System and method for deploying software into a computing environment

• US 9,864,592 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2015
• Issued: 01/09/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/31/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Micro Focus LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Original Assignee: entIT Software LLC (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: Smith, Rick, Raymond, Robert Lovejoy, Bryant, Craig W., Schleicher, Chris
• Primary Examiner(s): Chavis, John
• Application Number:
  US14/866,444
• Publication Number:
  US 20160019041A1
• Time in Patent Office: 837 Days
• Field of Search: 717177
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

There is provided a system, method, and machine readable medium to deploying software into a computing environment by a processor. A model of the environment into which a model of software is to be deployed is provided. A plan for deploying the software into the computing environment is provided where the plan matches elements of the software to characteristics of the computing environment. The software is deployed into the computing environment according to the customized deployment plan.

Claims

1. A method of deploying software into a computing environment, the method performed by instructions executed on a processor coupled to a computer readable memory containing the instructions, the method comprising:

providing a model of the computing environment into which the software is to be deployed;

customizing a plan that includes matching elements of the software to characteristics of the computing environment to deploy the software into the computing environment; and

deploying the software into the computing environment according to the customized plan

wherein the software is automatically deployed into the computing environment without a software developer collecting information about the computing environment.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the computing environment comprises one or more pods each comprising one or more computer systems, and the software comprises a plurality of tiers.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising preventing the deploying of the software into a given pod if the given pod does not contain the correct tiers for the software that is being deployed.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising rolling back a deployment of the software if a problem in the deployment is encountered, the rolling back performed with a rollback mechanism that crosses multiple tiers of the software.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying an administration menu showing multiple parallel computing environments for deployment of the software including a first lifecycle environment and a second lifecycle environment.

4. The method of 2, further comprising automatically determining whether a computer system within the computing environment is correctly configured to receive the software by evaluating whether an operating system and/or middleware on the computing system is correct relative to the software that is being deployed.

7. A computer system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device coupled to the processor and that stores machine-readable instructions that are executable on the processor to;

provide a model of the computing environment into which software is to be deployed, wherein the computing environment comprises one or more pods each comprising one or more computer systems, and the software comprises a plurality of tiers;

customize a plan for deploying the software into the computing environment, the plan matching elements of the software to characteristics of the computing environment; and

deploy the software into the computing environment according to the customized plan.

8. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the instructions are executable on the processor to further prevent deployment of the software into a given pod responsive to the given pod not containing the correct tiers for the software that is being deployed.

9. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the instructions are executable on the processor to further:

automatically determine whether computer systems within the computing environment are correctly configured to receive the software; and

evaluate whether an operating system and/or middleware on the computer systems is correct relative the software that is to be deployed.

10. The computer system of claim 7, wherein the instructions are executable on the processor to further implement a rollback mechanism that crosses multiple tiers of the software to roll back a deployment of the software if a problem in the deployment is encountered.

11. A computer system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory device coupled to the processor and that stores machine-readable instructions that are executable on the processor to;

provide a model of the computing environment into which software is to be deployed;

customize a plan for deploying the software into the computing environment, the plan matching elements of the software to characteristics of the computing environment, wherein the instructions to customize the plan include instructions to modify deployment parameter values; and

deploy the software into the computing environment according to the customized plan.

12. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions executable on a processor to deploy software into a computing environment, the instructions executable on the processor to:

provide a model of the computing environment into which the software is to be deployed;

customize a plan for deploying the software into the computing environment, the plan matching elements of the software to characteristics of the computing environment;

deploy the software into the computing environment according to the customized plan; and

provide an administrative menu showing multiple parallel computing environments for deployment of the software including a first lifecycle environment and a second lifecycle environment.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the instructions are executable on the processor to provide a tier administration sub-menu to associate information that ensures appropriate operating system and middleware components are installed on each computing environment of the parallel computing environments prior to deployment of the software.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein customizing the plan includes modifying deployment parameter values for each computing environment of the parallel computing environments.

15. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the computing environment comprises one or more pods each comprising one or more computer systems, and the software comprises a plurality of tiers.

16. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions are executable on the processor to prevent deployment of the software on a given pod responsive to the given pod not containing the correct tiers for the software that is being deployed.

17. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions are executable on the processor to implement a rollback mechanism that crosses multiple tiers of the software to roll back a deployment of the software if a problem in the deployment is encountered.