Method, system and program product for managing applications in a shared computer infrastructure

• US 20060195688A1
• Filed: 02/28/2005
• Published: 08/31/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated (Kyndryl Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Kozakov, Lev, Kim, Moon J., Drissi, Youssef, Meliksetian, Dikran S., Waddell, Blanche M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,286,157 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/152
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/083 using passwords cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226

Abstract

Under the present invention, when an application is deployed, certain information corresponding thereto will be stored in an Enterprise Application Directory (EAD). Thereafter, when an instance of the application is requested (e.g., by a requestor), the information is retrieved from the EAD. In addition, the instance is registered with an Application Access Registry (AAR). Registering the instance involves creating a record in the AAR, generating a unique application access key for the instance, and storing the access key with the information in the record. The access key (and optionally the information) is then returned to the requestor, which can then issue service requests to one or more grid services in the shared computer infrastructure. The service request will include the access key so that the grid service can identify the application by searching for the record in the registry using the access key.

Claims

1. A method for managing applications in a shared computer infrastructure, comprising:

receiving a request for an instance of an application in the shared infrastructure from a requestor;

receiving information corresponding to the application from a directory;

registering the instance with a registry;

receiving an access key for the instance from the registry after the registering; and

returning the access key to the requestor.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the registering step comprises:

creating a record in the registry for the instance;

generating the access key for the instance; and

storing the access key and the information in the record.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

submitting a service request from the requestor to a grid service, wherein the service request includes the access key; and

the grid service identifying the application by searching for the record in the registry using the access key.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the information in the directory upon deployment of the application in the shared infrastructure.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the information comprises at least one Uniform Resource Locator (URL) corresponding to the application, a description of the application and settings for the application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the access key comprises a unique value corresponding to the instance.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is one of a plurality of applications in the shared infrastructure.

8. A system for managing applications in a shared computer infrastructure, comprising:

a system for receiving a request for an instance of an application in the shared infrastructure from a requestor;

a system for obtaining information corresponding to the application from a directory;

a system for receiving an access key for the instance from a registry in which the instance is registered; and

a system for returning the access key to the requestor.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a system for registering the instance with the registry.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the system for registering creates a record in the registry for the instance, generates the access key, and stores the access key with the information in the record.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the requestor comprises:

a system for requesting the instance from the shared infrastructure;

a system for receiving the information and the access key from the shared infrastructure; and

a system for submitting a service request that includes the access key to a grid service.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the grid service comprises a system for searching for the record using the access key received from the requestor.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising a system for storing the information in the directory upon deployment of the application.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the information comprises at least one Uniform Resource Locator (URL) corresponding to the application, a description of the application and settings for the application.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the access key comprises a unique value corresponding to the instance.

16. A program product stored on a computer readable medium for managing applications in a shared computer infrastructure, the computer readable medium comprising program code for performing the following steps:

receiving a request for an instance of an application in the shared infrastructure from a requestor;

obtaining information corresponding to the application from a directory;

receiving an access key for the instance from a registry in which the instance is registered; and

returning the access key to the requestor.

17. The program product of claim 16, wherein computer readable medium further comprises program code for performing the following steps:

creating a record in the registry for the instance;

generating the access key; and

storing the access key with the information in the record.

18. The program product of claim 16, wherein computer readable medium further comprises program code for performing the following step:

storing the information in the directory upon deployment of the application.

19. The program product of claim 16, wherein the information comprises at least one Uniform Resource Locator (URL) corresponding to the application, a description of the application and settings for the application.

20. The program product of claim 16, wherein the access key comprises a unique value corresponding to the instance.

21. A method for deploying an application for managing applications in a shared computer infrastructure, comprising:

providing a computer system being operable to;

receive a request for an instance of an application in the shared infrastructure from a requestor;

obtain information corresponding to the application from a directory;

receive an access key for the instance from a registry in which the instance is registered; and

return the access key to the requestor.

22. A method for identifying applications in a shared computer infrastructure, comprising:

receiving a request for an instance of an application in the shared infrastructure;

receiving information corresponding to the application from a directory;

registering the instance with a registry;

receiving an access key for the instance from the registry after the registering; and

identifying the application by searching for the record in the registry using the access key.