System and method for supporting detachable administration commands in a cloud platform environment

• US 9,692,717 B2
• Filed: 09/03/2014
• Issued: 06/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Mares, Martin, Kasso, Chris, Mehta, Bhakti, Islam, Nazrul
• Primary Examiner(s): Mundur, Padma
• Application Number:
  US14/476,564
• Publication Number:
  US 20150089040A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,028 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0709 in a distributed system consisting of a plurality of standalone computer nodes, e.g. clusters, client-server systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1438 Restarting or rejuvenating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2007 using redundant communication media
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2023 Failover techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/805 Real-time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/50 Network service management, e.g. ensuring proper service fulfilment according to agreements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5041 characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5045 Making service definitions prior to deployment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/224 providing notification on incoming messages, e.g. pushed notifications of received messages
• 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 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method for supporting detachable administration commands for use with a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a job manager service provides an application program interface which receives administrative commands to be processed within the cloud environment as jobs, wherein each instance of the administrative commands is associated with a unique job identifier. A command line interface allows a user to issue a command to be processed within the cloud environment as a job, detach the command line interface from the job being processed, and subsequently reattach the command line interface to the job being processed by indicating the job'"'"'s unique job identifier. For example, several independent parallel commands can be executed together from one console or one script, and users can check on, or wait for a result of some task.

Claims

1. A system for supporting the use of detachable administration commands for use with a cloud computing environment, comprising:

a computer, including one or more processors and memory, and a cloud environment executing thereon that supports provisioning of enterprise applications, including

providing, for each service type of a plurality of service types, a service definition package that includes information that enables the cloud environment to provide the service type,

providing, for each service type of the plurality of service types, a service management engine associated with the service type that enables provisioning of a service instance of the service type;

a job manager service that provides an application program interface which receives administrative commands to be processed within the cloud environment, to perform operations including provisioning of the service instance, wherein the administrative commands are processed as jobs, and wherein each instance of the administrative commands is associated with a unique job identifier;

a command line interface that enables a user to issue an administrative command instance that is associated with the service instance, to be processed within the cloud environment as a job, and provide an input that causes the system to detach the command line interface from the job being processed; and

wherein, in response to receiving a subsequent input to attach the command line interface to the job being processed, including an indication of the unique job identifier associated with the job, the command line interface displays a status information for the administrative command instance that is associated with the service instance and the job being processed within the cloud environment.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein multiple administrative commands are run as jobs from a single console or script.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein job-related notifications are communicated using server sent events.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein access to different jobs is secured to different users, and access to the job being processed is controlled according to each user'"'"'s security level.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein upon subsequently attaching the command line interface to the job being processed, events associated with the administrative command instance are forwarded by a job manager to the command line interface.

16. The system of claim 1, wherein job-related notifications are communicated using server sent events;

and wherein upon subsequently attaching the command line interface to the job being processed, events associated with the administrative command instance are forwarded by a job manager to the command line interface.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein access to the job being processed is secured to different users, and controlled according to each user'"'"'s security level.

6. A method for supporting the use of detachable administration commands for use with a cloud computing environment, comprising:

providing, at a computer, a cloud environment that supports provisioning of enterprise applications, including

providing, for each service type of a plurality of service types, a service definition package that includes information that enables the cloud environment to provide the service type,

providing, for each service type of the plurality of service types, a service management engine associated with the service type that enables provisioning of a service instance of the service type;

providing a job manager service that provides an application program interface which receives administrative commands to be processed within the cloud environment, to perform operations including provisioning of the service instance, wherein the administrative commands are processed as jobs, and wherein each instance of the administrative commands is associated with a unique job identifier;

providing a command line interface that enables a user to issue an administrative command instance that is associated with the service instance, to be processed within the cloud environment as a job, and provide an input that causes the system to detach the command line interface from the job being processed; and

in response to receiving a subsequent input to attach the command line interface to the job being processed, including an indication of the unique job identifier associated with the job, displaying at the command line interface a status information for the administrative command instance that is associated with the service instance and the job being processed within the cloud environment.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein multiple administrative commands are run as jobs from a single console or script.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein job-related notifications are communicated using server sent events.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein access to different jobs is secured to different users, and access to the job being processed is controlled according to each user'"'"'s security level.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein upon subsequently attaching the command line interface to the job being processed, events associated with the administrative command instance are forwarded by a job manager to the command line interface.

18. The method of claim 6, wherein job-related notifications are communicated using server sent events;

and wherein upon subsequently attaching the command line interface to the job being processed, events associated with the administrative command instance are forwarded by a job manager to the command line interface.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein access to the job being processed is secured to different users, and controlled according to each user'"'"'s security level.

11. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, including instructions stored thereon which when read and executed by one or more computers cause the one or more computers to perform the steps comprising:

providing, at a computer, a cloud environment that supports provisioning of enterprise applications, including

providing, for each service type of a plurality of service types, a service definition package that includes information that enables the cloud environment to provide the service type,

providing, for each service type of the plurality of service types, a service management engine associated with the service type that enables provisioning of a service instance of the service type;

providing a job manager service that provides an application program interface which receives administrative commands to be processed within the cloud environment, to perform operations including provisioning of the service instance, wherein the administrative commands are processed as jobs, and wherein each instance of the administrative commands is associated with a unique job identifier;

providing a command line interface that enables a user to issue an administrative command instance that is associated with the service instance, to be processed within the cloud environment as a job, and provide an input that causes the system to detach the command line interface from the job being processed; and

in response to receiving a subsequent input to attach the command line interface to the job being processed, including an indication of the unique job identifier associated with the job, displaying at the command line interface a status information for the administrative command instance that is associated with the service instance and the job being processed within the cloud environment.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein multiple administrative commands are run as jobs from a single console or script.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein job-related notifications are communicated using server sent events.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein access to different jobs is secured to different users, and access to the job being processed is controlled according to each user'"'"'s security level.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein upon subsequently attaching the command line interface to the job being processed, events associated with the administrative command instance are forwarded by a job manager to the command line interface.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein job-related notifications are communicated using server sent events;

and wherein upon subsequently attaching the command line interface to the job being processed, events associated with the administrative command instance are forwarded by a job manager to the command line interface.