Progressive deployment and termination of canary instances for software analysis
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- deploying one or more baseline application instances that run a first version of software application code and one or more canary application instances that run a second version of the software application code;
routing a first proportion of incoming requests to the one or more canary application instances;
monitoring the one or more canary application instances relative to one or more performance metrics; and
modifying the first proportion of incoming requests according to the one or more performance metrics.
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Abstract
A data processing method, comprising: using computing apparatus, causing instantiating a plurality of baseline application instances that are running a first version of software, and one or more canary application instances that are running a second version of the software; using computing apparatus including a load balancer, causing selectively routing a first proportion of incoming requests to the baseline instances, and routing a second proportion of the incoming requests to the canary instances; monitoring the plurality of canary instances to collect performance data for performance metrics; determining that the performance data indicates a negative performance issue, and in response thereto: using computing apparatus, automatically updating the first proportion to be larger and updating the second proportion to be smaller, and then reconfiguring the load balancer based upon the first proportion and the second proportion; terminating one or more of the canary application instances.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
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deploying one or more baseline application instances that run a first version of software application code and one or more canary application instances that run a second version of the software application code; routing a first proportion of incoming requests to the one or more canary application instances; monitoring the one or more canary application instances relative to one or more performance metrics; and modifying the first proportion of incoming requests according to the one or more performance metrics. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the steps of:
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deploying one or more baseline application instances that run a first version of software application code and one or more canary application instances that run a second version of the software application code; monitoring the one or more canary application instances relative to one or more performance metrics; and deploying one or more additional canary application instances when the one or more performance metrics do not indicate a negative performance issue. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer system, comprising:
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a memory that stores a canary analysis engine; and a processor that is coupled to the memory and, when executing the canary analysis engine, is configured to; deploy one or more baseline application instances that run a first version of software application code and one or more canary application instances that run a second version of the software application code; monitor the one or more canary application instances relative to one or more performance metrics; and cause a first proportion of incoming requests routed to the one or more canary application instances to be modified according to the one or more performance metrics. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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