Systems and methods of configuring managed resources

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10140108-B1
Application number	US-201514970186-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 15, 2015
Priority date	Dec 15, 2015
Publication date	Nov 27, 2018
Grant date	Nov 27, 2018

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method is performed by a computer system. The method includes receiving a trigger to setup a target resource for remote control at a management system, wherein an operating system of the target resource enforces a transactional installation process for new software, wherein the operating system designates user-writable storage. The method further includes, responsive to the trigger, retrieving prerequisite client-side software of the management system. In addition, the method includes creating a remote connection to the target resource using an encrypted network protocol. Further, the method includes copying, via the remote connection, the prerequisite client-side software to the user-writable storage. Moreover, the method includes causing the copied prerequisite client-side software to be installed in the user-writable storage of the target resource, thereby bypassing the transactional installation process of the operating system of the target resource.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising, by a computer system:
receiving a trigger to setup a target resource for remote control at a management system, wherein an operating system of the target resource enforces a transactional installation process for new software, wherein the operating system designates user-writable storage and non-user-writable storage on the target resource;
responsive to the trigger, retrieving prerequisite client-side software of the management system using a file-transfer mechanism that is disallowed by the operating system of the target resource;
creating a remote connection to the target resource using an encrypted network protocol that is allowed by the operating system of the target resource;
copying, via the remote connection, the prerequisite client-side software to the user-writable storage of the target resource; and
causing, via the remote connection, the copied prerequisite client-side software to be installed in the user-writable storage of the target resource, thereby bypassing the transactional installation process of the operating system of the target resource.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the encrypted network protocol comprises secure shell (SSH).

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the copying comprises utilizing secure copy (SCP).

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising managing the target resource via the installed prerequisite client-side software.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prerequisite client-side software comprises at least one of an interpreter and an agent.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transactional installation process provides an atomicity guarantee.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-writable storage comprises a user home directory.

8. An information handling system comprising a processor, wherein the processor is operable to implement a method comprising:
receiving a trigger to setup a target resource for remote control at a management system, wherein an operating system of the target resource enforces a transactional installation process for new software, wherein the operating system designates user-writable storage and non-user-writable storage on the target resource;
responsive to the trigger, retrieving prerequisite client-side software of the management system using a file-transfer mechanism that is disallowed by the operating system of the target resource;
creating a remote connection to the target resource using an encrypted network protocol that is allowed by the operating system of the target resource;
copying, via the remote connection, the prerequisite client-side software to the user-writable storage of the target resource; and
causing, via the remote connection, the copied prerequisite client-side software to be installed in the user-writable storage of the target resource, thereby bypassing the transactional installation process of the operating system of the target resource.

9. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the encrypted network protocol comprises secure shell (SSH).

10. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the copying comprises utilizing secure copy (SCP).

11. The information handling system of claim 8 , the method comprising managing the target resource via the installed prerequisite client-side software.

12. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the prerequisite client-side software comprises at least one of an interpreter and an agent.

13. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the transactional installation process provides an atomicity guarantee.

14. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the user-writable storage comprises a user home directory.

15. A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:
receiving a trigger to setup a target resource for remote control at a management system, wherein an operating system of the target resource enforces a transactional installation process for new software, wherein the operating system designates user-writable storage and non-user-writable storage on the target resource;
responsive to the trigger, retrieving prerequisite client-side software of the management system using a file-transfer mechanism that is disallowed by the operating system of the target resource;
creating a remote connection to the target resource using an encrypted network protocol that is allowed by the operating system of the target resource;
copying, via the remote connection, the prerequisite client-side software to the user-writable storage of the target resource; and
causing, via the remote connection, the copied prerequisite client-side software to be installed in the user-writable storage of the target resource, thereby bypassing the transactional installation process of the operating system of the target resource.

16. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the encrypted network protocol comprises secure shell (SSH).

17. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the copying comprises utilizing secure copy (SCP).

18. The computer-program product of claim 15 , the method comprising managing the target resource via the installed prerequisite client-side software.

19. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the prerequisite client-side software comprises at least one of an interpreter and an agent.

20. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the transactional installation process provides an atomicity guarantee.

Assignees

• Dell Software Inc
• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Ford Daniel A

Classifications

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• G06F8/64 Primary

  Retargetable · CPC title

• H04L63/0428

  wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload · CPC title

• H04L41/082

  the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality · CPC title

• H04L41/0843

  based on generic templates · CPC title