SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING SERVER CONFIGURATIONS

• US 20130144997A1
• Filed: 02/04/2013
• Published: 06/06/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/05/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Web.com Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Web.Com Holding Company, Inc. (Web.com Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kim, Steven D., Elazary, Lior
• Application Number:
  US13/758,043
• Publication Number:
  US 20130144997A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/221
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/177 Initialisation or configuration control processor initialisation G06F9/4405
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0883 Semiautomatic configuration, e.g. proposals from system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for addressing or naming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/50 Address allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• 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

Disclosed are systems and method for synchronizing configuration parameters on a server with a database of stored configuration parameters. One such method includes updating an application configuration parameter on a network server. The update occurs in response to receiving an update of a corresponding stored application configuration parameter in a database. The update is initiated by a particular customer of a web hosting provider. Each application configuration parameter defines at least in part a quantity of a resource on the server available to the particular customer of a web hosting provider.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

updating an application configuration parameter on a network server in response to receiving an update of a corresponding stored application configuration parameter in a database, the update initiated by a particular customer of a web hosting provider,

wherein each application configuration parameter defines at least in part a quantity of a resource on the server available to the particular customer of a web hosting provider.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the updating further comprises:

updating the corresponding stored application configuration parameter in the database in response to a request from the particular user;

responsive to the updating of the corresponding stored application configuration parameter, triggering a daemon to run on the network server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the database is separate from the network server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the quantity of the resource comprises an amount of disk space.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the quantity of the resource comprises a network address.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the quantity of the resource comprises an amount of memory space.

7. A method comprising:

updating an application program configuration parameter on a server in response to receiving an update of a corresponding stored application program configuration parameter in a database, the update initiated by a particular customer of a web hosting provider,

wherein each application program configuration parameter defines at least in part a resource on the server that is made available to the particular customer of a web hosting provider.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the database is separate from the server.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the resource comprises communication bandwidth of the server.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the resource comprises processor capacity of the server.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the resource comprises disk space on the server.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the resource comprises a network address of the server.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the resource comprises memory on the server.

14. A method comprising:

updating an application program configuration parameter on a server in response to receiving an update of a corresponding stored application program configuration parameter in a database, the update initiated by a particular customer of a web hosting provider,

wherein each application program configuration parameter describes at least in part a resource on the server that is made available to the particular customer of a web hosting provider.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the database is separate from the server.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the resource comprises communication bandwidth of the server.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the resource comprises processor capacity of the server.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the resource comprises disk space on the server.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the resource comprises a network address of the server.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the resource comprises memory on the server.