SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYING SOFTWARE INTO A COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

• US 20110029963A1
• Filed: 07/31/2009
• Published: 02/03/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Inventors: Raymond, Robert Lovejoy, Schleicher, Chris, Smith, Rick, Bryant, Craig W.
• Granted Patent: US 9,182,964 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/171
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• 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

There is provided a system and method of deploying software into a computing environment by a processor. An exemplary method comprises providing, by a processor, a model of software to be deployed and providing, by a processor, a model of the environment into which the software is to be deployed. The exemplary method also comprises customizing, by a processor, a plan for deploying the software into the computing environment. The exemplary method additionally comprises deploying, by a processor, the software into the computing environment according to the customized deployment plan.

Claims

1. A method of deploying software into a computing environment by a processor, the method comprising:

providing, by a processor, a model of software to be deployed;

providing, by a processor, a model of the environment into which the software is to be deployed;

customizing, by a processor, a plan for deploying the software into the computing environment; and

deploying, by a processor, the software into the computing environment according to the customized deployment plan.

2. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the computing environment comprises a plurality of pods, each of the plurality of pods comprising one or more computer systems.

3. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the software comprises a plurality of tiers.

4. The method recited in claim 1, comprising automatically determining, by a processor, whether computer systems within the computing environment are correctly configured to receive the software.

5. The method recited in claim 4, wherein determining whether computer systems within the computing environment are correctly configured to receive the software comprises evaluating, by a processor, whether an operating system and/or middleware on the computer systems is correct relative the software that is to be deployed.

6. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the software to be deployed comprises at least one tier.

7. The method recited in claim 6, wherein the at least one tier comprises a plurality of components.

8. The method recited in claim 7, wherein the plurality of components comprises a code component.

9. The method recited in claim 8, wherein the code component comprises an executable file, a graphic asset, and/or a markup asset.

10. The method recited in claim 1, comprising rolling back, by a processor, a deployment of the software if a problem in the deployment is encountered.

11. The method recited in claim 1, wherein the software comprises an application, a patch or a bug fix.

12. A computer system that is adapted to deploy software into a computing environment, the computer system comprising:

a processor that is adapted to execute stored machine-readable instructions; and

a memory device that stores machine-readable instructions that are executable by the processor, the machine-readable instructions comprising instructions adapted to cause the processor to provide a model of software to be deployed, instructions adapted to cause the processor to provide a model of the environment into which the software is to be deployed, instructions adapted to cause the processor to customize a plan for deploying the software into the computing environment, and instructions adapted to cause the processor to deploy the software into the computing environment according to the customized deployment plan.

13. The computer system recited in claim 12, wherein the computing environment comprises a plurality of pods, each of the plurality of pods comprising one or more computer systems.

14. The computer system recited in claim 12, wherein the software comprises a plurality of tiers.

15. The computer system recited in claim 12, wherein the machine-readable instructions comprise instructions adapted to cause the processor to automatically determine whether computer systems within the computing environment are correctly configured to receive the software.

16. The computer system recited in claim 15, wherein the machine-readable instructions comprising instructions adapted to cause the processor to automatically determine whether computer systems within the computing environment are correctly configured to receive the software comprise instructions adapted to cause the processor to evaluate whether an operating system and/or middleware on the computer systems is correct relative the software that is to be deployed.

17. The computer system recited in claim 12, wherein the software to be deployed comprises at least one tier.

18. The computer system recited in claim 17, wherein the at least one tier comprises a plurality of components.

19. The computer system recited in claim 12, wherein the machine-readable instructions comprise instructions adapted to cause the processor to roll back a deployment of the software if a problem in the deployment is encountered.

20. A tangible, machine-readable medium that stores machine-readable instructions executable by a processor to deploy software into a computing environment, the tangible-machine-readable medium comprising:

machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to provide a model of software to be deployed;

machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to provide a model of the environment into which the software is to be deployed;

machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to customize a plan for deploying the software into the computing environment; and

machine-readable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to deploy the software into the computing environment according to the customized deployment plan.