MECHANISM AND SYSTEM FOR DEPLOYING SOFTWARE OVER CLOUDS

• US 20130346962A1
• Filed: 08/24/2012
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Original Assignee: Quanta Computer
• Inventors: FANG, Tien-Chin, Chen, Chun-Hung, Lee, Chen-Chung, Teng, Ta-Feng, Li, Meng-Yu, Chiang, Chia-Chen, Lin, Yu-Jen
• Application Number:
  US13/593,978
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346962A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/175
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• 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

A mechanism for deploying software over clouds is provided. The mechanism comprises the following steps. A source cloud platform stores a software project and builds up an environmental transfer configuration. The source cloud platform collects the settings of the software project and related resources to obtain a list file, and a target cloud platform receives the list file and assigns a corresponding data transmission status as un-transmitted. When the data transmission status is un-transmitted, the target cloud platform requests the source cloud platform for the software project. The source cloud platform transmits the software project to the target cloud platform. When the target cloud platform confirms that the software project has been received completely according to the list file, the target cloud platform accordingly installs the software project and builds up related resources.

Claims

1. A mechanism for deploying software over clouds, comprising:

using a source cloud platform to store a software project and build up an environmental transfer configuration;

using the source cloud platform to collect the settings of the software project and related resources to obtain a list file, and using a target cloud platform to receive the list file and assign a corresponding data transmission status as un-transmitted;

using the target cloud platform to request the source cloud platform for the software project when the data transmission status is un-transmitted;

using the source cloud platform to transmit the software project to the target cloud platform; and

using the target cloud platform to accordingly install the software project and build up related resources according to the list file when the target cloud platform confirms that the software project has been received completely.

2. The mechanism for deploying software over clouds according to claim 1, wherein the environmental transfer configuration comprises a version selection of the target cloud platform and the software project.

3. The mechanism for deploying software over clouds according to claim 1, wherein the list file is an XML format.

4. The mechanism for deploying software over clouds according to claim 1, further comprising:

using the target cloud platform to analyze and store the list file when receiving the list file.

5. The mechanism for deploying software over clouds according to claim 1, further comprising:

using the target cloud platform to monitor the data transmission status;

using the target cloud platform to request the source cloud platform for the software project according to the list file when the data transmission status is un-transmitted;

using the source cloud platform to divide the software project into a plurality of data blocks and transmit the data blocks to the target cloud platform; and

using the target cloud platform to change the data transmission status as transmitted when the target cloud platform monitors that the data blocks have been received.

6. The mechanism for deploying software over clouds according to claim 1, further comprising:

using the target cloud platform to transmit a completion message when the target cloud platform has installed the software project to a web server at which the target cloud platform resides and has built up related resources of the software project.

7. A system for deploying software over clouds, comprising:

a source cloud platform, comprising;

a source environment module used for storing a software project and building up an environmental transfer configuration;

a source communication module used for collecting the settings of the software project and related resources to obtain a list file and outputting the list file; and

a source file module; and

a target cloud platform, comprising;

a target communication module used for receiving the list file and assigning a corresponding data transmission status as un-transmitted;

a target file module used for requesting the source file module for the software project block when the data transmission status is un-transmitted, receiving the software project block from the source file module and confirming whether the software project blocks have been completely received according to the list file; and

a target deployment module used for installing the software project and building up related resources when the target file module confirms that the software project blocks have been completely received.

8. The system for deploying software over clouds according to claim 7, wherein the environmental transfer configuration comprises a version selection of the target cloud platform and the software project.

9. The system for deploying software over clouds according to claim 7, wherein the list file is an XML format.

10. The system for deploying software over clouds according to claim 7, wherein the target communication module analyzes and stores the list file when receiving the list file.

11. The system for deploying software over clouds according to claim 7, wherein:

the target file module monitors the data transmission status;

the target file module requests the source file module for the software project according to the list file when the data transmission status is un-transmitted;

the source file module divides the software project into a plurality of data blocks, and transmits the data blocks to the target file module;

the target file module changes the data transmission status as transmitted when the target file module monitors that the data blocks have been received.

12. The system for deploying software over clouds according to claim 7, wherein the target communication module transmits a completion message when the target deployment module has installed the software project to a web server at which the target cloud platform resides and has built up related resources of the software project.