Model-driven software deployment in an application server

• US 20070055972A1
• Filed: 08/24/2005
• Published: 03/08/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Majumdar, Arunava, Brown, Kyle, McElroy, Thomas, Larsen, Grant, Vasudeva, Guruprasad
• Granted Patent: US 7,512,942 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product is provided for deploying software in a data processing system. A topology pattern is selected in which the selected topology pattern describes an arrangement of software and hardware devices. Augments to the selected topology pattern are received to form an augmented topology pattern after a selection of a selected topology pattern from a plurality of topology patterns. The augmented topology pattern is transformed into a set of deployable scripts, wherein the set of deployable scripts is used for the software deployment.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method in a data processing system for software deployment, the method comprising:

selecting a topology pattern from a plurality of topology patterns to form a selected topology pattern, wherein the selected topology pattern describes an arrangement of software and hardware devices;

receiving augments to the selected topology pattern to form an augmented topology pattern; and

transforming the augmented topology pattern into a set of deployable scripts, wherein the set of deployable scripts is used for the software deployment.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the selection of the selected topology pattern is made through a user interface.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the augments are selected by a user.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

presenting a plurality of topology patterns to the user through the user interface.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

scheduling the set of deployable scripts for deployment; and

deploying the set of deployable scripts to a targeted device.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining, based on the set of deployable scripts, if additional augments are to be performed on the augmented topology pattern;

accepting the additional augments made to the augmented topology pattern to form a second augmented topology pattern; and

transforming the newly augmented topology pattern into the set of deployable scripts.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

transforming deployment metadata into a reverse engineered topology pattern, wherein the deployment metadata is retrieved from a deployment node.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 7, wherein the deployment metadata is stored in the deployment node data structure and wherein the reversed engineered topology pattern is stored in a pattern data structure as a new topology pattern.

9. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the selected topology pattern represents a set of component diagrams where nodes represent physical machines in the selected topology pattern.

10. The computer implemented method of claim 9, wherein the components represent at least one of an individual software component, application, application server, database server, or container.

11. A data processing system comprising:

a bus system;

a communications system connected to the bus system;

a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device includes a set of instructions; and

a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to;

select a topology pattern from a plurality of topology patterns to form a selected topology pattern, wherein the selected topology pattern describes an arrangement of software and hardware devices;

receive augments to the selected topology pattern to form an augmented topology pattern; and

transform the augmented topology pattern into a set of deployable scripts, wherein the set of deployable scripts is used for the software deployment.

12. The data processing system of claim 11, wherein the selection of the selected topology pattern is made through a user interface and wherein in executing the set of instructions to select the topology pattern, the processor further executes the set of instructions to present a plurality of topology patterns to the user through the user interface.

13. The data processing system of claim 11, further comprising:

a set of instructions to schedule the set of deployable scripts for deployment; and

deploy the set of deployable scripts to a targeted device.

14. The data processing system of claim 11, further comprising:

a set of instructions to determine, based on the set of deployable scripts, if additional augments are to be performed on the augmented topology pattern;

accept the additional augments made to the augmented topology pattern to form a newly augmented topology pattern; and

transform the newly augmented topology pattern into set of deployable scripts.

15. The data processing system of claim 11, further comprising:

a set of instructions to transform deployment metadata into a reverse engineered topology pattern, wherein the deployment metadata is retrieved from a deployment node.

16. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium including computer usable program code for software deployment, the computer program product comprising;

computer usable program code for selecting a topology pattern from a plurality of topology patterns to form a selected topology pattern, wherein the selected topology pattern describes an arrangement of software and hardware devices;

computer usable program code for receiving augments to the selected topology pattern to form an augmented topology pattern; and

computer usable program code for transforming the augmented topology pattern into a set of deployable scripts, wherein the set of deployable scripts is used for the software deployment.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the selection of the selected topology pattern is made through a user interface and wherein selecting the topology pattern through the user interface further comprises:

computer usable program code for presenting a plurality of topology patterns to the user through the user interface.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising:

computer usable program code for scheduling the set of deployable scripts for deployment; and

computer usable program code for deploying the set of deployable scripts to a targeted device.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising:

computer usable program code for determining, based on the set of deployable scripts, if additional augments are to be performed on the augmented topology pattern;

computer usable program code for accepting the additional augments made to the augmented topology pattern to form an newly augmented topology pattern; and

computer usable program code for transforming the newly augmented topology pattern into set of deployable scripts.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, further comprising:

computer usable program code for transforming deployment metadata into a reverse engineered topology pattern, wherein the deployment metadata is retrieved from a deployment node.