METHOD AND AN APPARATUS TO CONDUCT SOFTWARE RELEASE

• US 20120174089A1
• Filed: 03/09/2012
• Published: 07/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stephen D. Milner
• Original Assignee: Stephen D. Milner
• Inventors: Milner, Stephen D.
• Granted Patent: US 9,003,385 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/172
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

Some embodiments of a method and an apparatus to conduct software release have been presented. In one embodiment, a user submits a request to conduct software release on a set of servers. Each of the servers has a distinct platform. In response to the request, a set of commands in a cross-platform language is sent to the servers via remote procedure calls (RPCs) in a transactional format.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a plan script comprising a plurality of instructions;

translating, by a processing device, the plurality of instructions into a plurality of commands in a cross-platform language; and

in response to a request, sending the plurality of commands in the cross-platform language to a plurality of servers.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the request, wherein the request comprises a request to conduct a software release on the plurality of servers, each of the plurality of servers having a distinct platform;

receiving a plan script, the plan script comprising a set of one or more main transaction instructions for a transaction and a set of one or more failure transaction instructions for the transaction; and

sending the set of one or more failure transaction instructions to one of the plurality of servers if the one of the plurality of servers fails in executing at least one of the set of one or more main transaction instructions.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing a client application on a release server to cause the release server to send the plurality of commands to the plurality of servers.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the cross-platform language is Python.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a user interface, which is accessible over a network, to receive input from a user, said input comprising at least one of a command to execute a client application for controlling the software release and the plan script.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein sending the plurality of commands in the cross-platform language comprises sending the plurality of commands via remote procedure calls (RPCs) in a transactional format.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a user interface to receive a plan script;

an interpreter coupled to the user interface to translate a plurality of instructions in the plan script into a plurality of commands in a cross-platform language; and

a processing device coupled to the user interface and the interpreter to send the plurality of commands in the cross-platform language to a plurality of servers in response to a request.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the plan script further comprises a set of one or more main transaction instructions for a transaction and a set of one or more failure transaction instructions for the transaction, and wherein the processing device is operable to send the set of one or more failure transaction instructions to one of the plurality of servers if the one of the plurality of servers fails in executing at least one of the set of one or more main transaction instructions.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processing device is operable to execute a client application to send the plurality of commands to the plurality of servers.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the cross-platform language is Python.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

a network interface to communicatively couple to a network to receive input from a user, wherein the input comprises at least one of a command to execute a client application for controlling the software release or the plan script.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the user interface comprises a graphical user interface displayable via a network access application, and wherein the user interface is configured to receive the request, wherein the request comprises a request to conduct a software release on the plurality of servers, each of the plurality of servers having a distinct platform.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processing devices sends the plurality of commands in the cross-platform language via remote procedure calls (RPCs) in a transactional format.

15. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions which, when executed by a processor, will cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving a plan script comprising a plurality of instructions;

translating, by a processing device, the plurality of instructions into a plurality of commands in a cross-platform language; and

in response to a request, sending the plurality of commands in the cross-platform language to a plurality of servers.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the plan script further comprises a set of one or more main transaction instructions for a transaction and a set of one or more failure transaction instructions for the transaction, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving the request, wherein the request comprises a request to conduct a software release on the plurality of servers, each of the plurality of servers having a distinct platform; and

sending the set of one or more failure transaction instructions to one of the plurality of servers if the one of the plurality of servers fails in executing at least one of the set of one or more main transaction instructions.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

executing a client application on a release server to cause the release server to send the plurality of commands the plurality of servers.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the cross-platform language is Python.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

generating a user interface, which is accessible over a network, to receive input from a user, said input comprising at least one of a command to execute a client application for controlling the software release and the plan script.