Using cloud patterns for installation on unmanaged physical machines and appliances

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016253160-A1
Application number	US-201514633402-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 27, 2015
Priority date	Feb 27, 2015
Publication date	Sep 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A cloud based installer package is converted to a version that can be deployed in physical machines, e.g., by extracting an installer with embedded middleware configured to run on a remote cloud deployment, and identifying a physical machine to install the package and extracting information from the physical machine and utilizing the extracted information to convert the installer to a version that can be installed in a physical machine.

First claim

We claim:

1 . A method for converting a virtual pattern with embedded middleware to a version deployable on physical machines, comprising:
building a pattern for a middleware configured to run on a deployment platform, the deployment platform comprising one or more computing nodes; generating, based on the pattern, a stand-alone installer to run on a physical machine without dependencies on the deployment platform; extracting information from the physical machine; and installing the pattern with the embedded middleware on the physical machine by running the stand-alone installer and based on the information extracted from the physical machine.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the installing the pattern comprises installing the pattern with the embedded middleware on the physical machine by running the stand-alone installer and one or more installation scripts.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the physical machine comprises an appliance.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the stand-alone installer comprises a bootable ISO image.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing a user interface on the deployment platform, the user interface allowing a user to select an option to generate the stand-alone installer for the middleware.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the user interface further allows the user to select the middleware.

7 . A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method of converting a virtual pattern with embedded middleware to a version deployable on physical machines, the method comprising:
building a pattern for a middleware configured to run on a deployment platform, the deployment platform comprising one or more computing nodes; generating, based on the pattern, a stand-alone installer to run on a physical machine without dependencies on the deployment platform; extracting information from the physical machine; and installing the pattern with the embedded middleware on the physical machine by running the stand-alone installer and based on the information extracted from the physical machine.

8 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the installing the pattern comprises installing the pattern with the embedded middleware on the physical machine by running the stand-alone installer and one or more installation scripts.

9 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the physical machine comprises an appliance.

10 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the stand-alone installer comprises a bootable ISO image.

11 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , further comprising providing a user interface on the deployment platform, the user interface allowing a user to select an option to generate the stand-alone installer for the middleware.

12 . The computer readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the user interface further allows the user to select the middleware.

13 . A system for converting a virtual pattern with embedded middleware to a version deployable on physical machines, comprising:
one or more processors running on a deployment platform, the deployment platform comprising one or more computing nodes; a middleware installed on the deployment platform; the one or more processors operable to build a pattern for the middleware, the one or more processors further operable to generate, based on the pattern, a stand-alone installer to run on a physical machine without dependencies on the deployment platform; and a user interface operable to allow a user to select an option to generate the stand-alone installer on the deployment platform.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the user interface further allows the user to select the middleware for which to generate the stand-alone installer.

15 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the stand-alone installer is operable to extract information from the physical machine.

16 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the physical machine comprises an appliance.

17 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the stand-alone installer comprises a bootable ISO image.

18 . The system of claim 17 , wherein the stand-alone installer comprises at least the pattern, one or more components of the deployment platform required to deploy the pattern, and a stand-alone user interface operable to receive input for use by the stand-alone installer.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Alger Joshua A
• Hoy Jeffrey R
• Pellas Barry J

Classifications

• H04L67/34

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

• G06F8/61 Primary

  Installation · CPC title

• H04L67/10

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title