Source to Image Transformation Pipeline for a Platform-as-a-Service System

• US 20170147335A1
• Filed: 11/25/2015
• Published: 05/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/25/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Wong, Cesar, Coleman, Clayton, Parees, Benjamin
• Granted Patent: US 9,727,330 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/40 Transformation of program code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

Implementations provide for a source to image transformation pipeline for a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system. A method of the disclosure includes receiving a request to create an application for execution on a multi-tenant PaaS system, introspecting received source files associated with the application to identify at least one of a language or a framework corresponding to the application, identifying a build image corresponding to the identified at least one of the language or the framework, constructing a build configuration object, a deployment configuration object, and a networking configuration object for the application, and transmitting, by the processing device, the build configuration object, the deployment configuration object, and the networking configuration object to a master layer of the multi-tenant PaaS system to enable the multi-tenant PaaS system to build and deploy the application at one or more nodes of the multi-tenant PaaS system.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving a request to create an application for execution on a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system;

receiving identification of source files associated with the application;

introspecting, by a processing device, the source files to identify at least one of a language or a framework corresponding to the application;

identifying, by the processing device, a build image corresponding to the identified at least one of the language or the framework;

constructing, by the processing device, a build configuration object, a deployment configuration object, and a networking configuration object for the application; and

transmitting, by the processing device, the build configuration object, the deployment configuration object, and the networking configuration object to a master layer of the multi-tenant PaaS system to enable the multi-tenant PaaS system to build and deploy the application at one or more nodes of the multi-tenant PaaS system without user intervention.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the build image provides a core functionality of the application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the build configuration object, the deployment configuration object, and the networking configuration object enable the multi-tenant PaaS system to build and deploy the application at the one or more nodes of the multi-tenant PaaS system without any interaction with an end user that requested to create the application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the build configuration object comprises an object that defines a build process for the application, and wherein the build configuration object takes as input the source files and the identified build image and generates a new application image.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the deployment configuration object comprises an object that defines details of deployment of the new application image, and wherein the details of the deployment comprise at least one of replication control definitions, triggers for creating new deployments automatically, strategy for transitioning between deployments, or lifecycle hooks.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the deployment configuration object is further to:

determine that the image declares a volume; and

match the volume to attached storage in the multi-tenant PaaS system, the attached storage to provide persistent storage for the application located at a file path defined by the volume declaration.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the networking configuration object enables the application as created by the deployment to be accessible by one or more end users, and wherein the networking configuration detects exposed ports in the source files and uses a lowest numeric exposed port to generate a service that exposes the lowest numeric exposed port.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the build image is located in at least one of a local repository of an end user device originating the request to create the new application, a remote repository, or a data store of the multi-tenant PaaS system.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the build image is identified in view of a weighted score applied to the build image, the weighted score reflecting an accuracy of the build image matching the at least one of the language or the framework of the introspected source files.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the source files comprise at least one of source code, images, or templates.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more nodes of the multi-tenant PaaS system execute multiple applications comprising at least the application, and wherein the multiple applications are owned by different owners.

12. A system, comprising:

a memory;

a processing device communicably coupled to the memory, the processing device to;

receive a request to create an application for execution on a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system;

receive identification of source files associated with the application;

introspect the source files to identify at least one of a language or a framework corresponding to the application;

identify a build image corresponding to the identified at least one of the language or the framework;

construct a build configuration object, a deployment configuration object, and a networking configuration object for the application; and

transmit the build configuration object, the deployment configuration object, and the networking configuration object to a master layer of the multi-tenant PaaS system to enable the multi-tenant PaaS system to build and deploy the application at one or more nodes of the multi-tenant PaaS system without user intervention.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the build configuration object, the deployment configuration object, and the networking configuration object enable the multi-tenant PaaS system to build and deploy the application at the one or more nodes of the multi-tenant PaaS system without any interaction with an end user that requested to create the application.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the build configuration object comprises an object that defines a build process for the application, and wherein the build configuration object takes as input the source files and the identified build image and generates a new application image.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the deployment configuration object comprises an object that defines details of deployment of the new application image, and wherein the details of the deployment comprise at least one of replication control definitions, triggers for creating new deployments automatically, strategy for transitioning between deployments, or lifecycle hooks.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the deployment configuration object is further to:

determine that the image declares a volume; and

match the volume to attached storage in the multi-tenant PaaS system, the attached storage to provide persistent storage for the application located at a file path defined by the volume declaration.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the networking configuration object enables the application as created by the deployment to be accessible by one or more end users, and wherein the networking configuration detects exposed ports in the source files and uses a lowest numeric exposed port to generate a service that exposes the lowest numeric exposed port.

18. The system of claim 12, wherein the build image is identified in view of a weighted score applied to the build image, the weighted score reflecting an accuracy of the build image matching the at least one of the language or the framework of the introspected source files.

19. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium including instructions that, when accessed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

receive a build configuration object, a deployment configuration object, and a networking configuration object for the application, the build configuration object, a deployment configuration object, and the networking configuration object generated in response to a request to create an application for execution on a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system;

build, by the processing device, an application image for the application in view of the build configuration object; and

deploy, by the processing device without user intervention, the application using the built application image at one or more nodes of the multi-tenant PaaS system in view of the deployment configuration object and the networking configuration object

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the build configuration object comprises an object that defines a build process for the application and generates the application image, and wherein the build configuration object takes as input source files corresponding to the application and a build image corresponding to at least one of a language or a framework determined from introspection of the input source files.

21. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 20,

wherein the deployment configuration object comprises an object that defines details of deployment of the application image, and wherein the details of the deployment comprise at least one of replication control definitions, triggers for creating new deployments automatically, strategy for transitioning between deployments, or lifecycle hooks.

22. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the deployment configuration object is further to:

determine that the application image declares a volume; and

match the volume to attached storage in the multi-tenant PaaS system, the attached storage to provide persistent storage for the application located at a file path defined by the volume declaration.

23. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the networking configuration object enables the deployed application to be accessible by one or more end users, and wherein the networking configuration detects exposed ports in the input source files and uses a lowest numeric exposed port to generate a service that exposes the lowest numeric exposed port.