Dynamic build pipeline execution

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10452435-B2
Application number	US-201515752044-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2015
Priority date	Aug 14, 2015
Publication date	Oct 22, 2019
Grant date	Oct 22, 2019

Abstract

According to an example, dynamic build pipeline execution may include extracting a pipeline flow related to build jobs, and generating, by using the extracted pipeline flow, a pipeline model that includes a plurality of pipelines related to the pipeline flow. Each pipeline of the plurality of pipelines may represent a set of related build jobs, and include an entry point to access the set of related build jobs. Dynamic build pipeline execution may further include generating another model related to the pipeline model to execute a build job of the set of related build jobs for a pipeline of the plurality of pipelines based on a parameter specified for the another model.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for dynamic build pipeline execution, the method comprising:
extracting, by a hardware processor of a computing device, structural information of a pipeline flow of build jobs on a build server, wherein the build jobs in the pipeline flow are connected in series and executed on the build server to implement a set of machine readable instructions;
generating, by the hardware processor, a plurality of custom pipelines based on the structural information of the pipeline flow extracted from the build server, wherein the plurality of custom pipelines include different subsets of related build jobs selected from the build jobs to fulfill different user requests;
identifying an entry point to access each of the subsets of related build jobs of the custom pipelines; and
generating a domain model, including a testing execution model, a provisioning model, or a validation model, from the pipeline model to execute a particular build job in one of the subsets of related build jobs for one of the plurality of custom pipelines based on a parameter specified for the domain model; and
executing, by the hardware processor, the domain model in response to a user request, via the entry point of one of the subsets of related build jobs to simulate a test, provisioning, or validation of the pipeline flow executed on the build server.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the domain model includes the test execution model and the parameter specified for the domain model includes a test execution parameter, the method further comprising:
determining a test that is to be executed on the particular build job of the subset of related build jobs;
determining the custom pipeline of the plurality of custom pipelines that is related to the particular build job associated with the test;
determining the entry point to the particular build job associated with the test; and
performing, based on the test execution parameter, the test on the particular build job associated with the test by executing, via the entry point, the particular build job associated with the test.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein performing, based on the test execution parameter, the test on the particular build job associated with the test by executing, via the entry point, the particular build job associated with the test, further comprises:
performing, based on the test execution parameter and a test environment parameter, the test on the particular build job associated with the test by executing, via the entry point, the particular build job associated with the test.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein performing, based on the test execution parameter, the test on the particular build job associated with the test by executing, via the entry point, the particular build job associated with the test, further comprises:
performing, based on the test execution parameter, the test on the particular build job associated with the test by executing, via the entry point, the particular build job associated with the test and any intermediate build jobs between the entry point and the particular build job associated with the test.

5. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:
modifying, based on the performance of the test, the pipeline flow related to of the build jobs on the build server.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the domain model includes the provisioning model, the method further comprising:
determining a provisioning environment for analysis of the particular build job of the subset of related build jobs;
determining the custom pipeline of the plurality of custom pipelines that is related to the particular build job associated with the provisioning environment;
determining the entry point to the particular build job associated with the provisioning environment; and
executing, via the entry point, the particular build job associated with the provisioning environment in the provisioning environment.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the provisioning environment includes a development environment, a quality assurance environment, or a production environment associated with the particular build job.

8. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
modifying, based on the execution of the particular build job associated with the provisioning environment, the pipeline flow of the build jobs on the build server.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the domain model includes the validation model, the method further comprising:
determining a validation specification for analysis of the particular build job of the subset of related build jobs;
determining the custom pipeline of the plurality of custom pipelines that is related to the particular build job associated with the validation specification;
determining the entry point to the particular build job associated with the validation specification; and
executing, via the entry point, the particular build job associated with the validation specification to determine whether machine readable instructions of the particular build job associated with the validation specification meet the validation specification.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:
in response to a determination that the machine readable instructions of the particular build job associated with the validation specification do not meet the validation specification, modifying, based on the execution of the particular build job associated with the validation specification, the pipeline flow of the build jobs on the build server.

11. A dynamic build pipeline execution apparatus comprising:
a processor; and
a memory storing machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
extract, from a build server, structural information of a pipeline flow of build jobs implemented on the build server, wherein the build jobs in the pipeline flow are connected in series and executed on the build server to implement a set of instructions;

generate a plurality of custom pipelines based on the structural information of the pipeline flow extracted from the build server, wherein the plurality of custom pipelines include different subsets of related build jobs selected from the build jobs to fulfill different user requests;
identify an entry point to access each of the subsets of related build jobs of the custom pipelines;
generate at least one of a test execution model, a provisioning model, and a validation model related to the pipeline model to execute a particular build job in one of the subsets of related build jobs for one of the plurality of custom pipelines based on a parameter specified for the at least one of the test execution model, the provisioning model, and the validation model; and
execute the at least one of the test execution model, the provisioning model, and the validation model in response to a user request, via the entry point of one of the subsets of related build jobs to simulate a test, provisioning, or validation of the pipeline flow executed on the build server.

12. The dynamic build pipeline execution apparatus according to claim 11 , further comprising machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor further cause the processor to:
modify, based on the execution of the particular build job of the subset of related build jobs, the pipeline flow of the build jobs on the build server.

13. The dynamic build pipeline execution apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the machine readable instructions to modify, based on the execution of the particular build job of the subset of related bu

Assignees

• Entit Software Llc
• Micro Focus Llc

Inventors

• Novak Miroslav
• Kachko Noam
• Godkin Adi
• Levy Liran

Classifications

• G06F9/4881 Primary

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