Low-risk deployment of web services

• US 9,325,602 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2013
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Original Assignee: Disney Enterprises Incorporated (The Walt Disney Company)
• Inventors: Stroomer, Jeffrey, James-Roxby, Philip, Rangel, Raul
• Primary Examiner(s): MIRZA, ADNAN M
• Application Number:
  US13/925,693
• Publication Number:
  US 20140379897A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,037 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/50 Testing arrangements

Abstract

There are provided systems and methods for providing low-risk deployment of a web service. In one implementation, such a method includes testing the web service on one or more virtual machines assigned to a testing environment of the system, and reassigning the one or more virtual machines to a production environment of the system configured to service live traffic for the web service. The method also includes hosting the web service using the same one or more virtual machines used to test the web service.

Claims

1. A system for providing low-risk deployment of a web service, the system comprising:

a testing environment for testing the web service;

a production environment configured to service live traffic for the web service, wherein the production environment includes a traffic routing module;

a non-transitory memory storing at least one virtual machine (VM);

a hardware processor running the at least one VM; and

the system configured to;

test the web service using the at least one VM assigned to the testing environment;

reassign the at least one VM from the testing environment to the production environment;

receive the live traffic using the traffic routing module;

selectively redirect a portion of the live traffic, using the traffic routing module, to the at least one virtual machine (VM) reassigned to the production environment;

test the web service using the at least one VM in the production environment; and

host the web service using the same at least one VM used to test the web service.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the production environment comprises a web service production cluster including at least one production master VM running a master service for managing the web service production cluster.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein substantially all configuration settings for hosting the web service are available to the at least one VM from the master service for managing the web service production cluster.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the testing environment comprises a web service test cluster including at least one test master VM running a master service for managing the web service test cluster.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the system is configured to reassign the at least one VM to the production environment by reassigning the at least one VM from the master service for managing the web service test cluster to the master service for managing the web service production cluster.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the traffic routing module comprises a reverse proxy server.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the web service is a newer version of the web service deployed to replace an older version of the web service hosted by the system.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the production environment includes at least another VM providing the older version of the web service and the at least one VM used to host the newer version of the web service.

9. A method for use by a system to provide low-risk deployment of a web service, the method comprising:

testing the web service on at least one virtual machine (VM) assigned to a testing environment of the system;

reassigning the at least one VM from the testing environment to a production environment of the system configured to service live traffic for the web service, wherein the production environment includes a traffic routing module;

receiving the live traffic using the traffic routing module;

selectively redirecting a portion of the live traffic, using the traffic routing module, to the at least one virtual machine (VM) reassigned to the production environment;

testing the web service by using the at least one VM in the production environment; and

hosting the web service using the same at least one VM used to test the web service.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the production environment comprises a web service production cluster including at least one production master VM running a master service for managing the web service production cluster.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising making substantially all configuration settings for hosting the web service available to the at least one VM from the master service for managing the web service production cluster.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the testing environment comprises a web service test cluster including at least one test master VM running a master service for managing the web service test cluster.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein reassigning the at least one VM to the production environment comprises reassigning the at least one VM from the master service for managing the web service test cluster to the master service for managing the web service production cluster.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the traffic routing module comprises a reverse proxy server.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the web service is a newer version of the web service deployed to replace an older version of the web service hosted by the system.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the production environment includes at least another VM providing the older version of the web service and the at least one VM used to host the newer version of the web service.