Log configuration and online deployment services

• US 20050149535A1
• Filed: 04/30/2004
• Published: 07/07/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Petrov, Miroslav R., Frey, Gregor K., Maneff, Georgi G.
• Granted Patent: US 7,743,029 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3636 by tracing the execution of the program

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for configuring logging of a deployment of an enterprise component are described herein. In one embodiment, in response to a request for deploying an enterprise component, a logging configuration process extracts logging configuration information from a logging configuration file associated with the enterprise component and configures the logging for the respective enterprise component being deployed. The logging configuration file is designed exclusively for configuring logging of the enterprise component. Thereafter, the deployment information of the enterprise component is logged based on the extracted logging configuration information when the enterprise component is deployed. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.

Claims

1. A method for deploying an enterprise component in an enterprise computing environment, the method comprising:

in response to a request for deploying an enterprise component, extracting logging configuration information from a logging configuration file associated with the enterprise component, the logging configuration file being designed exclusively for configuring logging of the enterprise component; and

logging deployment information of the enterprise component based on the extracted logging configuration information when deploying the enterprise component.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising retrieving the configuration file from a deployable file containing the enterprise component, in response to the request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the logging configuration file is exclusively packaged with the enterprise component without being shared with other enterprise components being deployed.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the enterprise component is one of an interface component, a resource component, a service component, and a library component.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the logging configuration file in a database for later use after the enterprise component is deployed.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

updating the logging configuration information via an administration API; and

storing the updated logging configuration information in the logging configuration file stored in the database.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising logging deployment information of the enterprise component according to one or more policies of the updated logging configuration file when the enterprise component is redeployed.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the logging configuration file is written as a metadata file.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the enterprise component is a J2EE compatible component.

10. An apparatus for deploying an enterprise component in an enterprise computing environment, the apparatus comprising:

a log manager for managing logging deployment information of an enterprise component when the enterprise component is deployed; and

a log configuration service, when executed by the log manager, causes the log manager to

extract logging configuration information from a logging configuration file associated with the enterprise component, the logging configuration file being designed exclusively for configuring logging of the enterprise component, and

log deployment information of the enterprise component based on the extracted logging configuration information when deploying the enterprise component.

11. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the log manager retrieves the configuration file from a deployable file containing the enterprise component.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the logging configuration file is exclusively packaged with the enterprise component without having to be shared with other enterprise components being deployed.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the enterprise component is one of an interface component, a resource component, a service component, and a library component.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the log manager stores the logging configuration file in a database for later use after the enterprise component is deployed.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, further comprising an administration API to allow an administrator to:

update the logging configuration information; and

store the updated logging configuration information in the logging configuration file stored in the database.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the log manager logs deployment information of the enterprise component according to one or more policies of the updated logging configuration file when the enterprise component is redeployed.

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the logging configuration file is written as a metadata file.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the enterprise component is a J2EE compatible component.

19. A machine-readable medium having executable code to cause a machine to perform a method, the method comprising:

in response to a request for deploying an enterprise component, extracting logging configuration information from a logging configuration file associated with the enterprise component, the logging configuration file being designed exclusively for configuring logging of the enterprise component; and

logging deployment information of the enterprise component based on the extracted logging configuration information when deploying the enterprise component.

20. An enterprise computing system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor; and

a logging process executed from the memory, causes the processor to

extract logging configuration information from a logging configuration file associated with the enterprise component, the logging configuration file being designed exclusively for configuring logging of the enterprise component, and

log deployment information of the enterprise component based on the extracted logging configuration information when deploying the enterprise component.

21. A method for deploying enterprise components in an enterprise computing environment, the method comprising:

in response to a request for deploying a plurality of enterprise components, for each of the plurality of enterprise components being deployed, extracting configuration information from a configuration file associated with the respective enterprise component, the configuration file being designed exclusively for deploying the respective enterprise component and packaged with the respective enterprise component without have to be shared with other enterprise components; and

deploying each of the plurality of enterprise components using the configuration information extracted from the respective configuration file, including logging deployment information of the respective enterprise component according to one or more logging policies specified by the respective configuration file.