System and Method for Generating an Application Structure for an Application in a Computerized Organization

• US 20160364212A1
• Filed: 08/15/2016
• Published: 12/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ServiceNow Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ServiceNow Incorporated
• Inventors: Mohaban, Shai, Rosh, Haviv, Benado, Yarin, Cohen, Yuval
• Granted Patent: US 10,048,943 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/13 File access structures, e.g. distributed indices arrangements of input from, or output to, record carriers G06F3/06
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/148 File search processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/17 Details of further file system functions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/20 of structured data, e.g. relational data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4806 Task transfer initiation or dispatching
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• 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 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A computerized system and method for generating an application structure for an application in a computerized organization having a plurality of components. An implementation includes generating the application structure for the application by including, in the application structure, applicative components and connections between applicative components identified using a first entry point. In an implementation, the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes applying a first set of patterns against a first component associated with the first entry point to identify a first applicative component of the applicative components and a first connection of the connections, the first connection including a second entry point. The applicative components and the connections between applicative components can be recursively identified.

Claims

1. A computerized system for generating an application structure for an application in a computerized organization having a plurality of components, the system comprising:

a server device having a processor and a memory, the processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to generate the application structure for the application by including, in the application structure, applicative components and connections between applicative components identified using a first entry point,

wherein the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes applying a first set of patterns against a first component associated with the first entry point to identify a first applicative component of the applicative components and a first connection of the connections, the first connection including a second entry point.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes applying a second set of patterns against a second component associated with the second entry point to identify a second applicative component of the applicative components and a second connection of the connections, the second connection including a third entry point.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes recursively identifying the applicative components and the connections between applicative components using identified entry points.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes iteratively identifying the applicative components and the connections between applicative components using identified entry points.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes determining that a third connection of the connections is associated with a previously identified applicative component of the applicative components.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes determining that a third connection of the connections includes a fourth entry point not associated with a previously identified applicative component of the applicative components and, responsive to the determining, applying a third set of patterns against a fourth component associated with the fourth entry point to identify a fourth applicative component of the applicative components.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes running operating system discovery against the first component.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes identifying a first process running on the first component that is associated with the first entry point.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes identifying a first process running on the first component that is associated with the first entry point.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein identifying the first process includes listening on a port associated with the first entry point.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein a first pattern of the first set of patterns to be applied against the first component includes a set of rules usable to identify a presence of a particular applicative component on the first component.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein a first pattern of the first set of patterns to be applied against the first component includes an identification section and a connection section, wherein the connection section is used to identify connections with other entry points, including at least the first connection with the second entry point, after the identification section is used to identify the first applicative component of the applicative components.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the connection section includes a set of rules including searching for a configuration file, parsing the configuration file, extracting parameters from the configuration file, and identifying at least one other entry point, other than the second entry point, using the extracted parameters.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the identification section includes a set of rules including extracting a process executable name and comparing the process executable name against a predetermined string.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the identification section includes a set of rules including searching for specified files, parsing the specified files, and searching a registry for specified information.

16. The system of claim 2, wherein the instructions stored in the memory to generate the application structure includes instructions to create configuration items in a database for the applicative components, wherein a first configuration item and a second configuration item are stored in the database, the first configuration item associated with the first applicative component and including attributes of the first applicative component, the second configuration item associated with the second applicative component and including attributes of the second applicative component.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the instructions to create configuration items includes checking whether the first configuration item matches an existing configuration item in the database before storing the first configuration item in the database.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the identification of the applicative components and the connections between applicative components includes identifying an applicative cluster including more than one of the applicative components.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to derive a skeleton from the application structure.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to update the application structure as generated by updating the skeleton, identifying changed portions of the skeleton, and re-discovering portions of the application structure associated with the changed portions of the skeleton.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to receive a plurality of events associated with the application, associating events from the plurality of events with elements included in the application structure, and calculating an impact of the events on at least some of the elements included in the application structure.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein the first component is a server on which the first applicative component is executed.

23. A method for recursively generating an application structure for an application in a computerized organization having a plurality of components, the method comprising:

recursively executing, by a processor, a procedure, including providing an output entry point from a prior execution of the procedure as an input entry point of the procedure to identify applicative components and connections between applicative components of the application structure; and

generating the application structure based on the applicative components and the connections between applicative components,

wherein the procedure includes identifying applicative components and connections between applicative components of the application structure by applying patterns against a component associated with the input entry point to identify at least one applicative component, of the applicative components, associated with the input entry point and at least one connection, of the connections, from the at least one applicative component with a respective output entry point.

24. A system for recursively generating an application structure for an application in a computerized organization having a plurality of components, the system comprising:

a processor and a memory, the memory including a procedure comprising instructions to apply patterns against a component associated with an input entry point of the procedure to identify an applicative component associated with the input entry point of the procedure and a connection from the identified applicative component to an output entry point, and the processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to;

execute the procedure using an entry point to the application as the input entry point of the procedure;

recursively execute the procedure using an output entry point from a prior execution of the procedure as the input entry point of the procedure; and

generate the application structure based on the applicative components and the connections between applicative components identified by recursive execution of the procedure.