2018
• Issued: 04/28/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Somani, Mahesh K., Rethinakaleeswaran, Kumar, Saha, Debashis
• Primary Examiner(s): Nahar, Qamrun
• Application Number:
  US15/978,491
• Publication Number:
  US 20180260210A1
• Time in Patent Office: 715 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/658 Incremental updates; Differential updates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

Methods and systems for facilitating incremental software deployment are disclosed. For example, a method can include receiving a command to deploy a second version of software to a computing system for execution on the computing system. In response to the command, differences between the second version of the software and a first version of the software being executed on the computing system are determined. Code changes to be made to the first version of the software to produce the second version of the software are determined based on the differences. The code changes to be made to the first version of the software are transmitted to the computing system.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a command to update executable software being executed on a computing system from a currently installed version of the executable software to an updated version of the executable software, the updated version of the executable software being a subsequent version to the currently installed version;

in response to receiving the command, determining, using at least one processor, differences between source code of the currently installed version of the executable software and source code of the updated version of the executable software;

generating, based on the differences between the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software and the source code of the updated version of the executable software, a software update for the currently installed version of the executable software to produce the updated version of the executable software, the software update including modifications to a subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software; and

transmitting the software update to the computing system, the computing system performing the modifications to the subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software to update the currently installed version of the executable software to the updated version of the executable software.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after transmitting the software update to the computing system, receiving a notification from the computing system indicating whether the modifications to the subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the software were implemented on the computing system without a restarting of the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the computing system.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

if the notification indicates that the modifications to the subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software were not implemented, transmitting an instruction to restart the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the computing system to implement the modifications to the subset of the source code that were not previously implemented on the computing system.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

transmitting the software update to a second computing system to update a currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system;

after transmitting the update to the second computing system, receiving a notification from the second computing system indicating whether the software update was implemented to the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system without a restarting of the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system; and

if the notification indicates that the software update was not implemented to the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system without a restarting of the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system, determining a relative order in which to implement the software update on the first computing system and the second computing system, and transmitting, according to the relative order, a second instruction to restart the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system to implement any portion of the software update that was not previously implemented on the second computing system.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

if the notification indicates that the modifications to the subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software were implemented on the computing system without a restarting of the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the computing system, waiting a predefined period of time; and

after waiting the predefined period of time, transmitting the software update to a second computing system to update a currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the modifications to the subset of source code comprises binary libraries of the updated version of the software, the binary libraries comprising all binary libraries of the updated version of the executable software that are different from corresponding libraries of the currently installed version of the executable software.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the command is initiated in response to a user input or the updated version of the executable software becoming available.

8. A deployment system comprising:

one or more computer processors; and

one or more non-transitory computer-readable mediums storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the deployment system to perform operations comprising;

receiving a command to update executable software being executed on a computing system from a currently installed version of the executable software to an updated version of the executable software, the updated version of the executable software being a subsequent version to the currently installed version;

in response to receiving the command, determining, using at least one processor, differences between source code of the currently installed version of the executable software and source code of the updated version of the executable software;

generating, based on the differences between the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software and the source code of the updated version of the executable software, a software update for the currently installed version of the executable software to produce the updated version of the executable software, the software update including modifications to a subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software; and

transmitting the software update to the computing system, the computing system performing the modifications to the subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software to update the currently installed version of the executable software to the updated version of the executable software.

9. The deployment system of claim 8, the operations further comprising:

after transmitting the software update to the computing system, receiving a notification from the computing system indicating whether the modifications to the subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the software were implemented on the computing system without a restarting of the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the computing system.

10. The deployment system of claim 9, the operations further comprising:

if the notification indicates that the modifications to the subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software were not implemented, transmitting an instruction to restart the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the computing system to implement the modifications to the subset of the source code that were not previously implemented on the computing system.

11. The deployment system of claim 10, the operations further comprising:

transmitting the software update to a second computing system to update a currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system;

after transmitting the update to the second computing system, receiving a notification from the second computing system indicating whether the software update was implemented to the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system without a restarting of the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system; and

if the notification indicates that the software update was not implemented to the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system without a restarting of the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system, determining a relative order in which to implement the software update on the first computing system and the second computing system, and transmitting, according to the relative order, a second instruction to restart the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system to implement any portion of the software update that was not previously implemented on the second computing system.

12. The deployment system of claim 10, the operations further comprising:

if the notification indicates that the modifications to the subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software were implemented on the computing system without a restarting of the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the computing system, waiting a predefined period of time; and

after waiting the predefined period of time, transmitting the software update to a second computing system to update a currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system.

13. The deployment system of claim 8, wherein the modifications to the subset of source code comprises binary libraries of the updated version of the software, the binary libraries comprising all binary libraries of the updated version of the executable software that are different from corresponding libraries of the currently installed version of the executable software.

14. The deployment system of claim 8, wherein the command is initiated in response to a user input or the updated version of the executable software becoming available.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that,

when executed by one or more computer processors of a deployment system, cause the deployment system to perform operations comprising:

receiving a command to update executable software being executed on a computing system from a currently installed version of the executable software to an updated version of the executable software, the updated version of the executable software being a subsequent version to the currently installed version;

in response to receiving the command, determining, using at least one processor, differences between source code of the currently installed version of the executable software and source code of the updated version of the executable software;

generating, based on the differences between the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software and the source code of the updated version of the executable software, a software update for the currently installed version of the executable software to produce the updated version of the executable software, the software update including modifications to a subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software; and

transmitting the software update to the computing system, the computing system performing the modifications to the subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software to update the currently installed version of the executable software to the updated version of the executable software.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

after transmitting the software update to the computing system, receiving a notification from the computing system indicating whether the modifications to the subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the software were implemented on the computing system without a restarting of the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the computing system.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, the operations further comprising:

if the notification indicates that the modifications to the subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software were not implemented, transmitting an instruction to restart the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the computing system to implement the modifications to the subset of the source code that were not previously implemented on the computing system.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

transmitting the software update to a second computing system to update a currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system;

after transmitting the update to the second computing system, receiving a notification from the second computing system indicating whether the software update was implemented to the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system without a restarting of the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system; and

if the notification indicates that the software update was not implemented to the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system without a restarting of the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system, determining a relative order in which to implement the software update on the first computing system and the second computing system, and transmitting, according to the relative order, a second instruction to restart the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system to implement any portion of the software update that was not previously implemented on the second computing system.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, the operations further comprising:

if the notification indicates that the modifications to the subset of the source code of the currently installed version of the executable software were implemented on the computing system without a restarting of the currently installed version of the executable software executing on the computing system, waiting a predefined period of time; and

after waiting the predefined period of time, transmitting the software update to a second computing system to update a currently installed version of the executable software executing on the second computing system.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the modifications to the subset of source code comprises binary libraries of the updated version of the software, the binary libraries comprising all binary libraries of the updated version of the executable software that are different from corresponding libraries of the currently installed version of the executable software.