Application server configuration tool

• US 20050268238A1
• 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: Ivanov, Ivan, Kalincheva, Krasimira, Quang, Pham
• Granted Patent: US 7,519,908 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/734
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/505 Clust
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5061 Partitioning or combining of resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0843 based on generic templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1001 for accessing one among a plurality of replicated servers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1008 based on parameters of servers, e.g. available memory or workload monitoring of computer activity G06F11/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1017 based on a round robin mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

A system and method are provided for an application server configuration tool. In an embodiment the configuration tool includes a data layer to store a configuration for an application server or a cluster of application servers. The data layer may include a database and a file system. The configuration tool may also include a logic layer having one or more logical tasks to implement the functions of the configuration tool. The configuration tool may also include a front-end layer which may have a graphical user interface; a markup language generator, and/or a console.

Claims

1. A configuration tool for configuring a cluster of application servers comprising:

a data layer having a configuration file to define a cluster of application servers;

a logic layer having one or more tasks, the one or 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.

2. The configuration tool of claim 1, wherein the front-end layer comprises:

a Graphical User Interface (GUI) to provide a visual representation of the cluster of application servers.

3. The configuration tool of claim 2, wherein the GUI is to generate a markup language file to be processed by the logic layer, responsive to receiving input identifying a configuration selection.

4. The configuration tool of claim 3, wherein the markup language file includes a task, the task based, at least in part, on the received input.

5. The configuration tool of claim 4, wherein the markup language is an eXtensible Markup Language.

6. The configuration tool of claim 5, wherein the data layer comprises:

a database to define the cluster of application servers.

7. The configuration tool of claim 1, wherein the front-end layer comprises:

a markup language generator to generate markup language files to be processed by the logic layer.

8. The configuration tool of claim 7, wherein the markup language files are based, at least in part, on a received property file.

9. The configuration tool of claim 8, wherein the markup language is an eXtensible Markup Language.

10. The configuration tool of claim 9, wherein the data layer comprises at least one of:

a database to define the cluster of application servers, and

a file system having one or more system files of the cluster of application servers.

11. A method employed within a network comprising:

receiving a properties file at a front-end layer of a configuration tool, the properties file having one or more properties to specify a configuration for a cluster of application servers;

generating a markup language file having one or more logical tasks, the one or more logical tasks based, at least in part, on the received properties; and

passing the markup language file to a logic-layer of the configuration tool, the logic-layer to receive the markup language file and to configure a cluster of application servers in a data-layer of the configuration tool based, at least in part, on the one or more logical tasks of the markup language file.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

executing the one or more logical tasks to configure the cluster of application servers.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein executing the one or more logical tasks comprises:

executing a change global settings task to set one or more global settings of the cluster of application servers.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the one or more global settings include at least one of:

a message server port number,

a message server host, and

a Uniform Resource Locator of a central database of the cluster of application servers.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein executing the one or more logical tasks further comprises:

executing a create instance properties task to configure a cluster instance.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein executing the one or more logical tasks further comprises:

executing a create new element task to configure a cluster element for the cluster of application servers.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the markup language is an eXtensible Markup Language.

18. A system comprising:

means for receiving a properties file at a front-end layer of a configuration tool, the properties file having one or more properties to specify a configuration for a cluster of application servers;

means for generating a markup language file having one or more logical tasks, the one or more logical tasks based, at least in part, on the received properties; and

means for passing the markup language file to a logic-layer of the configuration tool, the logic-layer to configure a cluster of application servers in a data-layer of the configuration tool based, at least in part, on the one or more logical tasks of the markup language file.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

means for executing the one or more logical tasks to configure the cluster of application servers.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the means for executing the one or more logical tasks to configure the cluster of application servers comprises:

means for executing a change global settings task to set one or more global settings of the cluster of application servers.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein the means for executing the one or more logical tasks to configure the cluster of application servers further comprises:

means for executing a create instance properties task to configure a cluster instance.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the means for executing the one or more logical tasks to configure the cluster of application servers further comprises:

means for executing a create new element task to configure a cluster element for the cluster of application servers.

24. The article of manufacture of claim 21, wherein the electronically accessible medium provides further instructions that, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to

execute the one or more logical tasks to configure the one or more communicatively coupled application servers.

25. The article of manufacture of claim 24, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to execute the one or more logical tasks cause the apparatus to

execute a change global settings task to set one or more global settings of the one or more communicatively coupled application servers.

26. The article of manufacture of claim 25, wherein the one or more global settings include at least one of:

a message server port number,

a message server host, and

a Uniform Resource Locator of a central database of the one or more communicatively coupled application servers.

27. The article of manufacture of claim 25, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to execute the one or more logical tasks further cause the apparatus to

execute a create instance properties task to configure a cluster instance.

28. The article of manufacture of claim 25, wherein the instructions that, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to execute the one or more logical tasks further cause the apparatus to

execute a create new element task to configure an application server.

29. The article of manufacture of claim 25, wherein the markup language is an extensible Markup Language.

23. An article of manufacture comprising:

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

receive a properties file at a front-end layer of a configuration tool, the properties file having one or more properties to specify a configuration for one or more communicatively coupled application servers;

generate a markup language file having one or more logical tasks, the one or more logical tasks based, at least in part, on the received properties; and

pass the markup language file to a logic-layer of the configuration tool, the logic-layer to configure the one or more communicatively coupled application servers in a data-layer of the configuration tool based, at least in part, on the one or more tasks of the markup language file.