SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MESSAGE-BASED INSTALLATION MANAGEMENT USING MESSAGE BUS

• US 20100333084A1
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Published: 12/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: DEHAAN, Michael Paul
• Granted Patent: US 9,047,155 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/176
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for message-based installation management using a message bus. In embodiments, a deployment server or other provisioning host can be connected to a message bus with a managed network, including sets of hosts and targets, as well as a set of applications, management platform(s), and/or other resources. Those resources monitor the bus message traffic for installation events, such as the powering up, operating system provisioning, and bringing online of a set of real or virtual client machines. The set of applications or other resources listening to the message bus can detect the occurrence of an installation event, or transmit installation commands to the provisioning server. For instance, the set of applications can direct the installation of user applications or other software in dependency order. The set of applications or other resources can also initiate installations not based on detection of an in-process installation event.

Claims

1. A method of managing software deployment in a network, comprising:

establishing a message bus between at least a deployment server, a set of applications, and a managed network;

generating a set of installation commands for causing a software installation in the managed network via the message bus; and

initiating the software installation in the deployment server via the message bus.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the managed network comprises at least one of a set of hosts or a set of targets.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one of a set of hosts or a set of targets comprises at least one of a set of virtual machines or a set of hardware-implemented machines.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the software installation comprises a software installation to a plurality of the hosts or targets in the at least one of a set of hosts or a set of targets.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the message bus comprises at least one exchange and at least one message queue.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein at least one of the deployment server, set of applications, or nodes of the managed network subscribe to the message queue.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising generating a message from the deployment server to at least one of the set of applications or nodes of the managed network indicating a status of an installation process.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising monitoring the message bus to detect installation events in the managed network, and the generating a set of installation commands is based on the detected installation events.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the subscription to the message queue is based on a one-to-many configuration.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the establishing a message bus comprises establishing the message bus between at least a deployment server, a set of applications, a managed network, and a network management platform.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the software installation comprises an installation of at least one of an operating system or a set of application software.

12. A system, comprising:

an interface to at least a managed network and a set of applications;

a deployment server, communicating with the managed network and the set of applications via the interface, the deployment server being configured to

access a message bus between at least the deployment server, the set of applications, and the managed network,

receive a set of installation commands for causing a software installation in the managed network via the message bus, and

initiate the software installation via the message bus.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the managed network comprises at least one of a set of hosts or a set of targets.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one of a set of hosts or a set of targets comprises at least one of a set of virtual machines or a set of hardware-implemented machines.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the software installation comprises a software installation to a plurality of the hosts or targets in the at least one of a set of hosts or a set of targets.

16. The system of claim 12, wherein the message bus comprises at least one exchange and at least one message queue.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein at least one of the deployment server, set of applications, or nodes of the managed network subscribe to the message queue.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising generating a message from the deployment server to at least one of the set of applications or nodes of the managed network indicating a status of an installation process.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the set of installation commands are received based on detected installation events in the managed network.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the subscription to the message queue is based on a one-to-many configuration.

21. The system of claim 12 wherein the software installation comprises an installation of at least one of an operating system or a set of application software.

22. A managed network, the managed network having at least one software installation generated by a method of:

establishing a message bus between at least a deployment server, a set of applications, and the managed network;

generating a set of installation commands for causing a software installation in the managed network via the message bus; and

initiating the software installation in the deployment server via the message bus.