Modularly Managed Service Platform

• US 20150058054A1
• Filed: 08/20/2013
• Published: 02/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Maplebear Inc.
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Jayachandran, Praveen, Kothari, Ravi, Nadgowda, Shripad, Verma, Akshat, Viswanathan, Balaji, Basu, Gaurab, Jeswani, Deepak
• Granted Patent: US 9,547,835 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/7.13
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06311 Scheduling, planning or task assignment for a person or group

Abstract

A service method and associated system is provided. The method includes generating event types for events and services associated with the events. Virtual or physical machines associated with the services are provisioned and a message associated with a first event is published. The message is routed to a queue of a second service and the second service is notified of the message. The services are enabled and a selection for a sub-set of the services is received. The selection is enabled.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating, by a computer processor of a computing system, multiple event types for a plurality of events;

generating, by said computer processor, a plurality of services associated with said plurality of events, said plurality of services comprising a platform provided service, a customer provided service, and/or a third party provided service;

provisioning, by said computer processor, a plurality of virtual or physical machines associated with said plurality of services;

publishing, by said computer processor executing a first service of said plurality of services via an exchange associated with a first event of said plurality of events, a first message associated with said first event;

routing, by said computer processor to a queue of a second service of said plurality of services, said first message;

notifying, by said computer processor, said second service of said first message within said queue;

enabling, by said computer processor based on said provisioning, said platform provided service, said customer provided service, and/or said third party provided service;

receiving, by said computer processor from a user during said provisioning, a selection comprising a sub-set of said platform provided service, said customer provided service, and/or said third party provided service; and

enabling, by said computer processor, said selection.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating said multiple event types comprises:

creating, by said computer processor, a unique exchange for each event type of said multiple event types; and

registering, by said computer processor, said first event in an event register.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said generating said plurality of services comprises:

uploading, by said computer processor, scripts associated with said first service and said second service to a script repository managed by a script execution manager;

installing, by said computer processor, said scripts in said script repository; and

configuring, by said computer processor, said scripts in said script repository.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said generating said plurality of services further comprises:

registering, by said computer processor, a group of said multiple event types that said plurality of services will publish in said event register;

registering, by said computer processor, an additional group of said multiple event types that said plurality of services will subscribe to in said event register;

generating, by said computer processor, unique queues for pairs of event types of said multiple event types and associated service types of said plurality of services

connecting, by said computer processor, each queue of said unique queues to an associated unique exchange corresponding an associated event type of said multiple event types; and

registering, by said computer processor in a service register, said plurality of services with information describing associated scripts of said scripts.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said provisioning said plurality of virtual or physical machines comprises:

receiving, by said computer processor from a user, a selection for one or more services of said plurality of services for application to a new virtual or physical machine of said plurality of virtual or physical machines;

receiving, by said computer processor from said user, a selection for a resource configuration and image file for use in said provisioning;

generating, by said computer processor, a plan comprising a sequence of steps for configuring said scripts for said selected services;

adding, by said computer processor, said plan and an associated request to a provisioning queue;

retrieving, by said computer processor, said request from said provisioning queue; and

executing, by said computer processor each script of said scripts in a specified sequence.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said resource configuration comprises CPU/memory resources required for implementing said plurality of virtual or physical machines.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said plurality of services comprise dedicated services and shared services.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing at least one support service for at least one of creating, integrating, hosting, maintaining, and deploying computer-readable code in said computer processor, said code being executed by the computer processor to implement said generating said multiple event types said plurality of services, said generating said plurality of services, said provisioning, said publishing, said routing, said notifying, said enabling said platform, said receiving, and said enabling said selection.

9. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device storing a computer readable program code, said computer readable program code comprising an algorithm that when executed by a computer processor of a computer system implements a method, said method comprising:

generating, by said computer processor, multiple event types for a plurality of events;

generating, by said computer processor, a plurality of services associated with said plurality of events, said plurality of services comprising a platform provided service, a customer provided service, and/or a third party provided service;

provisioning, by said computer processor, a plurality of virtual or physical machines associated with said plurality of services;

publishing, by said computer processor executing a first service of said plurality of services via an exchange associated with a first event of said plurality of events, a first message associated with said first event;

routing, by said computer processor to a queue of a second service of said plurality of services, said first message;

notifying, by said computer processor, said second service of said first message within said queue;

enabling, by said computer processor based on said provisioning, said platform provided service, said customer provided service, and/or said third party provided service;

receiving, by said computer processor from a user during said provisioning, a selection comprising a sub-set of said platform provided service, said customer provided service, and/or said third party provided service; and

enabling, by said computer processor, said selection.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein said generating said multiple event types comprises:

creating, by said computer processor, a unique exchange for each event type of said multiple event types; and

registering, by said computer processor, said first event in an event register.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein said generating said plurality of services comprises:

uploading, by said computer processor, scripts associated with said first service and said second service to a script repository managed by a script execution manager;

installing, by said computer processor, said scripts in said script repository; and

configuring, by said computer processor, said scripts in said script repository.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, wherein said generating said plurality of services further comprises:

registering, by said computer processor, a group of said multiple event types that said plurality of services will publish in said event register;

registering, by said computer processor, an additional group of said multiple event types that said plurality of services will subscribe to in said event register;

generating, by said computer processor, unique queues for pairs of event types of said multiple event types and associated service types of said plurality of services

connecting, by said computer processor, each queue of said unique queues to an associated unique exchange corresponding an associated event type of said multiple event types; and

registering, by said computer processor in a service register, said plurality of services with information describing associated scripts of said scripts.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein said provisioning said plurality of virtual or physical machines comprises:

receiving, by said computer processor from a user, a selection for one or more services of said plurality of services for application to a new virtual or physical machine of said plurality of virtual or physical machines;

receiving, by said computer processor from said user, a selection for a resource configuration and image file for use in said provisioning;

generating, by said computer processor, a plan comprising a sequence of steps for configuring said scripts for said selected services;

adding, by said computer processor, said plan and an associated request to a provisioning queue;

retrieving, by said computer processor, said request from said provisioning queue; and

executing, by said computer processor each script of said scripts in a specified sequence.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein said resource configuration comprises CPU/memory resources required for implementing said plurality of virtual or physical machines.

15. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein said plurality of services comprise dedicated services and shared services.

16. A computer system comprising a computer processor coupled to a computer-readable memory unit, said memory unit comprising instructions that when executed by the computer processor implements a method comprising:

generating, by said computer processor, multiple event types for a plurality of events;

generating, by said computer processor, a plurality of services associated with said plurality of events, said plurality of services comprising a platform provided service, a customer provided service, and/or a third party provided service;

provisioning, by said computer processor, a plurality of virtual or physical machines associated with said plurality of services;

publishing, by said computer processor executing a first service of said plurality of services via an exchange associated with a first event of said plurality of events, a first message associated with said first event;

routing, by said computer processor to a queue of a second service of said plurality of services, said first message;

notifying, by said computer processor, said second service of said first message within said queue;

enabling, by said computer processor based on said provisioning, said platform provided service, said customer provided service, and/or said third party provided service;

receiving, by said computer processor from a user during said provisioning, a selection comprising a sub-set of said platform provided service, said customer provided service, and/or said third party provided service; and

enabling, by said computer processor, said selection.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein said generating said multiple event types comprises:

creating, by said computer processor, a unique exchange for each event type of said multiple event types; and

registering, by said computer processor, said first event in an event register.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein said generating said plurality of services comprises:

uploading, by said computer processor, scripts associated with said first service and said second service to a script repository managed by a script execution manager;

installing, by said computer processor, said scripts in said script repository; and

configuring, by said computer processor, said scripts in said script repository.

19. The computer system of claim 18, wherein said generating said plurality of services further comprises:

registering, by said computer processor, a group of said multiple event types that said plurality of services will publish in said event register;

registering, by said computer processor, an additional group of said multiple event types that said plurality of services will subscribe to in said event register;

generating, by said computer processor, unique queues for pairs of event types of said multiple event types and associated service types of said plurality of services

connecting, by said computer processor, each queue of said unique queues to an associated unique exchange corresponding an associated event type of said multiple event types; and

registering, by said computer processor in a service register, said plurality of services with information describing associated scripts of said scripts.

20. The computer system of claim 19, wherein said provisioning said plurality of virtual or physical machines comprises:

receiving, by said computer processor from a user, a selection for one or more services of said plurality of services for application to a new virtual or physical machine of said plurality of virtual or physical machines;

receiving, by said computer processor from said user, a selection for a resource configuration and image file for use in said provisioning;

generating, by said computer processor, a plan comprising a sequence of steps for configuring said scripts for said selected services;

adding, by said computer processor, said plan and an associated request to a provisioning queue;

retrieving, by said computer processor, said request from said provisioning queue; and

executing, by said computer processor each script of said scripts in a specified sequence.