Model-driven software deployment in an application server

• US 7,512,942 B2
• Filed: 08/24/2005
• Issued: 03/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: McElroy, Thomas Francis, Vasudeva, Guruprasad Chitrapur, Brown, Kyle Gene, Majumdar, Arunava, Larsen, Grant J.
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAVIS, JOHN Q
• Application Number:
  US11/210,579
• Publication Number:
  US 20070055972A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,315 Days
• Field of Search: 717/174
• US Class Current: 717/174
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product is provided for deploying software in a data processing system. A topology pattern is selected in which the selected topology pattern describes an arrangement of software and hardware devices. Augments to the selected topology pattern are received to form an augmented topology pattern after a selection of a selected topology pattern from a plurality of topology patterns. The augmented topology pattern is transformed into a set of deployable scripts, wherein the set of deployable scripts is used for the software deployment.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method in a data processing system for a software deployment, the method comprising:

selecting a topology pattern from a plurality of topology patterns to form a selected topology pattern, wherein the selected topology pattern describes an arrangement of software and hardware devices, and wherein the selection of the selected topology pattern is made through a user interface;

receiving augments to the selected topology pattern to form an augmented topology pattern, wherein the augments are selected by a user, and wherein the selected topology pattern represents a set of component diagrams wherein nodes represent physical machines in the selected topology pattern, and wherein the set of component diagrams represent at least one of an individual software component, application, application server, database server, and container;

transforming the augmented topology pattern into a set of deployable scripts, wherein the set of deployable scripts is used for the software deployment;

scheduling the set of deployable scripts for deployment;

deploying the set of deployable scripts to a targeted device;

determining, based on the set of deployable scripts, whether additional augments are to be performed on the augmented topology pattern;

responsive to determining that additional arguments are to be performed on the augmented topology pattern, accepting the additional augments made to the augmented topology pattern to form a second augmented topology pattern;

transforming the second augmented topology pattern into the set of deployable scripts; and

transforming deployment metadata into a reverse engineered topology pattern, wherein the deployment metadata is retrieved from a deployment node, wherein the deployment metadata is stored in the deployment node data structure, and wherein the reverse engineered topology pattern is stored in a pattern data structure as a new topology pattern.

2. A data processing system comprising:

a bus system;

a communications system connected to the bus system;

a storage device connected to the bus system, wherein the storage device includes a set of instructions; and

a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to;

selecting a topology pattern from a plurality of topology patterns to form a selected topology pattern, wherein the selected topology pattern describes an arrangement of software and hardware devices, and wherein the selection of the selected topology pattern is made through a user interface;

receiving augments to the selected topology pattern to form an augmented topology pattern, wherein the augments are selected by a user, and wherein the selected topology pattern represents a set of component diagrams where nodes represent physical machines in the selected topology pattern, wherein the set of component diagrams represent at least one of an individual software component, application, application server, database server, and container;

transforming the augmented topology pattern into a set of deployable scripts, wherein the set of deployable scripts is used for the software deployment;

scheduling the set of deployable scripts for deployment;

deploying the set of deployable scripts to a targeted device;

determining, based on the set of deployable scripts, whether additional augments are to be performed on the augmented topology pattern;

responsive to determining that additional arguments are to be performed on the augmented topology pattern, accepting the additional augments made to the augmented topology pattern to form a second augmented topology pattern;

transforming the second augmented topology pattern into the set of deployable scripts; and

transforming deployment metadata into a reverse engineered topology pattern, wherein the deployment metadata is retrieved from a deployment node, wherein the deployment metadata is stored in the deployment node data structure, and wherein the reversed engineered topology pattern is stored in a pattern data structure as a new topology pattern.

3. A computer program product comprising:

a computer storage medium including computer usable program code for software deployment, the computer program product comprising;

computer usable program code for selecting a topology pattern from a plurality of topology patterns to form a selected topology pattern, wherein the selected topology pattern describes an arrangement of software and hardware devices, and wherein the selection of the selected topology pattern is made through a user interface;

computer usable program code for receiving augments to the selected topology pattern to form an augmented topology pattern, wherein the augments are selected by a user, computer usable program code for transforming deployment metadata into a reverse engineered topology pattern, wherein the deployment metadata is retrieved from a deployment node, wherein the deployment metadata is stored in the deployment node data structure, and wherein the reversed engineered topology pattern is stored in a pattern data structure as a new topology pattern.