File deployment system and method

• US 20060101462A1
• Filed: 10/21/2004
• Published: 05/11/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Spears, Joseph L.
• Granted Patent: US 7,895,591 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/177
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with deploying files are described. One example system embodiment includes a deployment logic configured to automatically prepare one or more files for deployment that are retrievable from a designated location. The deployment logic can also be configured to deploy the one or more files for execution on one or more servers.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a deployment logic configured to automatically prepare one or more files for deployment that are retrievable from a designated location, and configured to deploy the one or more files for execution on one or more servers.

2. The system of claim 1, the deployment logic being configured to poll the designated location to determine if new files for deployment are present.

3. The system of claim 1, the deployment logic being configured to prepare the one or more files for deployment using a configuration file that includes instructions for deploying the one or more files.

4. The system of claim 3 further including a configuration data store configured to maintain the configuration file that is associated to the one or more files for deployment.

5. The system of claim 1, the deployment logic being configured to prepare the one or more files based on a file type of the one or more files.

6. The system of claim 1, the deployment logic being configured to generate a notice that indicates if deployment of the one or more files is complete.

7. The system of claim 1 where the designated location defines a file repository configured to receive the one or more files for deployment.

8. The system of claim 1 where the one or more files include an executable application.

9. The system of claim 1 where the system is embodied as a computer-readable medium that provides executable instructions that form the deployment logic.

10. A computing system, comprising:

one or more processors configured to execute instructions;

a memory configured to provide the instructions to the one or more processors;

a file data store configured to receive files to be deployed;

a configuration data store configured to receive configuration files from a user, the configuration files being associated with the files to be deployed and including instructions for processing the files to be deployed; and

a deployment logic configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the deployment logic being configured to;

automatically access a file for deployment from the file data store;

access a configuration file from the configuration data store that is associated with the file for deployment; and

deploy the file for execution onto one or more servers using instructions from the configuration file.

11. The computing system of claim 10 where the file to be deployed includes multiple files that are grouped together.

12. The computing system of claim 11 where the deployment logic being configured to ungroup the multiple files of the file to be deployed.

13. The computing system of claim 10 further including logic to notify a user when the deployment is complete.

14. The computing system of claim 10, the deployment logic being configured to poll the file data store to determine if a file is present to deploy.

15. The computing system of claim 10 where the file data store is configured as a designated location for deploying files on a computer-readable medium and, by placing a file in the file data store, causing the deployment logic to access the file and initiate deployment.

16. A method for deploying a file, the method comprising:

polling a deployment repository to determine if a file to be deployed is present;

if the file is present, accessing contents of the file from the deployment repository;

determining whether a configuration file exists that is associated with the file, and if present, accessing contents of the configuration file, the configuration file including instructions for deploying the file;

preparing the contents of the file for deployment based on at least the instructions from the configuration file; and

deploying the contents for execution on one or more servers.

17. The method of claim 16 where accessing the contents of the configuration file includes parsing the configuration file.

18. The method of claim 16 further including automatically notifying a user when the deploying is completed.

19. The method of claim 16 where the preparing is based on a file type of the file.

20. The method of claim 16 where the determining including selecting a configuration file from a plurality of configuration files based on a file type of the file to be deployed.

21. The method of claim 16 including providing a plurality of configuration files each being associated with a file type to be deployed where a configuration file includes at least instructions for automatically deploying an associated file type.

22. A method, comprising:

retrieving a file to be deployed from a deployment repository;

determining a file type of the file to be deployed;

identifying a configuration file associated with the file type, the configuration file including at least commands for deploying a file having the file type;

deploying the file for execution on one or more servers, the deploying including at least executing the commands from the configuration file.

23. The method of claim 30 further including providing the deployment repository for receiving files to be deployed.

24. The method of claim 30 further including generating a notice that indicates when the deploying is completed.

25. The method of claim 30 further including polling the deployment repository to determine if the file to be deployed is present.

26. The method of claim 30 further including providing a plurality of configuration files each being associated with a file type to be deployed where a configuration file includes at least instructions for automatically deploying an associated file type.

27. A computer-readable medium storing processor executable instructions operable to perform a method, the method comprising:

accessing a file to be deployed from a designated location, the file being of a file type;

identify a configuration file associated with the file type, the configuration file including at least commands for deploying a file having the file type; and

deploying the file for execution on one or more servers, the deploying including at least executing the commands from the configuration file.

28. A system, comprising:

means for automatically deploying a file for execution where the means for automatically deploying being configured to process a plurality of file types for deployment.