AUTOMATICALLY CONFIGURED MANAGEMENT SERVICE PAYLOADS FOR CLOUD IT SERVICES DELIVERY

• US 20140082131A1
• Filed: 09/14/2012
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: JAGTAP, Sameer S.
• Granted Patent: US 9,311,161 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/5018 Thread allocation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5027 the resource being a machine, e.g. CPUs, Servers, Terminals
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/08 Configuration management of networks or network elements address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• 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 system, apparatus, method, and computer program product for automatically configuring management service payloads for cloud IT service delivery are disclosed. A container that provides the cloud IT service comprises a container specification that specifies the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service provided by that container and that comprises automation scripts for downloading and configuring those payloads. And that container is implemented by reading the container specification, invoking the automation scripts to download the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service, and invoking the automation scripts to link the downloaded payloads to the one or more containers.

Claims

1. An apparatus for automatically configuring payloads in a service solution comprising a processor that is configured to execute computer-readable program code to implement one or more containers that provide at least one service, wherein:

each of the one or more containers comprises a container specification that specifies the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service provided by that container and that comprises automation scripts for downloading and configuring those payloads; and

the processor executes the computer-readable program code to implement the one or more containers by;

reading the container specification,

invoking the automation scripts to download the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service, and

invoking the automation scripts to link the downloaded payloads to the one or more containers.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to implement one or more containers by:

downloading the one or more containers from a solution provider system; and

downloading the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service provided by that container from the solution provider system.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein downloading the one or more containers from a solution provider system initiates an autonomic process in which the processor executes the computer-readable program code to implement one or more containers by:

reading the container specification,

invoking the automation scripts to download the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service, and

invoking the automation scripts to link the downloaded payloads to the one or more containers.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to implement one or more containers by:

downloading the one or more containers; and

writing one or more unique descriptors to the container specification that identify the container in context of the service solution supported by the at least one service provided by that container.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to implement one or more containers by:

linking the downloaded payloads with the one or more containers;

instantiating the payloads in the context of the at least one service; and

testing the links between the downloaded payloads and the one or more containers.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the processor is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to implement one or more containers by setting entitlements for the one or more containers that enable a user of the apparatus to modify the container.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor is configured to execute computer-readable program code to implement a plurality of containers by:

downloading a plurality of containers;

reading the container specification of each of the plurality of containers;

invoking the automation scripts to download the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service provided the plurality of containers;

placing the downloaded payloads in a pool of payloads that is shared by the plurality of containers; and

invoking the automation scripts to link the plurality containers to the payloads in the pool of payloads.

8. A method for automatically configuring payloads in a service solution comprising executing computer-readable program code with a processor to implement one or more containers that provide at least one service, wherein:

each of the one or more containers comprises a container specification that specifies the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service provided by that container and that comprises automation scripts for downloading and configuring those payloads; and

the processor executes the computer-readable program code to implement the one or more containers by;

reading the container specification,

invoking the automation scripts to download the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service, and

invoking the automation scripts to link the downloaded payloads to the one or more containers.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the processor executes the computer-readable program code to implement one or more containers by:

downloading the one or more containers from a solution provider system; and

downloading the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service provided by that container from the solution provider system.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein downloading the one or more containers from a solution provider system initiates an autonomic process in which the processor executes the computer-readable program code to implement one or more containers by:

reading the container specification,

invoking the automation scripts to download the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service, and

invoking the automation scripts to link the downloaded payloads to the one or more containers.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the processor executes the computer-readable program code to implement one or more containers by:

downloading the one or more containers; and

writing one or more unique descriptors to the container specification that identify the container in context of the service solution supported by the at least one service provided by that container.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the processor executes the computer-readable program code to implement one or more containers by:

linking the downloaded payloads with the one or more containers;

instantiating the payloads in the context of the at least one service; and

testing the links between the downloaded payloads and the one or more containers.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the processor executes the computer-readable program code to implement one or more containers by setting entitlements for the one or more containers that enable a user of the apparatus to modify the container.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the processor executes the computer-readable program code to implement a plurality of containers by:

downloading a plurality of containers;

reading the container specification of each of the plurality of containers;

invoking the automation scripts to download the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service provided the plurality of containers;

placing the downloaded payloads in a pool of payloads that is shared by the plurality of containers; and

invoking the automation scripts to link the plurality containers to the payloads in the pool of payloads.

15. A computer program product for automatically configuring payloads in a service solution comprising a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code being configured to implement one or more containers that provide at least one service, wherein:

each of the one or more containers comprises a container specification that specifies the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service provided by that container and that comprises automation scripts for downloading and configuring those payloads; and

the computer-readable program code is configured to implement the one or more containers by;

reading the container specification,

invoking the automation scripts to download the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service, and

invoking the automation scripts to link the downloaded payloads to the one or more containers.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to implement the one or more containers by:

downloading the one or more containers from a solution provider system; and

downloading the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service provided by that container from the solution provider system.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein downloading the one or more containers from a solution provider system initiates an autonomic process in which the processor executes the computer-readable program code to implement one or more containers by:

reading the container specification,

invoking the automation scripts to download the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service, and

invoking the automation scripts to link the downloaded payloads to the one or more containers.

18. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to implement the one or more containers by:

downloading the one or more containers; and

writing one or more unique descriptors to the container specification that identify the container in context of the service solution supported by the at least one service provided by that container.

19. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to implement the one or more containers by:

linking the downloaded payloads with the one or more containers;

instantiating the payloads in the context of the at least one service; and

testing the links between the downloaded payloads and the one or more containers.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to implement the one or more containers by setting entitlements for the one or more containers that enable a user of the apparatus to modify the container.

21. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the computer-readable program code is configured to implement a plurality of containers by:

downloading a plurality of containers;

reading the container specification of each of the plurality of containers;

invoking the automation scripts to download the payloads that are required to implement the at least one service provided the plurality of containers;

placing the downloaded payloads in a pool of payloads that is shared by the plurality of containers; and

invoking the automation scripts to link the plurality containers to the payloads in the pool of payloads.