Application deployment on multiple platforms

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10466993-B2
Application number	US-201715798860-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 31, 2017
Priority date	May 5, 2017
Publication date	Nov 5, 2019
Grant date	Nov 5, 2019

Abstract

A computing device includes a storage device and a controller. The storage device is to store an application model and infrastructure models. The application model defines a first application and specifies a first communication protocol. The controller is to: determine a current lifecycle stage of the first application defined by the application model; select, from the plurality of infrastructure models, a first infrastructure model based on the current lifecycle stage of the first application; initiate a first application environment based on the selected first infrastructure model and the first communication protocol specified in the application model; and deploy the first application on the first application environment using the first communication protocol.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computing device, comprising:
a storage device to store an application model and a plurality of infrastructure models, the application model defining a first application and specifying a first communication protocol; and
a controller to:
determine a current lifecycle stage of the first application defined by the application model;
select, from the plurality of infrastructure models, a first infrastructure model based on the current lifecycle stage of the first application, wherein, for each of the plurality of infrastructure models, the infrastructure model is a stored data structure specifying a plurality of data elements, and wherein a first data element of the plurality of data elements specifies a particular lifecycle stage associated with the infrastructure model;
initiate a first application environment based on the selected first infrastructure model and the first communication protocol specified in the application model; and
deploy the first application on the first application environment using the first communication protocol.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , the controller to:
determine whether the first application environment includes any communication component that uses the first communication protocol.

3. The computing device of claim 2 , the controller to:
in response to a determination that the first application environment includes any communication component that uses the first communication protocol:
install, in the first application environment, a first communication component that uses the first communication protocol.

4. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the application model is a stored data structure specifying a plurality of application characteristics that are not specific to a particular infrastructure platform.

5. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the deployed first application is to use the first communication protocol specified in the application model.

6. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the selected first infrastructure model specifies an infrastructure type, wherein the infrastructure type is one selected from a virtual machine type and a container type.

7. An article comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that upon execution cause a processor to:
in response to a receipt of a deployment indication, determine a current lifecycle stage of a first application, wherein the first application is defined by a first application model specifying a first communication protocol;
identify, from a plurality of infrastructure models, a first infrastructure model based on a current lifecycle stage of the first application, wherein each of plurality of infrastructure models is a stored data structure comprising a plurality of data elements, and wherein, for each of the plurality of infrastructure models, a first data element of the plurality of data elements specifies a particular lifecycle stage associated with the infrastructure model;
initiate a first application environment using the first communication protocol specified in the first application model and the identified first infrastructure model; and
deploy the first application on the first application environment, wherein the deployed first application includes a communication component associated with the first communication protocol specified in the first application model.

8. The article of claim 7 , wherein the first application model specifies a generic database, and wherein the instructions cause the processor to install, based on the first application model and the first infrastructure model, a database instance in the first application environment.

9. The article of claim 7 , wherein the first application model specifies a generic web server, and wherein the instructions cause the processor to install, based on the first application model and the first infrastructure model, a web server instance in the first application environment.

10. The article of claim 7 , wherein the current lifecycle stage is one selected from a development stage, a testing stage, or a production stage.

11. The article of claim 7 , wherein the first infrastructure model specifies an infrastructure type, wherein the infrastructure type is one selected from a virtual machine type and a container type.

12. The article of claim 7 , wherein the first application model is a stored data structure specifying a plurality of application characteristics that are not specific to a particular infrastructure platform, wherein the plurality of infrastructure models and the first application model are stored prior to the receipt of the deployment indication.

13. The article of claim 12 , wherein the first communication protocol is one selected from File Transfer Protocol (FTP), Secure Shell (SSH), or Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).

14. A computer implemented method comprising:
receiving an indication to deploy a first application, wherein the first application is defined by a first application model specifying a first generic component and a first communication protocol;
in response to a receipt of the indication, determining a current lifecycle stage of the first application;
selecting, from a plurality of infrastructure models, a first infrastructure model based on the current lifecycle stage of the first application, wherein each of plurality of infrastructure models is a stored data structure comprising a plurality of data elements, and wherein, for each of the plurality of infrastructure models, a first data element of the plurality of data elements specifies a particular lifecycle stage associated with the infrastructure model;
initiating a first application environment based on the selected first infrastructure model and the first communication protocol specified in the first application model; and
deploying the first application on the first application environment based on the first application model.

15. The computer implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the first generic component is a generic database, and further comprising:
provisioning, based on the first application model and the selected first infrastructure model, a database instance in the first application environment.

16. The computer implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the first generic component is a generic web server, and further comprising:
provisioning, based on the first application model and the selected first infrastructure model, a web server instance in the first application environment.

17. The computer implemented method of claim 14 , wherein the current lifecycle stage of the first application is one selected from a development stage, a testing stage, and a production stage, wherein the first application model is a stored data structure specifying a plurality of application characteristics that are not specific to a particular infrastructure platform.

18. The computer implemented method of claim 14 , wherein initiating the first application environment comprises installing a communication component associated with the first communication protocol.

19. The computer implemented method of claim 18 , further comprising:
using the communication component during operation of the deployed first application.

Assignees

• Entit Software Llc
• Micro Focus Llc

Inventors

• Jagannath Kishore
• Suparna Adarsh
• Arora Kunal

Classifications

• G06F8/64 Primary

  Retargetable · CPC title

• G06F8/61 Primary

  Installation · CPC title