METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PREPARING SOFTWARE OFFERINGS HAVING SOFTWARE APPLICATION CODE AND POST-INSTALL CONFIGURATION INFORMATION

• US 20090144700A1
• Filed: 11/29/2007
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/29/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: HUFF, David P., Ferris, James M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,612,966 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/121
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

Embodiments relate generally to a method of generating a post-installation configuration for a software application offering. The method includes receiving a request for a post-installation configuration for a software application and determining a software distribution in which the software application will operate. The method also includes determining a set of inter-dependencies between the software application and the software distribution and retrieving a set of templates for post-installation configuration of the software application. The method further includes generating a post-installation configuration file that customizes the software application for operation with the software distribution and packaging the software application into an offering that comprises the post-installation configuration file and the software application.

Claims

1. A method of generating a post-installation configuration for a software application offering, said method comprising:

receiving a request for a post-installation configuration for a software application;

determining a software distribution in which the software application will operate;

determining a set of inter-dependencies between the software application and the software distribution;

retrieving a set of templates for post-installation configuration of the software application;

generating a post-installation configuration file that customizes the software application for operation with the software distribution; and

packaging the software application into an offering that comprises the post-installation configuration file and the software application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein packaging the software application into the offering comprises packaging the software application in a binary package format into the offering.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein packaging the software application into the offering comprises packaging the software application in a RPM package into the offering.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the set of templates for post-installation configuration comprises retrieving a template that configures services utilized by the software application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the set of templates for post-installation configuration comprises retrieving a template that configures user accounts for the software application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein retrieving the set of templates for post-installation configuration comprises retrieving a template that configures network parameters utilized by the software application.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the post-installation configuration file comprises generating an extensible markup language file that comprises post-installation configuration information of the software application.

8. An apparatus comprising means configured to perform the method of claim 1.

9. A computer readable medium comprising computer-executable program code for configuring a computer to perform the method of claim 1.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the system contains information indicating inter-dependencies of Linux software distributions.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to generate post-installation configuration files based on an extensible markup language files.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the processor is configured to generate a post-installation configuration files that include a location from which post-installation configuration information is retrieved.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the server is configured to host the software package in a binary package format.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the server is configured to host the software in RPM packages.

16. The system of claim 8, wherein the server is configured to distribute the offering within a RPM package.

10. A system for distributing software, said system comprising:

a database that contains information indicating inter-dependencies between components of software distributions;

a processor configured to generate post-installation configuration files that are packaged with the software distributions; and

a server configured to host and distribute the software package into an offering that comprises the software package and the post-installation configuration files.