Method and apparatus for process enforced configuration management
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1. A method comprising:
- managing, using a configuration management system, a configuration change process for a plurality of configurable elements (CEs) within a corresponding at least one configurable computation system (CCS);
generating, using the configuration management system, a configuration change request for the plurality of configurable elements;
applying, using an analytics module communicably connected to the CCS over a network, one or more authorization rules to a configuration change request to generate a selective configuration change authorization for a subset of the CEs meeting the one or more authorization rules;
providing a time window in the selective configuration change authorization, during which configuration changes are enabled, to one or more selective configuration locks in the at least one CCS corresponding to the subset of the one or more CEs over the network; and
selectively locking configuration changes, using the one or more selective configuration locks in the at least one CCS corresponding to the subset of the one or more CEs, wherein the locking can selectively enable configuration changes to the subset of the one or more CEs according to the time window in the selective configuration change authorization.
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Abstract
A system for and method of automatically enforcing a configuration change process for change requests of one or more configurable element within one or more configurable computation systems. The system comprises means for managing a configuration change process for one or more configurable elements within a corresponding configurable computation system, means for generation a configuration request, means for applying a set of authorization rules to the configuration change requests to generate selective authorization of the CEs, and means for selectively locking and unlocking changes to configurable elements within the configurable computational systems.
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1. A method comprising:
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managing, using a configuration management system, a configuration change process for a plurality of configurable elements (CEs) within a corresponding at least one configurable computation system (CCS); generating, using the configuration management system, a configuration change request for the plurality of configurable elements; applying, using an analytics module communicably connected to the CCS over a network, one or more authorization rules to a configuration change request to generate a selective configuration change authorization for a subset of the CEs meeting the one or more authorization rules; providing a time window in the selective configuration change authorization, during which configuration changes are enabled, to one or more selective configuration locks in the at least one CCS corresponding to the subset of the one or more CEs over the network; and selectively locking configuration changes, using the one or more selective configuration locks in the at least one CCS corresponding to the subset of the one or more CEs, wherein the locking can selectively enable configuration changes to the subset of the one or more CEs according to the time window in the selective configuration change authorization. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Logic encoded in non-transitory media that includes instructions for execution and when executed by a processor, is operable to perform operations comprising:
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managing, using a configuration management system, a configuration change process for a plurality of configurable elements (CEs) within a corresponding at least one configurable computation system (CCS); generating, using the configuration management system, a configuration change request for the plurality of configurable elements; applying, using an analytics module communicably connected to the CCS over a network, one or more authorization rules to a configuration change request to generate a selective configuration change authorization for a subset of the CEs meeting the one or more authorization rules; providing a time window in the selective configuration change authorization, during which configuration changes are enabled, to one or more selective configuration locks in the at least one CCS corresponding to the subset of the one or more CEs over the network; and selectively locking configuration changes, using the one or more selective configuration locks in the at least one CCS corresponding to the subset of the one or more CEs, wherein the locking can selectively enable configuration changes to the subset of the one or more CEs according to the time window in the selective configuration change authorization. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more processors configured to execute instructions, the instructions, comprising:
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managing, using a configuration management system, a configuration change process for a plurality of configurable elements (CEs) within a corresponding at least one configurable computation system (CCS); generating, using the configuration management system, a configuration change request for the plurality of configurable elements; applying, using an analytics module communicably connected to the CCS over a network, one or more authorization rules to a configuration change request to generate a selective configuration change authorization for a subset of the CEs meeting the one or more authorization rules; providing a time window in the selective configuration change authorization, during which configuration changes are enabled, to one or more selective configuration locks in the at least one CCS corresponding to the subset of the one or more CEs over the network; and selectively locking configuration changes, using the one or more selective configuration locks in the at least one CCS corresponding to the subset of the one or more CEs, wherein the locking can selectively enable configuration changes to the subset of the one or more CEs according to the time window in the selective configuration change authorization. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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