Message-based installation management using message bus

• US 9,047,155 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2009
• Issued: 06/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: DeHaan, Michael Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): RHU, KRIS M
• Application Number:
  US12/495,077
• Publication Number:
  US 20100333084A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,163 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

Embodiments relate to message-based installation management using a message bus. In embodiments, a deployment server or other provisioning host can be connected to a resource via a message bus. A processor monitors the bus message traffic to detect a message activity. The processor generates an installation command to cause a software installation in a managed network in view of the message activity detected on the message bus.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

establishing a message bus between a deployment server and a resource;

monitoring, by a processor, the message bus to detect a first installation activity; and

generating by the processor, an installation command to cause a second installation activity in a managed network in view of the first installation activity detected on the message bus.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the managed network comprises at least one of a set of hosts or a set of targets.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the at least one of a set of hosts or a set of targets comprises at least one of a set of virtual machines or a set of hardware-implemented machines.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the first installation activity comprises a first software installation to a plurality of the hosts or targets in the at least one of a set of hosts or a set of targets.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the deployment server, an application, or a node of the managed network subscribe to a message queue.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising generating a message from the deployment server to at least one of the application or node of the managed network indicating a status of an installation process.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the subscription to the message queue is based on a one-to-many configuration.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource comprises an application, the managed network, and a network management platform.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first installation activity comprises an installation an operating system, and wherein the second installation activity comprises an installation of a set of software applications to the operating system.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the first installation activity in the managed network is deployed as a universal service across the managed network.

11. A system, comprising:

an interface to a resource; and

a deployment server, to communicate with the resource via the interface, the deployment server comprising a processor to;

access a message bus between the deployment server and the resource to detect a message activity that is related to an installation event,

receive an installation command to cause a software installation in a managed network via the message bus, and

initiate the software installation via the message bus after the installation event.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the managed network comprises at least one of a set of hosts or a set of targets.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the at least one of a set of hosts or a set of targets comprises at least one of a set of virtual machines or a set of hardware-implemented machines.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the software installation comprises a software installation to a plurality of the hosts or targets in the at least one of a set of hosts or a set of targets.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the message bus comprises an exchange and a message queue.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein at least one of the deployment server, a set of applications, or a node of the managed network subscribe to the message queue.

17. The system of claim 16, the processor further to generate a message from the deployment server to at least one of the set of applications or node of the managed network indicating a status of an installation process.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the installation commands are received in view of detected installation events in the managed network.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the subscription to the message queue is based on a one-to-many configuration.

20. The system of claim 11 wherein the software installation comprises an installation of at least one of an operating system or an application.

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, in response to execution by a processor, cause the processor to:

establish a message bus between a deployment server and a resource;

monitor the message bus to detect a message with a first installation activity; and

generate, by the processor, an installation command to cause a second installation activity in a managed network, in view of the message detected on the message bus.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the first installation activity comprises an installation an operating system, and wherein the second installation activity comprises an installation of a set of software applications to the operating system.