ORCHESTRATED PEER-TO-PEER SERVER PROVISIONING

• US 20070294309A1
• Filed: 06/19/2006
• Published: 12/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ayachitula, Naga A., Grabarnik, Genady, Shwartz, Larisa, Surendra, Maheswaran, Lipscomb, James S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,250,972 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5011 Pool
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5061 Partitioning or combining of resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0893 Assignment of logical groups to network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0894 Policy-based network configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/78 Architectures of resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1055 involving connection limits involving dynamic management of active down- or uploading connections H04L67/1085
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to server provisioning in a heterogeneous computing environment and provide a method, system and computer program product for secure and verified distributed orchestration and provisioning. In one embodiment of the invention, a server provisioning method can be provided. The server provisioning method can include establishing grouping criteria, grouping different target computing nodes into different groups of target computing nodes according to the established grouping criteria, server provisioning a root node in each of the different groups of target computing nodes, and relying upon the root node in each of the different groups to peer-to-peer server provision remaining nodes in each of the different groups.

Claims

1. A server provisioning method comprising:

establishing grouping criteria;

grouping different target computing nodes into different groups of target computing nodes according to the established grouping criteria;

server provisioning a root node in each of the different groups of target computing nodes; and

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relying upon the root node in each of the different groups to peer-to-peer server provision remaining nodes in each of the different groups.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing grouping criteria, comprises establishing grouping criteria according to a type of target node.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing grouping criteria, comprises establishing grouping criteria according to a type of server provisioning task.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein establishing grouping criteria, comprises establishing grouping criteria according to both a type of target node and a type of server provisioning task.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein grouping different target computing nodes into different groups of target computing nodes according to the established grouping criteria, comprises:

computing a detailed provisioning task (DPT) value for each of the target computing nodes indicating a presence and an absence of different components required for server provisioning each of the target computing nodes; and

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grouping sets of the target computing nodes having similar DPT values.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein server provisioning a root node in each of the different groups of target computing nodes, comprises:

assembling a bundle for distribution to the root node for each of the different groups of target computing nodes, the bundle comprising in each instance a set of components required for server provisioning target nodes in a respective group of target nodes; and

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forwarding the bundle to the root node.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein relying upon the root node in each of the different groups to peer-to-peer server provision remaining nodes in each of the different groups, comprises:

specifying a threshold for available bandwidth and a maximum random delay time for use by peer-to-peer provisioning logic in the root node in determining when to server provision the remaining nodes; and

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providing a bundle to the root node for distribution to each of the remaining nodes at an interval computed from the threshold and maximum random delay.

8. A server provisioning data processing system comprising:

an orchestration and provisioning server coupled to a plurality of target computing nodes over a computer communications network; and

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orchestration and provisioning logic disposed in the orchestration and provisioning server, the logic comprising program code enable to group different ones of the target computing nodes into different hierarchically arranged groups of the target computing nodes according to grouping criteria, and to server provisioning a root node in each of the different groups of target computing nodes.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a certificate managing authority coupled to the target computing nodes.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein each of the target computing nodes comprises peer-to-peer provisioning logic, the peer-to-peer provisioning logic comprising program code enabled to server provision coupled nodes at a lower hierarchical level with a bundle received from a node at a higher hierarchical level.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the grouping criteria comprises grouping criteria selected from the group consisting of only target computing node type, only provisioning task type, and both target computing node type and provisioning task type.

12. A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium embodying computer usable program code for server provisioning, the computer program product including:

computer usable program code for establishing grouping criteria;

computer usable program code for grouping different target computing nodes into different groups of target computing nodes according to the established grouping criteria;

computer usable program code for server provisioning a root node in each of the different groups of target computing nodes; and

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computer usable program code for relying upon the root node in each of the different groups to peer-to-peer server provision remaining nodes in each of the different groups.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer usable program code for establishing grouping criteria, comprises computer usable program code for establishing grouping criteria according to a type of target node.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer usable program code for establishing grouping criteria, comprises computer usable program code for establishing grouping criteria according to a type of server provisioning task.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer usable program code for establishing grouping criteria, comprises computer usable program code for establishing grouping criteria according to both a type of target node and a type of server provisioning task.

16. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer usable program code for grouping different target computing nodes into different groups of target computing nodes according to the established grouping criteria, comprises:

computer usable program code for computing a detailed provisioning task (DPT) value for each of the target computing nodes indicating a presence and an absence of different components required for server provisioning each of the target computing nodes; and

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computer usable program code for grouping sets of the target computing nodes having similar DPT values.

17. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer usable program code for server provisioning a root node in each of the different groups of target computing nodes, comprises:

computer usable program code for assembling a bundle for distribution to the root node for each of the different groups of target computing nodes, the bundle comprising in each instance a set of components required for server provisioning target nodes in a respective group of target nodes; and

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computer usable program code for forwarding the bundle to the root node.

18. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the computer usable program code for relying upon the root node in each of the different groups to peer-to-peer server provision remaining nodes in each of the different groups, comprises:

computer usable program code for specifying a threshold for available bandwidth and a maximum random delay time for use by peer-to-peer provisioning logic in the root node in determining when to server provision the remaining nodes; and

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computer usable program code for providing a bundle to the root node for distribution to each of the remaining nodes at an interval computed from the threshold and maximum random delay.