SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN END-TO-END LIFECYCLE IN A MULTITENANT APPLICATION SERVER ENVIRONMENT

• US 20160094484A1
• 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, ISLAM, NAZRUL, DATTATREYA, JYOTHI, GHAFFAR, SIRAJ, KONKUS, LOREN, PATEL, CHANDA, GALLOWAY, JENNIFER
• Granted Patent: US 10,084,723 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/656 while running
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5072 Grid computing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/827 Aggregation of resource allocation or reservation requests
• 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

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 end-to-end lifecycle 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 lifecycle component that provide configuration integration across components that all have partition-specific configurations that must be associated and coordinated.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the lifecycle component supports interceptors.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the lifecycle component supports zero downtime patching.

4. A method for end-to-end lifecycle 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 lifecycle component that provide configuration integration across components that all have partition-specific configurations that must be associated and coordinated.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the lifecycle component supports interceptors.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the lifecycle component supports zero downtime patching.

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 lifecycle component that provide configuration integration across components that all have partition-specific configurations that must be associated and coordinated.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the lifecycle component supports interceptors.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the lifecycle component supports zero downtime patching.