Offline configuration tool for secure store administration

• US 20050268080A1
• Filed: 05/28/2004
• Published: 12/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/28/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Stoimenov, Javor G., Quang, Pham D., Petrova, Nina P.
• Granted Patent: US 7,707,504 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/11 File system administration, e.g. details of archiving or snapshots file system backup G06F11/14

Abstract

A system and method are provided for a configuration tool to administer a secure store file. In an embodiment, a front-end layer of the configuration tool displays a visual representation of one or more properties stored in a secure store file. The configuration tool may receive input identifying one of the displayed properties. In an embodiment, the configuration tool uses a logical task to set a value for the selected property in a data layer of the configuration tool.

Claims

1. A method employed within a network comprising:

displaying in a front-end layer of a configuration tool a visual representation of one or more properties stored in a secure store file;

receiving input identifying one of the displayed properties; and

setting a value for the identified property in a data layer of the configuration tool with a logical task of the configuration tool.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration tool is an offline configuration tool.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the visual representation of the one or more properties of the secure store file, comprises:

displaying the visual representation of the one or more properties, wherein each displayed property includes a property key to identify the property and a property value to specify a current value of the property.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein displaying a visual representation of the one or more properties of the secure store file, comprises:

displaying the secure store properties in a table, the table having a key column listing one or more property keys, each property key to identify a property and a value column listing one or more property values, each property value to specify a current value for a property.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving input identifying one of the displayed properties comprises:

receiving input identifying one of the displayed properties from a cursor control device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a hierarchical tree structure having one or more tree nodes, each of the one or more tree nodes representing a resource of a cluster of application servers, wherein at least one of the tree nodes represents a secure store file of the cluster of application servers; and

receiving input identifying the displayed secure store tree node.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein displaying the visual representation of one or more properties stored in the secure store file comprises:

displaying the visual representation of one or more properties stored in the secure store file responsive to receiving input identifying the displayed secure store tree node.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the displayed properties include at least one of:

a database Uniform Resource Locator (URL) property specifying a URL for connecting to a database; and

a database password property specifying a password for connecting to the database.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein setting the value for the identified secure store property with the logical task of the configuration tool comprises:

setting the database URL property with the logical task of the configuration tool.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein setting the value for the identified secure store property with the logical task of the configuration tool comprises:

setting the database password property with the logical task of the configuration tool.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the displayed secure store properties include at least one of:

a username property to specify a username for an administrator; and

an administrator password property to specify a password for the administrator.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein setting the value for the identified secure store property with the logical task of the configuration tool comprises:

setting the username property with the logical task of the configuration tool.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein setting the value for the identified secure store property with the logical task of the configuration tool comprises:

setting the administrator password property with the logical task of the configuration tool.

14. A configuration tool for administering a secure store file comprising:

a data layer having the secure store file to provide one or more secure store properties;

a logic layer having one or more logical tasks, the one or more logical tasks to implement one or more functions of the configuration tool; and

a front-end layer to provide a user interface for the configuration tool.

15. The configuration tool of claim 14, wherein the data layer comprises:

a file system having a secure store file.

16. The configuration tool of claim 15, wherein the file system having the secure store file comprises:

a globally available directory of the file system, the globally available directory including the secure store file.

17. The configuration tool of claim 14, wherein the one or more logical tasks to implement one or more functions of the configuration tool comprises at least one of:

a set database Uniform Resource Locator task to specify a (URL) for connecting to a database; and

a set database password task to specify a password for connecting to the database.

18. The configuration tool of claim 17, wherein the one or more logical tasks to implement one or more functions of the configuration tool further comprises at least one of:

a set administrator username task, to specify an administrator username; and

a set administrator password task, to specify an administrator password.

19. The configuration tool of claim 14, wherein the front-end layer to provide the user interface for the configuration tool comprises:

a graphical user interface including a hierarchical tree structure having one or more tree nodes, each of the one or more tree nodes representing a resource of a cluster of application servers, wherein at least one of the tree nodes represents a secure store file of the cluster of application servers; and

wherein upon selecting the tree node representing the secure store file, a list of one or more secure store properties is displayed in the graphical user interface.

20. The configuration tool of claim 19, wherein each of the one or more listed secure store properties comprises:

a key field to identify a property; and

a value field to specify a current value a the property.

21. A system comprising:

means for displaying in a front-end layer of a configuration tool a visual representation of one or more properties stored in a secure store file;

means for receiving input identifying one of the displayed properties; and

means for setting a value for the identified property in a data layer of the configuration tool with a logical task of the configuration tool.

22. The system of claim 21, further comprising:

means for displaying a hierarchical tree structure having one or more tree nodes, each of the one or more tree nodes representing a resource of a cluster of application servers, wherein at least one of the tree nodes represents a secure store file of the cluster of application servers; and

means for receiving input identifying the displayed secure store tree node.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the means for displaying the visual representation of one or more properties stored in the secure store file comprises:

means for displaying the visual representation of one or more properties stored in the secure store file responsive to receiving input identifying the displayed secure store tree node.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the displayed properties include at least one of:

a database Uniform Resource Locator (URL) property specifying a URL for connecting to a database; and

a database password property specifying a password for connecting to the database.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the means for setting the value for the identified secure store property with the logical task of the configuration tool comprises:

means for setting the database URL property with the logical task of the configuration tool.

26. An article of manufacture comprising:

an electronically accessible medium providing instructions that, when executed by an apparatus, cause the apparatus to

display in a front-end layer of a configuration tool a visual representation of one or more properties stored in a secure store file;

receive input identifying one of the displayed properties; and

set a value for the identified property in a data layer of the configuration tool with a logical task of the configuration tool.

27. The article of manufacture of claim 26, wherein the electronically accessible medium provides further instructions that, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to

display a hierarchical tree structure having one or more tree nodes, each of the one or more tree nodes representing a resource of a cluster of application servers, wherein at least one of the tree nodes represents a secure store file of the cluster of application servers;

and

receive input identifying the displayed secure store tree node.

28. The article of manufacture of claim 27, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to display the visual representation of one or more properties stored in the secure store file cause the apparatus to

display the visual representation of one or more properties stored in the secure store file responsive to receiving input identifying the displayed secure store tree node.

29. The article of manufacture of claim 28, wherein the displayed properties include at least one of:

a database Uniform Resource Locator (URL) property specifying a URL for connecting to a database; and

a database password property specifying a password for connecting to the database.

30. The article of manufacture of claim 29, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to set the value for the identified secure store property with the logical task of the configuration tool cause the apparatus to

set the database password property with the logical task of the configuration tool.