Flexible deployment of software applications

• US 20050204354A1
• Filed: 03/09/2005
• Published: 09/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ramco Systems Limited
• Original Assignee: Ramco Systems Limited
• Inventors: Pandimani, Srirangan, Sundararajan, Parthasarathy, Devalla, Raghuram, Krishnan, Natarajan, Sathiavageeswaran, Suresh, Jayaraman, Shyamala, Meenakshisundaram, Krishnamoorthy
• Granted Patent: US 7,665,085 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

A system and method for deploying software is disclosed. In one embodiment, information regarding software components and their interactions, deliverables and deployment descriptors, hardware topology, layer information, and database information are all captured in a model. The model in then used to install the software on a particular machine. In another embodiment, an organizational structure is used to create an access map, and access rights to the installed software are generated and enforced.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

retrieving a software structure;

mapping artifacts to said software structure;

mapping an organizational structure;

mapping a hardware structure;

creating an access map by mapping said organizational structure to said hardware structure;

mapping said software structure onto said access map thereby creating a deployment map;

installing software thereby mapping said artifacts onto said hardware structure;

using said deployment map to deploy changes in said software structure, said artifacts, said hardware and said organizational structure; and

creating access rights to said software by using role and user information of said organizational structure.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising validating said mapping of said hardware structure.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising depositing said software structure in a specification repository.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising validating said hardware structure for connectivity.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising deploying said artifacts over a technology platform.

6. A method comprising:

capturing information about software components and interactions of said components in a model;

packaging deliverables and deployment descriptors for said components in said model;

capturing topology of hardware in said model;

capturing layer information in said model; and

capturing database information in said model.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said information about software components and interactions of said components comprises services offered by said components and services used by said components.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein said topology of hardware comprises configuration information.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein said information about software components and interactions of said components comprises a type of application server and instances of application servers in a machine.

10. The method of claim 6, further comprising capturing presentation layer, middle layer, and resource manager layer information.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising mapping required components in said resource manager layer to a machine comprising a database server.

12. The method of claim 6, further comprising installing said software components on a machine based on said model information.

13. The method of claim 6, further comprising combining said model deployment scheme and a JMX architecture.

14. The method of claim 6, further comprising developing said software components as a set of business components, and implementing organizational functions as business components.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

modeling business functions in a deployment repository;

modeling hardware information; and

superimposing said hardware model with said business functions model thereby producing a composite model comprising a software layer, a hardware platform, a business function, and an organizational structure mapping.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising using said composite model to install artifacts on a hardware platform.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising using said composite model to generate router information.

18. A computer readable medium comprising instructions available thereon for executing a method comprising:

retrieving a software structure;

mapping artifacts to said software structure;

mapping an organizational structure;

mapping a hardware structure;

creating an access map by mapping said organizational structure to said hardware structure;

mapping said software structure onto said access map thereby creating a deployment map;

installing software thereby mapping said artifacts onto said hardware structure;

using said deployment map to deploy changes in said software structure, said artifacts, said hardware and said organizational structure; and

creating access rights to said software by using role and user information of said organizational structure.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions for validating said mapping of said hardware structure.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions for depositing said software structure in a specification repository.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions for validating said hardware structure for connectivity.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 18, further comprising instructions for deploying said artifacts over a technology platform.

23. A computer readable medium comprising instructions available thereon for executing a method comprising:

capturing information about software components and interactions of said components in a model;

packaging deliverables and deployment descriptors for said components in said model;

capturing topology of hardware in said model;

capturing layer information in said model; and

capturing database information in said model.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein said information about software components and interactions of said components comprises services offered by said components and services used by said components.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein said topology of hardware comprises configuration information.

26. The computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein said information about software components comprises a type of application server and instances of application servers in a machine.

27. The computer readable medium of claim 23, further comprising instructions for capturing presentation layer, middle layer, and resource manager layer information.

28. The computer readable medium of claim 27, further comprising instructions for mapping required components in said resource manager layer to a machine comprising a database server.

29. The computer readable medium of claim 23, further comprising instructions for installing said software components on a machine based on said model information.

30. The computer readable medium of claim 23, further comprising instructions for combining said model deployment scheme and a JMX architecture.

31. The computer readable medium of claim 23, further comprising instructions for developing said software components as a set of business components, and implementing organizational functions as business components.

32. The computer readable medium of claim 31, further comprising instructions for:

modeling business functions in a deployment repository;

modeling hardware information; and

superimposing said hardware model with said business functions model thereby producing a composite model comprising a software layer, a hardware platform, a business function, and an organizational structure mapping.

33. The computer readable medium of claim 32, further comprising instructions for using said composite model to install artifacts on a hardware platform.

34. The computer readable medium of claim 32, further comprising instructions for using said composite model to generate router information.