Systems, methods, and computer medium to enhance redeployment of web applications after initial deployment

• US 9,239,717 B1
• Filed: 01/22/2015
• Issued: 01/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Government of Saudi Arabia)
• Original Assignee: Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Government of Saudi Arabia)
• Inventors: AlSaeed, Husain
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): HEBERT, THEODORE E
• Application Number:
  US14/602,376
• Time in Patent Office: 362 Days
• Field of Search: 717/172
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5041 characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Embodiments of systems, non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more computer programs stored therein, and computer-implemented methods are provided to enhance redeployment of web applications after initial deployment. Access to initial deployment of a plurality of web applications can be blocked. Lists of web applications that are candidates for redeployment can be displayed. For example, a user having a developer role can have abilities to redeploy a web application that is currently in development to a test environment. A user having a librarian role can have abilities to redeploy a web application associated with the librarian'"'"'s division that is currently deployed in a test environment to a production environment. Consequently, a developer is permitted only to redeploy a web application to a test environment and cannot deploy a web application to a production environment. Application lifecycle rules thereby are enforced. Additionally, human error evasion and smart recovery features are provided.

Claims

1. A system to enhance redeployment of web applications after initial deployment, the system comprising:

one or more processors;

one or more databases in communication with the one or more processors and having data associated with a plurality of web applications stored therein, each of the plurality of web applications configured to have an associated current deployment status, current deployment status including one or more of the following;

in development and deployed in a test environment;

one or more input and output units in communication with the one or more processors and positioned to receive input and output communication;

one or more displays in communication with the one or more processors and configured to display an electronic user interface thereon; and

non-transitory memory medium in communication with the one or more processors, the memory medium including;

an access module including computer-readable instructions stored therein that when executed cause the one or more processors to perform the step of;

blocking access to initial deployment of the plurality of web applications to a plurality of users, each user configured to have a user identifier, each of the plurality of web applications configured to be associated with a user identifier of one or more of the plurality of users in a web application developer role thereby to define one or more developer users, each of the plurality of web applications further configured to be associated with a user identifier of a different one or more of the plurality of users in a web application librarian role thereby to define one or more librarian users, a librarian role configured to indicate authorization to redeploy a web application to a production environment,

a redeployment-eligible web applications module including computer-readable instructions stored therein that when executed cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of;

displaying a list of a first set of one or more web applications of the plurality of web applications to one of the plurality of users responsive to a determination that each of the first set of web applications has a current deployment status of in development and that the user identifier associated with the respective one of the plurality of users includes an indicator that the associated user is one of the one or more developer users associated with the respective web application,

displaying a list of second set of another one or more web applications of the plurality of web applications to the one of the plurality of users responsive to a determination that each of the second set of web applications has a current deployment status of deployed in a test environment and that the user identifier associated with the respective one of the plurality of users includes an indicator of a librarian role associated with each of the second set of web applications,

a redeployment module including computer-readable instructions stored therein that when executed cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of;

responsive to user selection of a web application from the list of the first set of web applications thereby to define a first selected web application;

determining a domain and server in the test environment configured to host the first selected web application upon redeployment, the domain and server thereby to define a redeployment test destination,

redeploying the first selected web application to the redeployment test destination thereby to reduce redeployment time,

determining whether the redeployment to the redeployment test destination was successful,

generating a notification to indicate that the first selected web application is in test by use of the electronic user interface when the redeployment to the redeployment test destination was successful, and

sending an electronic message to the one of the plurality of users to indicate that the first selected web application is in test when the redeployment to the redeployment test destination was successful, and

responsive to user selection of a web application from the list of the second set of web applications thereby to define a second selected web application;

determining a domain and server in the production environment configured to host the second selected web application upon redeployment, the domain and server thereby to define a redeployment production destination, the production environment configured to be different than the test environment,

redeploying the second selected web application to the redeployment production destination thereby to reduce redeployment time and control deployment to the production environment,

determining whether the redeployment to the redeployment production destination was successful,

generating a notification to indicate that the second selected web application is in production by use of the electronic user interface when the redeployment to the redeployment production destination was successful, and

sending an electronic message to the one of the plurality of users to indicate that the second selected web application is in production when the redeployment to the redeployment production destination was successful.

2. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein redeploying the first selected web application includes replacing a prior version of the first selected web application, wherein redeploying the second selected web application includes replacing a prior version of the second selected web application, and wherein the redeployment module further includes computer-readable instructions stored therein that when executed cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of archiving the prior version of the first selected web application when redeployment of the first selected web application was successful and archiving the prior version of the second selected web application when redeployment of the second selected web application was successful.

3. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein redeploying the first selected web application includes deploying the first selected web application while continuing to operate a prior version of the first selected web application, and wherein redeploying the second selected web application includes deploying the second selected web application while continuing to operate a prior version of the second selected web application.

4. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein the test environment includes a functional testing environment and an operational testing environment, wherein the plurality of web applications are related to one or more of the following:

petroleum engineering and petroleum exploration, and wherein the plurality of web applications are one or more of the following;

J2EE web applications and .NET web applications.

5. A system as defined in claim 4, wherein only a predetermined and limited number of web applications are permitted to be redeployed to the production environment within a predetermined time period, wherein the predetermined and limited number of web applications is two web applications, and wherein the predetermined time period is one week.

6. A system as defined in claim 5, wherein each of the first set of web applications has been deployed previously in at least an initial deployment responsive to action associated with one or more administrator roles, wherein each of the second set of web applications has been deployed previously in at least an initial deployment responsive to action associated with the one or more administrator roles, wherein redeploying the first selected web application to the redeployment test destination is independent of action associated with the one or more administrator roles, and wherein redeploying the second selected web application to the redeployment production destination is independent of action associated with the one or more administrator roles.

7. A system as defined in claim 1, wherein each of the first set of web applications is configured to be displayed to only one user having a user identifier that includes an indicator that the associated user is one of the one or more developer users associated with the respective web application at a time, and wherein the redeployment module further includes computer-readable instructions stored therein that when executed cause the one or more processors to perform the steps of, when a redeployment was unsuccessful:

generating a notification to indicate that redeployment failed by use of the electronic user interface; and

sending an electronic message to the one of plurality of users to indicate that the redeployment failed.

8. A computer-implemented method to enhance redeployment of web applications after initial deployment, the method comprising:

blocking access to initial deployment of a plurality of web applications to a plurality of users, each user configured to have a user identifier, each of the plurality of web applications configured to be associated with a user identifier of one or more of the plurality of users in a web application developer role thereby to define one or more developer users, each of the plurality of web applications further configured to be associated with a user identifier of a different one or more of the plurality of users in a web application librarian role thereby to define one or more librarian users, a librarian role configured to indicate authorization to redeploy a web application to a production environment, each of the plurality of web applications still further configured to have an associated current deployment status, current deployment status including one or more of the following;

in development and deployed in a test environment;

displaying a list of a first set of one or more web applications of the plurality of web applications to one of the plurality of users responsive to a determination that each of the first set of web applications has a current deployment status of in development and that the user identifier associated with the respective one of the plurality of users includes an indicator that the associated user is one of the one or more developer users associated with the respective web application;

displaying a list of second set of another one or more web applications of the plurality of web applications to the one of the plurality of users responsive to a determination that each of the second set of web applications has a current deployment status of deployed in a test environment and that the user identifier associated with the respective one of the plurality of users includes an indicator of a librarian role associated with each of the second set of web applications;

responsive to user selection of a web application from the list of the first set of web applications thereby to define a first selected web application;

determining a domain and server in the test environment configured to host the first selected web application upon redeployment, the domain and server thereby to define a redeployment test destination,

redeploying the first selected web application to the redeployment test destination thereby to reduce redeployment time,

determining whether the redeployment to the redeployment test destination was successful,

generating a notification to indicate that the first selected web application is in test by use of an electronic interface when the redeployment to the redeployment test destination was successful, and

sending an electronic message to the one of the plurality of users to indicate that the first selected web application is in test when the redeployment to the redeployment test destination was successful; and

responsive to user selection of a web application from the list of the second set of web applications thereby to define a second selected web application;

determining a domain and server in the production environment configured to host the second selected web application upon redeployment, the domain and server thereby to define a redeployment production destination, the production environment configured to be different than the test environment,

redeploying the second selected web application to the redeployment production destination thereby to reduce redeployment time and control deployment to the production environment,

determining whether the redeployment to the redeployment production destination was successful,

generating a notification to indicate that the second selected web application is in production by use of an electronic interface when the redeployment to the redeployment production destination was successful, and

sending an electronic message to the one of the plurality of users to indicate that the second selected web application is in production when the redeployment to the redeployment production destination was successful.

9. A computer-implemented method as defined in claim 8, wherein redeploying the first selected web application includes replacing a prior version of the first selected web application, wherein redeploying the second selected web application includes replacing a prior version of the second selected web application, and wherein the method further comprises archiving the prior version of the first selected web application when redeployment of the first selected web application was successful and archiving the prior version of the second selected web application when redeployment of the second selected web application was successful.

10. A computer-implemented method as defined in claim 8, wherein redeploying the first selected web application includes deploying the first selected web application while continuing to operate a prior version of the first selected web application, and wherein redeploying the second selected web application includes deploying the second selected web application while continuing to operate a prior version of the second selected web application.

11. A computer-implemented method as defined in claim 8, wherein the test environment includes a functional testing environment and an operational testing environment, wherein the plurality of web applications are related to one or more of the following:

petroleum engineering and petroleum exploration, and wherein the plurality of web applications are one or more of the following;

J2EE web applications and .NET web applications.

12. A computer-implemented method as defined in claim 11, wherein only a predetermined and limited number of web applications are permitted to be redeployed to the production environment within a predetermined time period, wherein the predetermined and limited number of web applications is two web applications, and wherein the predetermined time period is one week.

13. A computer-implemented method as defined in claim 12, wherein each of the first set of web applications has been deployed previously in at least an initial deployment responsive to action associated with one or more administrator roles, wherein each of the second set of web applications has been deployed previously in at least an initial deployment responsive to action associated with the one or more administrator roles, wherein redeploying the first selected web application to the redeployment test destination is independent of action associated with the one or more administrator roles, and wherein redeploying the second selected web application to the redeployment production destination is independent of action associated with the one or more administrator roles.

14. A computer-implemented method as defined in claim 8, wherein each of the first set of web applications is configured to be displayed to only one user having a user identifier that includes an indicator that the associated user is one of the one or more developer users associated with the respective web application at a time, and wherein the method further comprises, when a redeployment was unsuccessful:

generating a notification to indicate that redeployment failed by use of the electronic interface; and

sending an electronic message to the one of plurality of users to indicate that the redeployment failed.

15. Non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more computer programs stored therein operable by one or more processors to enhance redeployment of web applications after initial deployment, the one or more computer programs comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the operations of:

blocking access to initial deployment of a plurality of web applications to a plurality of users, each user configured to have a user identifier, each of the plurality of web applications configured to be associated with a user identifier of one or more of the plurality of users in a web application developer role thereby to define one or more developer users, each of the plurality of web applications further configured to be associated with a user identifier of a different one or more of the plurality of users in a web application librarian role thereby to define one or more librarian users, a librarian role configured to indicate authorization to redeploy a web application to a production environment, each of the plurality of web applications still further configured to have an associated current deployment status, current deployment status including one or more of the following;

in development and deployed in a test environment;

displaying a list of a first set of one or more web applications of the plurality of web applications to one of the plurality of users responsive to a determination that each of the first set of web applications has a current deployment status of in development and that the user identifier associated with the respective one of the plurality of users includes an indicator that the associated user is one of the one or more developer users associated with the respective web application;

displaying a list of second set of another one or more web applications of the plurality of web applications to the one of the plurality of users responsive to a determination that each of the second set of web applications has a current deployment status of deployed in a test environment and that the user identifier associated with the respective one of the plurality of users includes an indicator of a librarian role associated with each of the second set of web applications;

responsive to user selection of a web application from the list of the first set of web applications thereby to define a first selected web application;

determining a domain and server in the test environment configured to host the first selected web application upon redeployment, the domain and server thereby to define a redeployment test destination,

redeploying the first selected web application to the redeployment test destination thereby to reduce redeployment time,

determining whether the redeployment to the redeployment test destination was successful,

generating a notification to indicate that the first selected web application is in test by use of an electronic interface when the redeployment to the redeployment test destination was successful, and

sending an electronic message to the one of the plurality of users to indicate that the first selected web application is in test when the redeployment to the redeployment test destination was successful; and

responsive to user selection of a web application from the list of the second set of web applications thereby to define a second selected web application;

determining a domain and server in the production environment configured to host the second selected web application upon redeployment, the domain and server thereby to define a redeployment production destination, the production environment configured to be different than the test environment,

redeploying the second selected web application to the redeployment production destination thereby to reduce redeployment time and control deployment to the production environment,

determining whether the redeployment to the redeployment production destination was successful,

generating a notification to indicate that the second selected web application is in production by use of an electronic interface when the redeployment to the redeployment production destination was successful, and

sending an electronic message to the one of the plurality of users to indicate that the second selected web application is in production when the redeployment to the redeployment production destination was successful.

16. Non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more computer programs stored therein of claim 15, wherein redeploying the first selected web application includes replacing a prior version of the first selected web application, wherein redeploying the second selected web application includes replacing a prior version of the second selected web application, and wherein the set of instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform the operations of archiving the prior version of the first selected web application when redeployment of the first selected web application was successful and archiving the prior version of the second selected web application when redeployment of the second selected web application was successful.

17. Non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more computer programs stored therein of claim 15, wherein redeploying the first selected web application includes deploying the first selected web application while continuing to operate a prior version of the first selected web application, and wherein redeploying the second selected web application includes deploying the second selected web application while continuing to operate a prior version of the second selected web application.

18. Non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more computer programs stored therein of claim 15, wherein the test environment includes a functional testing environment and an operational testing environment, wherein the plurality of web applications are related to one or more of the following:

petroleum engineering and petroleum exploration, and wherein the plurality of web applications are one or more of the following;

J2EE web applications and .NET web applications.

19. Non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more computer programs stored therein of claim 18, wherein only a predetermined and limited number of web applications are permitted to be redeployed to the production environment within a predetermined time period, wherein the predetermined and limited number of web applications is two web applications, and wherein the predetermined time period is one week.

20. Non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more computer programs stored therein of claim 19, wherein each of the first set of web applications has been deployed previously in at least an initial deployment responsive to action associated with one or more administrator roles, wherein each of the second set of web applications has been deployed previously in at least an initial deployment responsive to action associated with the one or more administrator roles, wherein redeploying the first selected web application to the redeployment test destination is independent of action associated with the one or more administrator roles, and wherein redeploying the second selected web application to the redeployment production destination is independent of action associated with the one or more administrator roles.

21. Non-transitory computer-readable medium having one or more computer programs stored therein of claim 15, wherein each of the first set of web applications is configured to be displayed to only one user having a user identifier that includes an indicator that the associated user is one of the one or more developer users associated with the respective web application at a time, and wherein the set of instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to perform the operations of, when a redeployment was unsuccessful:

generating a notification to indicate that redeployment failed by use of the electronic interface; and

sending an electronic message to the one of plurality of users to indicate that the redeployment failed.