Systems and methods for infrastructure validation

• US 9,619,370 B1
• Filed: 09/09/2013
• Issued: 04/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
• Original Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
• Inventors: Gibson, Gregory A., Wood, Daniel V.
• Primary Examiner(s): Miah, Razu A
• Application Number:
  US14/021,615
• Time in Patent Office: 1,310 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2294 by remote test
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3414 Workload generation, e.g. scripts, playback
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3495 for systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3672 Test management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3688 for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

Systems and method are provided for testing an infrastructure. The infrastructure may include one or more computers connected by a network. Moreover, each of the computers may include an agent. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving, at a controller, a test request to perform at least one of a plurality of predetermined tests, the predetermined test including one or more parameters associated with performing the predetermined test and one or more expected results from performing the predetermined test. The method further includes determining whether the predetermined test is available at one of the computers. The method also includes sending, by the controller, the predetermined test to one of the computers based on the results of the determining step, such that the agent at the computer performs the predetermined test sent by the controller. Furthermore, the method includes receiving, at the controller, one or more results of the predetermined test performed by the agent at the computer.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method executed by a hardware processor connected to a networked database through a network interface at a second computer for testing a first computer needed to execute a business application, the method comprising:

displaying, by a controller executed by the hardware processor and connected over a network interface to a user interface of the second computer, a plurality of tests available for execution by an agent of the first computer, the agent executing on the first computer;

enabling, by the second computer, user selection of a first test from among the plurality of tests;

after selection of the first test, enabling by the second computer user input of a parameter and an expected result from performing the first test, wherein the expected result is based on at least one previous actual result; and

displaying, by the controller at the user interface of the second computer, a result of execution of the selected first test by the agent on the first computer, the agent executing the selected first test prior to and independent of executing the business application.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the second computer, a test request for performing the selected first test to the controller.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein sending the test request to the controller comprises:

receiving, at the controller, a call from the user interface of the second computer, the call including the test request configured as an object.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein displaying, at the second computer, a result of execution of the selected first test includes receiving, from the controller, the result of execution of the selected first test by the agent on the first computer.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first test is configured to test a security of one or more network connections of the first computer.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first test is configured to test a database access capability of the first computer.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein displaying the plurality of tests available for execution by an agent of the first computer is based on the agent of the first computer querying test components on the first computer corresponding to the plurality of tests to determine availability of the test components.

8. A system for testing a first computer needed to execute a business application, the system comprising:

a hardware processor in a second computer connected to a networked database through a network interface; and

a memory device in the second computer that stores instructions which are executed by the hardware processor to;

display, by a controller executed by the hardware processor and connected over a network interface to a user interface of the second computer, a plurality of tests available for execution by an agent of the first computer, the agent executing on the first computer;

enable, at the second computer, user selection of a first test from among the plurality of tests;

after selection of the first test, enable, at the second computer, user input of a parameter and an expected result from performing the first test, wherein the expected result is based on at least one previous actual result; and

display, the controller at the user interface of the second computer, a result of execution of the selected first test by the agent on the first computer, the agent executing the selected first test prior to and independent of executing the business application.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the instructions are further executed by the hardware processor to:

send a test request for performing the selected first test to the controller.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein sending the test request to the controller comprises:

receiving, at the controller, a call from the user interface of the second computer, the call including the test request configured as an object.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein displaying, at the second computer, a result of execution of the selected first test includes receiving, from the controller, the result of execution of the selected first test by the agent on the first computer.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the first test is configured to test a security of one or more network connections of the first computer.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the first test is configured to test a database access capability of the first computer.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein displaying the plurality of tests available for execution by an agent of the first computer is based on the agent of the first computer querying test components on the first computer corresponding to the plurality of tests to determine availability of the test components.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a hardware processor in a second computer connected to a networked database through a network interface, enable the second computer to execute a method for testing a first computer needed to execute a business application, the method comprising:

displaying, by a controller executed by the hardware processor and connected over a network interface to a user interface of the second computer, a plurality of tests available for execution by an agent of the first computer, the agent executing on the first computer;

enabling, by the second computer, user selection of a first test from among the plurality of tests;

after selection of the first test, enabling by the second computer user input of a parameter and an expected result from performing the first test, wherein the expected result is based on at least one previous actual result; and

displaying, by the controller at the user interface of the second computer, a result of execution of the selected first test by the agent on the first computer, the agent executing the selected first test prior to and independent of executing the business application.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises:

sending, by the second computer, a test request for performing the selected first test to the controller.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein sending the test request to the controller comprises:

receiving, at the controller, a call from the user interface of the second computer, the call including the test request configured as an object.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein displaying, at the second computer, a result of execution of the selected first test includes receiving, from the controller, the result of execution of the selected first test by the agent on the first computer.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first test is configured to test a security of one or more network connections of the first computer.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first test is configured to test a database access capability of the first computer.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein displaying the plurality of tests available for execution by an agent of the first computer is based on the agent of the first computer querying test components on the first computer corresponding to the plurality of tests to determine availability of the test components.