SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR RESOURCE OVERRIDING IN A MULTITENANT APPLICATION SERVER ENVIRONMENT

• US 20160094478A1
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• 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: QUINN, TIMOTHY, DI POL, JOSEPH
• Granted Patent: US 10,467,061 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/786 Mapping reservation between domains

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for providing a partition file system in a multitenant application server environment. The system enables application server components to work with partition-specific files for a given partition, instead of or in addition to domain-wide counterpart files. The system also allows the location of some or all of a partition-specific storage to be specified by higher levels of the software stack. In accordance with an embodiment, also described herein is a system and method for resource overriding in a multitenant application server environment, which provides a means for administrators to customize, at a resource group level, resources that are defined in a resource group template referenced by a partition, and to override resource definitions for particular partitions.

Claims

1. A system for resource overriding in a multitenant application server environment, comprising one or more computers, including 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

wherein the system provides a means for administrators to customize, at the resource group level, resources that are defined in resource group templates, and/or to override resource definitions.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the system supports the use of resource deployment plans to override resource definitions for use with a partition.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the system supports the use of overriding config beans to override resource definitions for use with a partition.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the location of some or all of the resource definition overrides can be specified by higher or upper levels in the software stack.

5. A method for resource overriding in a multitenant application server environment, comprising:

providing, at one or more computers, including 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 means for administrators to customize, at the resource group level, resources that are defined in resource group templates, and/or to override resource definitions.

6. The method of claim 5, further supporting the use of resource deployment plans to override resource definitions for use with a partition.

7. The method of claim 5, further supporting the use of overriding config beans to override resource definitions for use with a partition.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the location of some or all of the resource definition overrides can be specified by higher or upper levels in the software stack.

9. 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 steps 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 means for administrators to customize, at the resource group level, resources that are defined in resource group templates, and/or to override resource definitions.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, further supporting the use of resource deployment plans to override resource definitions for use with a partition.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, further supporting the use of overriding config beans to override resource definitions for use with a partition.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein the location of some or all of the resource definition overrides can be specified by higher or upper levels in the software stack.