Search based content inventory comparison

• US 9,507,589 B2
• Filed: 11/07/2013
• Issued: 11/29/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Rao, Milini A., Baker, Kyle
• Primary Examiner(s): APONTE, FRANCISCO JAVIER
• Application Number:
  US14/074,263
• Publication Number:
  US 20150127497A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,118 Days
• Field of Search: 717120-121, 717168-178, 707/754, 715700-866
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/087 Inventory or stock management, e.g. order filling, procurement or balancing against orders

Abstract

The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method that includes receiving a selection of content filters for content data that identifies products, packages, and repositories, and receiving a selection of environment filters. The method includes filtering the content data to identify content items in view of the content filters and the environment filters. The content items include one or more of the repositories, the products, or the packages. The method includes causing presentation of a list of the content items, which organizes the content items in view of release environments that are within the content items and repositories that are within the content items. The method includes receiving a selection of repository-environment combinations from the subset of the release environments and the subset of the repositories and causing presentation of a comparison of ones of the packages for each of the repository-environment combinations.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, using a processing device of a release management system, a selection of content data identifying a plurality of products, each of the plurality of products comprising a plurality of packages, wherein the release management system comprises a plurality of release environments comprising a development environment, a testing environment, and a production environment with each release environment representing an installation area in which a portion of the packages associated with the content data is to be released;

receiving a selection of first and second environment filters from a plurality of environment filters, the plurality of environment filters comprise one or more of a development environment filter, a testing environment filter, and a production environment filter that correspond to at least one of the plurality of release environments;

responsive to receiving the selection of first and second environment filters, providing for display of a comparison between of a corresponding package from each of the release environments associated with the first and second environment filters; and

responsive to detecting completion of a level in the releasing of the content data, causing packages to be promoted from one release environment corresponding to the first environment filter of the plurality of environment filters to another release environment corresponding to the second environment filter of the plurality of environment filters.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein promoting packages comprises modifying a version of the packages associated with the content data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein promoting packages comprises removing a version of the packages associated with the content data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein promoting packages comprises moving a version of the packages associated with the content data.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a selection of a keyword search term; and

filtering the content data to identify the plurality of products in view of the keyword search term.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein promoting packages comprises adding one or more packages to the plurality of products associated with the content data.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising responsive to receiving the selection of first and second environment filters:

providing, in an interface of the release management system, entries corresponding to the first and second environment filters;

receiving, by the interface, a label to associate with the entries; and

responsive to receiving a selection of the label, populate contents of selected environment filters associated with the entries into a results area of the interface.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

receive, using the processing device, a selection of content data identifying a plurality of products, each of the plurality of products comprising a plurality of packages, wherein the release management system comprises a plurality of release environments comprising a development environment, a testing environment, and a production environment with each release environment representing an installation area in which a portion of the packages associated with the content data is to be released;

receive a selection of first and second environment filters from a plurality of environment filters, the plurality of environment filters comprise one or more of a development environment filter, a testing environment filter, and a production environment filter that correspond to at least one of the plurality of release environments;

responsive to receiving the selection of first and second environment filters, provide, using the processing device, for display of a comparison between a corresponding package from each of the release environments associated with the first and second environment filters; and

responsive to detecting completion of a level in the releasing of the content data, cause packages to be promoted from one release environment corresponding to the first environment filter of the plurality of environment filters to another release environment corresponding to the second environment filter of the plurality of environment filters.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein to promote packages the instructions further cause the processing device to modify a version of the packages associated with the content data.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, to promote packages wherein the instructions further cause the processing device to remove a version of the packages associated with the content data.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein to promote packages the instructions further cause the processing device to move a version of the packages associated with the content data.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions further cause the processing device to:

receive a selection of a keyword search term; and

filter the content data to identify the plurality of products.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8, wherein to promote packages the instructions further cause the processing device to:

add one or more packages to the plurality of products associated with the content data.

14. A system comprising:

an interface of a release management system to;

receive a selection of content data that identifies a plurality of products, each of the plurality of products comprising a plurality of packages, wherein the release management system comprises a plurality of release environments comprising a development environment, a testing environment, and a production environment with each release environment representing an installation area in which a portion of the packages associated with the content data is to be released;

receive a selection of first and second environment filters from a plurality of environment filters, the plurality of environment filters comprise a development environment filter, a testing environment filter, and a production environment filter that correspond to at least one of the plurality of release environments; and

a processing device operatively coupled to the interface to;

responsive to receiving the selection of first and second environment filters, provide for display of a comparison between a corresponding package from each of the release environments associated with the first and second environment filters; and

responsive to detecting completion of a level in the releasing of the content data, cause packages to be promoted from one release environment corresponding to the first environment filter of the plurality of environment filters to another release environment corresponding to the second environment filter of the plurality of environment filters.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein to promote the packages the processing device is further to modify a version of the packages associated with the content data.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein to promote the packages the processing device is further to remove a version of the packages associated with the content data.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein to promote the packages the processing device is further to move a version of the packages associated with the content data.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the interface is further to receive a selection of a keyword search term, and wherein the processing device is to filter the content data to identify the plurality of products in view of the keyword search term.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein to promote the packages the processing device is further to add one or more packages to the plurality of products associated with the content data.