Generating a configuration file based upon an application registry

• US 9,323,634 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2012
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Salesforce.com, Inc.
• Inventors: Subramanian, Bala, Shanabrook, Susan, Stevens, Richard, Glaser, Denise
• Primary Examiner(s): Parry, Chris
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stiltner, Weiwei
• Application Number:
  US13/431,883
• Publication Number:
  US 20130031245A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,491 Days
• Field of Search: 709224-226
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3051 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3466 Performance evaluation by tracing or monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/865 Monitoring of software
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system and method are provided for generating a configuration file based upon an application registry. The method, for example, includes, but is not limited to, determining, by a processor, which users are logged into the server that are associated with a predetermined group, determining, by the processor, for each user logged into the server associated with the predetermined group, which applications each user is running, and generating, by the processor, the configuration file based upon which applications each user is running and storing the registry file in a memory.

Claims

1. A computer executed method for generating a configuration file on a server, comprising:

determining, by a processor, which users associated with a predetermined group are logged into the server;

determining, by the processor, for each user logged into the server associated with the predetermined group, which applications each user is running by;

searching, by the processor, for a registry directory associated with each user, and

determining, by the processor, which applications each user is running based upon registry files associated with the registry directory,

generating, by the processor, the configuration file based upon which applications each user is running, the configuration file indicating at least one monitoring target selected from at least one of a data entry in a database system, a network infrastructure element and a network security process according to a lookup table associating the applications each user is running with one of the monitoring targets;

storing the configuration file at a predefined location in a memory; and

configuring a monitoring application to monitor one or more monitoring targets based upon which applications each user is running by accessing the configuration file at the predefined location in the memory upon initiating the monitoring application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining which applications each user is running further comprises:

generating a list of monitoring targets based upon the applications each user is running; and

eliminating any duplicate monitoring targets listed in the generated list.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the configuration file is generated based upon the list of monitoring targets.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the generating, by the processor, the configuration file further comprises:

locating, by the processor, a template for each monitoring target in the list; and

generating, by the processor, the configuration file based upon the located templates.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the predetermined group is based upon a group associated with a monitoring application.

6. A system for generating a configuration file, comprising:

a server, comprising;

a memory; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor configured to;

determine which of one or more users logged into the system to monitor;

determine which applications the determined one or more users are running by;

locating a registry directory associated with each of the determined one or more users; and

determining which applications the determined one or more users are running based upon registry files located in the registry directory;

generate the configuration file based upon the determined applications, the configuration file indicating at least one monitoring target selected from at least one of a data entry in a database system, a network infrastructure element and a network security process according to a lookup table associating the applications each user is running with one of the monitoring targets;

store the configuration file at a predefined location in the memory; and

initiate a monitoring application to monitor the applications the determined one or more users are running by accessing the configuration file at the predefined location in the memory upon initiating the monitoring application.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor when determining which of one or more users logged into the system to monitor, is further configured to:

determine a group associated with each user logged into the server; and

determine which of one or more users logged into the system to monitor based upon the group associated with each user logged into the server.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the processor is further configured to determine one or more monitoring targets for each determined application.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein when the processor is determining the one or more monitoring targets for each determined application, the processor is further configured to:

generate a list of monitoring based upon the determined applications; and

eliminate duplicate monitoring targets from the list.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the processor when generating the configuration file based upon the determined applications, is further configured to:

locate a template for each of the one or more monitoring targets; and

generate the configuration file based upon the located templates.

11. A server comprising a processor and a memory, the processor configured to execute a monitoring application, the processor further configured to:

determine a group of users logged into the server;

locate a registry directory for each user in the group;

determine one or more processes each user in the group is running on the server based upon registry files located in the respective registry directories;

determine one or more monitoring targets based upon the one or more processes each user in the group is running;

generate a configuration file based upon the one or more monitoring targets, the configuration file indicating at least one monitoring target selected from at least one of a data entry in a database system, a network infrastructure element and a network security process according to a lookup table associating the applications each user is running with one of the monitoring targets;

storing the configuration file at a predefined location in the memory; and

initiate the monitoring application by accessing the configuration file at the predefined location in the memory upon initiating the monitoring application.

12. The server of claim 11, wherein the server is a Linux server and the monitoring application is associated with the group.

13. The server of claim 11, wherein at least one of the monitoring targets is a log stored in the memory.

14. The server of claim 11, wherein the processor, when generating the configuration file based upon the one or more monitoring targets, is further configured to:

locate one or more templates associated with the one or more monitoring targets; and

generate the configuration file based upon the one or more templates.

15. The server of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to dynamically update the configuration file when a new process is started by any user in the group and when a old processes is ended by any user in the group.

16. The server of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to dynamically configure the monitoring application based upon the configuration file.