Software delivery manager

• US 20030212990A1
• Filed: 05/08/2002
• Published: 11/13/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Belger, Ralf, Brodkorb, Thomas, Gabrisch, Christian
• Granted Patent: US 7,856,631 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for receiving and processing a software delivery archive to deploy software to a target computer system, in particular to deploy software into a J2EE server. The software delivery archive can be implemented as a JAR-compatible archive that includes a supplementary manifest and a deployment descriptor, in addition to a standard JAR manifest and software to be deployed. The software delivery archive can optionally also include a nested software delivery archive have the same structure and functionality.

Claims

1. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on a carrier medium, for deploying software to a computer, the product comprising instructions operable to cause a processor to:

receive in a computer system in which software is to be deployed a software delivery archive containing the software, the software delivery archive further containing a manifest describing the software, the manifest including a software type, the archive further containing a deployment descriptor; and

perform the deployment to the computer system according to the software type and the deployment descriptor.

2. The product of claim 1, further comprising instructions to:

determine a target server type for the deployment; and

perform the deployment also according to the target server type.

3. The product of claims 1 or 2, further comprising instructions to:

receive a software delivery archive having a manifest indicating a software type of database content;

deploy the database content to a database on the computer system;

receive a software delivery archive having a manifest indicating a software type of J2EE application; and

deploy the J2EE application to a J2EE server on the computer system.

4. The product of claims 1 or 2, further comprising instructions to:

receive a software delivery archive having a manifest indicating a software type of file system content;

deploy the file system content including a file to a file system on the computer system;

receive a software delivery archive having a manifest indicating a software type of J2EE application; and

deploy the J2EE application to a J2EE server on the computer system.

5. The product of claims 1 or 2, wherein the manifest comprises a standard JAR manifest and a supplementary manifest that includes the software type.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining a target server type for the deployment; and

performing the deployment also according to the target server type.

8. The method of claims 5 or 6, further comprising:

receiving a software delivery archive having a manifest indicating a software type of database content; and

deploying the database content to a database on the computer system.

9. The method of claims 5 or 6, further comprising:

receiving a software delivery archive having a manifest indicating a software type of J2EE application; and

deploying the J2EE application to a J2EE server on the computer system.

10. The method of claims 5 or 6, further comprising:

receiving a software delivery archive having a manifest indicating a software type of file system content; and

deploying the file system content including a file to a file system on the computer system.

11. The method of claims 5 or 6, wherein the manifest comprises a standard JAR manifest and a supplementary manifest that includes the software type.

6. A method for deploying software onto a computer, comprising:

receiving in a computer system in which software is to be deployed a software delivery archive containing the software to be deployed, the software delivery archive further containing a manifest describing the software, the manifest including a software type, the archive further containing a deployment descriptor; and

performing the deployment to the computer system according to the software type and the deployment descriptor.