Application Centric Continuous Integration and Delivery With Automated Service Assurance

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018060066-A1
Application number	US-201715647697-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 12, 2017
Priority date	Jul 12, 2016
Publication date	Mar 1, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

An application-centric continuous delivery (ACCID) architecture provides a service that automates the configuration and management of end-to-end application lifecycle management (ALM) tools, through an innovative application-centric metadata model that can be customized through a self-service portal. With the ACCID architecture, IT organizations can provide version management, build automation, test automation, artifact management, infrastructure build, and automated application deployment that is consistent with global IT policy and governance and delivered as a service to organizations. The ACCID architecture references customized application metadata models that describe the application services, ALM requirements, and target infrastructure, to employ end-to-end automation of: the software deployment lifecycle and promotion across application environments, e.g., Development, Test, Pre-Production, and Production environments, using private, public, or hybrid cloud deployment models.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method comprising:
generating an application registration interface; delivering the application registration interface through a communication interface to an application owner; registering a specific application through the application registration interface, including:
associating the specific application with an application-specific metadata model comprising application contextual metadata for the specific application;
associating the application, via the application-specific metadata, to pre-defined services; and
storing the application-specific metadata model in a data library of reference metadata models for applications; and
executing the pre-defined services for the specific application according to the application-specific metadata model for the specific application.

2 . The method of claim 1 , where:
the application-specific metadata model comprises enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata for the enterprise that includes the application owner.

3 . The method of claim 2 , where:
executing the pre-defined services comprises: configuring an application version control service according to the enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata.

4 . The method of claim 3 , where:
configuring the application version control service comprises: provisioning an application repository and source code control service for the specific application.

5 . The method of claim 2 , where:
executing the pre-defined services comprises: configuring an application development integration service for the specific application consistent with the enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata.

6 . The method of claim 5 , where:
configuring the application development integration service comprises: configuring an application build service to check for application changes and compile new application binaries.

7 . The method of claim 5 , where:
configuring the application development integration service comprises: configuring an application test service to execute tests against a newly compiled application binary.

8 . The method of claim 5 , where:
configuring the application development integration service comprises: configuring an application deployment service to deploy a newly compiled application binary into a pre-defined execution environment.

9 . The method of claim 8 , where:
the application-specific metadata model for the specific application comprises application deployment metadata.

10 . The method of claim 9 , where:
the application deployment metadata specifies application deployment conditions for automatically deploying a newly compiled application binary; and further comprising: executing metadata driven service assurance by automatically deploying service agents on a specified virtual machine as part of an application build service for the newly compiled application binary.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
providing access to a build repository configured to store output of a current application build; and providing access to a reference repository configured to store application artifacts that meet pre-defined artifact validation inclusion criteria.

12 . A system comprising:
machine interface circuitry defining an application registration interface; a communication interface configured to deliver the application registration interface to an application owner; and application configuration circuitry configured to:
register a specific application through the application registration interface by:
associating the specific application with an application-specific metadata model comprising application contextual metadata for the specific application;
associating the application, via the application-specific metadata, to pre-defined services; and
storing the application-specific metadata model in a data library of reference metadata models for applications; and

execute the pre-defined services for the specific application according to the application-specific metadata model for the specific application.

13 . The system of claim 12 , where:
the application-specific metadata model comprises enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata for the enterprise that includes the application owner.

14 . The system of claim 13 , where:
the pre-defined services comprise: an application version control service configured according to the enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata.

15 . The system of claim 14 , where:
the application version control service comprises an application repository and source code control service for the specific application.

16 . The system of claim 13 , where:
the pre-defined services comprise an application build service operable to check for application changes and compile new application binaries, as specified by the enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata.

17 . The system of claim 13 , where:
the pre-defined services comprise an application test service operable to execute tests against a newly compiled application binary, as specified by the enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata.

18 . The system of claim 13 , where:
the pre-defined services comprise an application deployment service operable to deploy a newly compiled application binary into a pre-defined execution environment, as specified by the enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata.

19 . A system comprising:
machine interface circuitry defining an application registration interface; a communication interface configured to deliver the application registration interface to an application owner; and application configuration circuitry configured to:
register a specific application through the application registration interface by:
associating the specific application with an application-specific metadata model comprising enterprise-wide standardized application configuration and control metadata for the enterprise that includes the application owner;
associating the application end-to-end lifecycle services comprising:
an application version control service configured according to the enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata;
an application repository and source code control service for the specific application configured according to the enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata;
an application build service operable to check for application changes and compile new application binaries, and configured according to the enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata;
an application test service operable to execute tests against a newly compiled application binary, and configured according to the enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata; and
an application deployment service operable to deploy a newly compiled application binary into a pre-defined execution environment, and configured according to the enterprise-wide standardized configuration and control metadata; and

execute the end-to-end lifecycle services for the specific application.

20 . The system of claim 19 , where:
the application-specific metadata model for the specific application comprises application deployment metadata; the application deployment metadata specifies application deployment conditions for automatically deploying a newly compiled application bin

Assignees

• Accenture Global Solutions Ltd

Inventors

• Rihani Raed Zahi
• Hellstrom Stefan C
• Brown Christopher Ray
• Laflamme Michael
• Sanders Jonovan J
• Porta Ashley N
• Pham Ken A
• Rodgers Christina Alexandria
• Phannareth Michael
• Kendis Alex

Classifications

• G06F11/3668

  Testing of software · CPC title

• G06F2009/45562

  Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances · CPC title

• G06F9/45558

  Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects · CPC title

• G06F8/60

  Software deployment · CPC title

• G06F8/41

  Compilation · CPC title