SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SUPPORTING LIFECYCLE PLUGINS IN A MULTITENANT APPLICATION SERVER ENVIRONMENT

• US 20160094473A1
• Filed: 09/24/2015
• Published: 03/31/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: MORDANI, RAJIV, PATEL, CHANDA, ISLAM, NAZRUL, KONKUS, LOREN, GHAFFAR, SIRAJ, DATTATREYA, JYOTHI
• Granted Patent: US 10,469,401 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24547 Optimisations to support specific applications; Extensibility of optimisers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24549 Run-time optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/256 in federated or virtual databases
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/273 Asynchronous replication or reconciliation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/278 Data partitioning, e.g. horizontal or vertical partitioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/76 using dynamic resource allocation, e.g. in-call renegotiation requested by the user or requested by the network in response to changing network conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• 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 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/40 for recovering from a failure of a protocol instance or entity, e.g. service redundancy protocols, protocol state redundancy or protocol service redirection management of faults, events, alarms or notifications in data switching networks H04L41/06

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing an end-to-end lifecycle in a multi-tenant application server environment. A lifecycle manager enables configuration integration across different components, for example application servers, traffic directors or load balancers, and database or other components, which may have their own partition-specific configurations. In accordance with an embodiment, the end-to-end lifecycle infrastructure includes a plugin-based mechanism which enables the different components within a multi-tenant application server environment to use a lifecycle plugin to provide their own component-specific lifecycle functionality. In accordance with an embodiment, the system includes support for a tenant onboarding functionality, which can be used to onboard a tenant for a service to a particular partition. In accordance with an embodiment, the system supports the use of a global runtime within the multi-tenant application server environment.

Claims

1. A system for supporting lifecycle plugins in a multitenant application server environment, comprising one or more computers, comprising an application server environment executing thereon, together with

a plurality of deployable resources which can be used within the application server environment,

one or more resource group templates, which define groupings of deployable resources within a domain, and

one or more partitions, wherein each partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of the domain, that can be associated with a tenant;

and

a partition lifecycle infrastructure which provides a plugin based mechanism, enabling different components to provide component specific lifecycle functionality by way of a plugin.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plugin is a database plugin.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the plugin is an application server plugin.

4. A method for supporting lifecycle plugins in a multitenant application server environment, comprising:

providing, at one or more computers, comprising an application server environment executing thereon,

a plurality of deployable resources which can be used within the application server environment,

one or more resource group templates, which define groupings of deployable resources within a domain, and

one or more partitions, wherein each partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of the domain that can be associated with a tenant; and

providing a partition lifecycle infrastructure which provides a plugin based mechanism, enabling different components to provide component specific lifecycle functionality by way of a plugin.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the plugin is a database plugin.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the plugin is an application server plugin.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the method comprising:

providing an application server environment, together with

a plurality of deployable resources which can be used within the application server environment,

one or more resource group templates, which define groupings of deployable resources within a domain, and

one or more partitions, wherein each partition provides an administrative and runtime subdivision of the domain that can be associated with a tenant; and

providing a partition lifecycle infrastructure which provides a plugin based mechanism, enabling different components to provide component specific lifecycle functionality by way of a plugin.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the plugin is a database plugin.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the plugin is an application server plugin.