COMPLEX SOFTWARE DEPLOYMENT

• US 20080320109A1
• Filed: 06/22/2007
• Published: 12/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Andrews, Dustin B., Shriver-Blake, John, Meleshchuk, Sergei B.
• Granted Patent: US 8,150,948 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

Systems and methods of deploying one or more software components to a target computer infrastructure are disclosed. A descriptor file that declares a desired state of one or more target computing devices of a target computer infrastructure is parsed. A live state of the one or more target computing devices is obtained. A set of target computing devices having the live state different from the desired state is identified. A plan script that includes deployment commands configured to deploy one or more software components to each computing device is generated. The plan script can be optimized such that when executed the software components are deployed with higher efficiency, system stability, minimum downtime, etc.

Claims

1. One or more device-readable media with device-executable instructions for performing steps, comprising:

parsing a descriptor file that declares a desired state of one or more target computing devices of a target computer infrastructure;

obtaining a live state of the one or more target computing devices;

identifying a set of target computing devices having the live state different from the desired state;

generating a plan script that includes deployment commands configured to deploy one or more software components to each computing device in the set of target computing devices such that the live state of each computing device in the set of target computing devices is changed to the desired state; and

executing the plan script to deploy the one or more software components to the set of target computing devices.

2. The one or more device-readable media of claim 1, wherein the computer infrastructure is a network computer infrastructure.

3. The one or more device-readable media of claim 1, wherein obtaining the live state of each of the one or more target elements comprises querying each of the one or more target elements.

4. The one or more device-readable media of claim 1, wherein obtaining the live state of each of the one or more target elements comprises querying a live state database.

5. The one or more device-readable media of claim 1, wherein the one or more software components include a computer program, a decryption key, an encryption key, and a compression table.

6. The one or more device-readable media of claim 1, further comprising optimizing the plan script in order to remove redundant deployment commands.

7. The one or more device-readable media of claim 1, further comprising optimizing the plan script such the deployment commands are executed sequentially.

8. The one or more device-readable media of claim 1, further comprising optimizing the plan script such that the deployment commands are executed in a pre-specified order that maximizes efficiency.

9. The one or more device-readable media of claim 1, further comprising optimizing the plan script such that at least two deployment commands are executed simultaneously.

10. A method of deploying one or more software components to a target computer infrastructure, comprising:

parsing a descriptor file that declares a desired state of one or more target computing devices of a target computer infrastructure;

obtaining a live state of the one or more target computing devices;

identifying a set of target computing devices having the live state different from the desired state;

generating a plan script that includes deployment commands configured to deploy one or more software components to each computing device in the set of target computing devices such that the live state of each computing device in the set of target computing devices is changed to the desired state;

optimizing the plan script to remove redundant deployment commands; and

executing the plan script to deploy the one or more software components to the set of target computing devices.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the computer infrastructure is a network computer infrastructure.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein obtaining the live state of each of the one or more target elements comprises querying each of the one or more target elements.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein obtaining the live state of each of the one or more target elements comprises querying a live state database.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the one or more software components include a computer program, a decryption key, an encryption key, and a compression table.

15. The method of claim 10, further comprising optimizing the plan script such the deployment commands are executed sequentially.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising optimizing the plan script such that the deployment commands are executed in a pre-specified order that maximizes efficiency.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising optimizing the plan script such that at least two deployment commands are executed simultaneously.

18. A system of deploying a complex software package to a target computer infrastructure, comprising:

a plan generator configured to read a descriptor file that declares a desired state of one or more target computing devices of a target computer infrastructure, the plan generator further configured to obtain a live state of the one or more target computing devices, wherein the plan generator configured to identify a set of target computing devices having the live state different from the desired state, the plan generator configured with logic to generate a plan script that includes computer commands that deploy one or more software components of the complex software package to each computing device in the set of target computing devices such that the live state of each computing device in the set of target computing devices is changed to the desired state;

an optimizing module configured to remove redundant computer commands from the plan script; and

a plan execution engine configured to execute the plan script to deploy the complex software package to the set of target computing devices.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the optimizing module is further configured to optimize the plan script such the deployment commands are executed sequentially.

20. The system of claim 18, wherein the optimizing module is further configured to optimize the plan script such that the deployment commands are executed in a pre-specified order that maximizes efficiency.