Application configuration manager

• US 10,713,041 B1
• Filed: 04/10/2019
• Issued: 07/14/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2019
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Chandrasekaran, Yuvaraj
• Primary Examiner(s): Kang, Insun
• Application Number:
  US16/380,450
• Time in Patent Office: 461 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/221 Column-oriented storage; Management thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/77 Software metrics

Abstract

Techniques for configuring applications are disclosed. A system maps software development stages to respective stage-specific configurations in two or more sets of stage-specific configurations. The system selects a software development stage for configuring an instance of an application. Responsive to selection of the software development stage, the system configures the instance of the application based at least on: a stage-specific configuration, in a set of stage-specific configurations, corresponding to the software development stage; and another stage-specific configuration, in another set of stage-specific configurations, corresponding to the software development stage. The system executes the instance of the application based at least on the stage-specific configurations from the sets of stage-specific configurations.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause:

mapping a plurality of software development stages to respective stage-specific configurations in a first plurality of stage-specific configurations;

mapping the plurality of software development stages to respective stage-specific configurations in a second plurality of stage-specific configurations;

selecting a first software development stage, of the plurality of software development stages, for configuring a first instance of an application;

responsive to selection of the first software development stage, configuring the first instance of the application based at least on;

a first stage-specific configuration, of the first plurality of stage-specific configurations, corresponding to the first software development stage;

a second stage-specific configuration, of the second plurality of stage-specific configurations, corresponding to the first software development stage;

executing the first instance of the application based at least on the first stage-specific configuration of the first plurality of stage-specific configurations and the second stage-specific configuration of the second plurality of stage-specific configurations.

2. The one or more media of claim 1, further storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause:

selecting a second software development stage, of the plurality of software development stages, for configuring the first instance of the application;

responsive to selection of the second software development stage, configuring the first instance of the application based at least on;

a third stage-specific configuration, of the first plurality of stage-specific configurations, corresponding to the second software development stage;

a fourth stage-specific configuration, of the second plurality of stage-specific configurations, corresponding to the second software development stage;

executing the first instance of the application based at least on the third stage-specific configuration of the first plurality of stage-specific configurations and the fourth stage-specific configuration of the second plurality of stage-specific configurations.

3. The one or more media of claim 1, further storing instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause:

selecting a second software development stage, of the plurality of software development stages, for configuring a second instance of the application;

responsive to selection of the second software development stage, configuring the second instance of the application based at least on;

a third stage-specific configuration, of the first plurality of stage-specific configurations, corresponding to the second software development stage;

a fourth stage-specific configuration, of the second plurality of stage-specific configurations, corresponding to the second software development stage;

executing the second instance of the application based at least on the third stage-specific configuration of the first plurality of stage-specific configurations and the fourth stage-specific configuration of the plurality of stage-specific configurations.

4. The one or more media of claim 1:

wherein the first stage-specific configuration identifies a first subset of a dataset to use in the first instance of the application;

wherein a third stage-specific configuration in the first plurality of stage-specific configurations identifies a second subset of the dataset that is different from the first subset of the dataset.

5. The one or more media of claim 4:

wherein the dataset is a database;

wherein the first subset of the database explicitly includes a database column that is not included in the second subset of the database.

6. The one or more media of claim 5:

wherein the first software development stage corresponds to a non-production software development stage and the second subset of the database is associated with a production software development stage;

wherein the database column explicitly included in the first subset of the database and not included in the second subset of the database is configured to store test data.

7. The one or more media of claim 4:

wherein the dataset is a database;

wherein the first subset of the database explicitly excludes one or more of a database column or a database table that is not excluded from the second subset of the dataset.

8. The one or more media of claim 7:

wherein the first software development stage corresponds to a non-production software development stage and the second subset of the database is associated with a production software development stage;

wherein the database column explicitly excluded from the first subset of the database and not excluded from the second subset of the database is configured to store production_data.

9. The one or more media of claim 1:

wherein the first instance of the application is a database instance.

10. The one or more media of claim 1:

wherein the first plurality of stage-specific configurations comprises a first plurality of uniform resource locators (URL'"'"'s) associated, respectively, with the plurality of software development stages;

wherein the second plurality of stage-specific configurations comprises a second plurality of URL'"'"'s associated, respectively, with the plurality of software development stages.

11. The one or more media of claim 1:

wherein mapping a particular software development stage in the plurality of software development stages to a respective stage-specific configuration in the first plurality of stage-specific configurations comprises;

combining a stage-specific modifier, associated with the particular software development stage, with a partial configuration value to obtain a complete stage-specific configuration value corresponding to the respective stage-specific configuration.

12. The one or more media of claim 11:

wherein the partial configuration value comprises a regular expression;

wherein combining the stage-specific modifier with the partial configuration value comprises substituting the stage-specific modifier for a variable portion of the regular expression.

13. The one or more media of claim 11:

wherein the partial configuration value is a partial uniform resource locator (URL);

wherein the complete stage-specific configuration value is a complete URL corresponding to the respective stage-specific configuration.

14. The one or more media of claim 11:

wherein the partial configuration value is a partial database table name;

wherein the complete stage-specific configuration value is a complete database table name corresponding to the respective stage-specific configuration.

15. The one or more media of claim 1:

wherein selecting the first software development stage is responsive to user input designating the first software development stage.

16. The one or more media of claim 1:

wherein selecting the first software development stage is responsive to detecting an environment in which the first instance of the application is to be configured.

17. The one or more media of claim 1:

wherein executing the first instance of the application based at least on the first stage-specific configuration of the first plurality of stage-specific configurations and the second stage-specific configuration of the plurality of stage-specific configurations comprises;

instantiating the first instance of the application.

18. The one or more media of claim 1:

wherein executing the first instance of the application based at least on the first stage-specific configuration of the first plurality of stage-specific configurations and the second stage-specific configuration of the plurality of stage-specific configurations comprises;

applying the first stage-specific configuration and the second stage-specific configuration while the first instance of the application is already executing.

19. A system comprising:

at least one device including a hardware processor;

the system being configured to perform operations comprising;

mapping a plurality of software development stages to respective stage-specific configurations in a first plurality of stage-specific configurations;

mapping the plurality of software development stages to respective stage-specific configurations in a second plurality of stage-specific configurations;

selecting a first software development stage, of the plurality of software development stages, for configuring a first instance of an application;

responsive to selection of the first software development stage, configuring the first instance of the application based at least on;

a first stage-specific configuration, of the first plurality of stage-specific configurations, corresponding to the first software development stage;

a second stage-specific configuration, of the second plurality of stage-specific configurations, corresponding to the first software development stage;

executing the first instance of the application based at least on the first stage-specific configuration of the first plurality of stage-specific configurations and the second stage-specific configuration of the second plurality of stage-specific configurations.

20. A method comprising:

mapping a plurality of software development stages to respective stage-specific configurations in a first plurality of stage-specific configurations;

mapping the plurality of software development stages to respective stage-specific configurations in a second plurality of stage-specific configurations;

selecting a first software development stage, of the plurality of software development stages, for configuring a first instance of an application;

responsive to selection of the first software development stage, configuring the first instance of the application based at least on;

a first stage-specific configuration, of the first plurality of stage-specific configurations, corresponding to the first software development stage;

a second stage-specific configuration, of the second plurality of stage-specific configurations, corresponding to the first software development stage;

executing the first instance of the application based at least on the first stage-specific configuration of the first plurality of stage-specific configurations and the second stage-specific configuration of the second plurality of stage-specific configurations,

wherein the method is performed by at least one device comprising a hardware processor.