SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONFIGURATION KNOWLEDGE SEARCH

• US 20170249176A1
• Filed: 02/26/2016
• Published: 08/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/26/2016
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Elias, Filip, Nguyen, Filip
• Application Number:
  US15/054,369
• Publication Number:
  US 20170249176A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/1873 Versioning file systems, temporal file systems, e.g. file system supporting different historic versions of files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/188 Virtual file systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2474 Sequence data queries, e.g. querying versioned data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects

Abstract

Various examples are directed to systems and methods for searching for possible configuration for software, for example, middleware. A computing device may collect and store user statistics of a configuration of the middleware in a designated database. The user statistics may be from users in a computing system. The computing device may collect the user statistics from users all over the world. The computing device may record a timeline of the configuration of the middleware in a call stack. The computing device may match search query terms with a corresponding component of the middleware in the call stack. The computing device may identify in the designated database a corresponding configuration of the corresponding component and propose a configuration to be made to the middleware based on the corresponding configuration of the corresponding component.

Claims

1. A method for searching configuration knowledge of a middleware in a virtual machine environment, comprising:

identifying a configuration of the middleware by a hypervisor executing at a computing device and from a virtual machine executing at the computing device, the computing device comprising at least one processor and a data storage device in communication with the at least one processor, the middleware comprising at least one component, providing to a corresponding software application services not provided by the computing device, and supporting development and delivery of the corresponding software application, and the configuration of the middleware comprising a way to configure the at least one component, identifying the configuration comprising

gathering, by the hypervisor, user statistics of the configuration of the middleware, the user statistics identifying a configuration file and comprising data selected from the group consisting of a location of the configuration file, a key for the at least one component of the middleware, and a configuration value, and combinations thereof, and

storing, by the hypervisor, the user statistics in a designated database;

tracing, by the hypervisor, the configuration at runtime, comprising recording, by the hypervisor, a code of the configuration of the middleware at runtime in a call stack;

initiating, by the hypervisor, a search query, comprising

matching, by the hypervisor, search query terms with a corresponding component of the middleware in the call stack; and

identifying, by the hypervisor, in the designated database a corresponding configuration of the corresponding component; and

proposing, by the hypervisor, a proposal configuration based on the corresponding configuration of the corresponding component.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user statistics are organized in a tree plot.

3. The method of claims 2, wherein the proposal configuration comprises a subset of the tree plot.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the designated database comprises the user statistics for all users of the middleware.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the location of the configuration file is selected from the group consisting of a path to the configuration file, a path to a file system where the configuration file is located, a path to a database where the configuration file is located, and combinations thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration file comprises more than one configuration.

7. The method of claims 1, wherein the call stack comprises a set of recordings of the code of the configuration.

8. The method of claims 1, wherein the search query terms comprise at least one keyword.

9. The method of claims 1, wherein initiating the search query further comprises receiving the search query terms.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein initiating the search query further comprises searching the corresponding component in the designated database.

11. A computer system for searching configuration knowledge, comprising:

at least one processor;

a data storage device in communication with the at least one processor, wherein the data storage device comprises instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to;

analyze user statistics of a configuration of a middleware, wherein the middleware comprises at least one component, the configuration of the middleware comprises a way to configure the at least one component, and the user statistics identifies a configuration file;

merge the user statistics in a designated database;

trace a code of the configuration of the middleware at runtime in a call stack;

match search query terms with a corresponding component of the middleware in the call stack;

search in the designated database a corresponding configuration of the corresponding component; and

output a proposal configuration based on the corresponding configuration of the corresponding component.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the user statistics comprise data selected from the group consisting of a location of the configuration file, a key for the at least one component of the middleware, and a configuration value, and combinations thereof

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the data storage device further comprises instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to save the user statistics in at least one tree plot.

14. The computer system of claim 11, further comprising at least one user interface.

15. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the data storage device further comprises instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to receive the search query terms.

16. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the data storage device further comprises instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to search the corresponding component in the designated database.

17. A method, comprising:

collecting, by a computing device, user statistics of a configuration of a middleware, wherein the middleware comprises at least one component and provides to a corresponding software application services not provided by the computing device, the configuration of the middleware comprises a way to configure the at least one component, and the user statistics identifies a configuration file modified by a user of the middleware;

saving, by the computing device, the user statistics in a designated database;

storing, by the computing device, a code of the configuration of the middleware at runtime in a call stack;

matching, by the computing device, search query terms with a corresponding component of the middleware in the call stack;

finding, by the computing device, in the designated database a corresponding configuration of the corresponding component; and

providing, by the computing device, a proposal configuration based on the corresponding configuration of the corresponding component in the designated database.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the user statistics comprise data selected from the group consisting of a location of the configuration file, a key for the at least one component of the middleware, and a configuration value, and combinations thereof.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising organizing the user statistics in at least one tree plot.

20. The method of claim 17, further comprising searching the corresponding component in the designated database.