Low-Risk Deployment of Web Services

• US 20140379897A1
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Published: 12/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Stroomer, Jeffrey, James-Roxby, Philip, Rangel, Raul
• Granted Patent: US 9,325,602 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements

Abstract

There are provided systems and methods for providing low-risk deployment of a web service. In one implementation, such a method includes testing the web service on one or more virtual machines assigned to a testing environment of the system, and reassigning the one or more virtual machines to a production environment of the system configured to service live traffic for the web service. The method also includes hosting the web service using the same one or more virtual machines used to test the web service.

Claims

1. A system for providing low-risk deployment of a web service, the system comprising:

a testing environment for testing the web service;

a production environment configured to service live traffic for the web service;

the system configured to;

test the web service using at least one virtual machine (VM) assigned to the testing environment;

reassign the at least one VM to the production environment; and

host the web service using the same at least one VM used to test the web service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the production environment comprises a web service production cluster including at least one production master VM running a master service for managing the web service production cluster.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein substantially all configuration settings for hosting the web service are available to the at least one VM from the master service for managing the web service production cluster.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the testing environment comprises a web service test cluster including at least one test master VM running a master service for managing the web service test cluster.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the system is configured to reassign the at least one VM to the production environment by reassigning the at least one VM from the master service for managing the web service test cluster to the master service for managing the web service production cluster.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the production environment further comprises a traffic routing module for receiving and redirecting the live traffic for the web service.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the system is further configured to selectively route a portion of the live traffic for the web service to the at least one VM after reassignment of the at least one VM to the production environment.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the traffic routing module comprises a reverse proxy server.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the web service is a newer version of the web service deployed to replace an older version of the web service hosted by the system.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the production environment includes at least another VM providing the older version of the web service and the at least one VM used to host the newer version of the web service.

11. A method for use by a system to provide low-risk deployment of a web service, the method comprising:

testing the web service on at least one virtual machine (VM) assigned to a testing environment of the system;

reassigning the at least one VM to a production environment of the system configured to service live traffic for the web service;

hosting the web service using the same at least one VM used to test the web service.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the production environment comprises a web service production cluster including at least one production master VM running a master service for managing the web service production cluster.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising making substantially all configuration settings for hosting the web service available to the at least one VM from the master service for managing the web service production cluster.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the testing environment comprises a web service test cluster including at least one test master VM running a master service for managing the web service test cluster.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein reassigning the at least one VM to the production environment comprises reassigning the at least one VM from the master service for managing the web service test cluster to the master service for managing the web service production cluster.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the production environment further comprises a traffic routing module for receiving and redirecting the live traffic for the web service.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising using the routing module to selectively route a portion of the live traffic for the web service to the at least one VM after reassigning the at least one VM to the production environment.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the traffic routing module comprises a reverse proxy server.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the web service is a newer version of the web service deployed to replace an older version of the web service hosted by the system.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the production environment includes at least another VM providing the older version of the web service and the at least one VM used to host the newer version of the web service.