Verification of configuration using an encoded visual representation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9300651-B2
Application number	US-201414471264-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 28, 2014
Priority date	Aug 28, 2014
Publication date	Mar 29, 2016
Grant date	Mar 29, 2016

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a method, system, and computer program product for verifying a parameter on a computing node. The method can include accessing a first dynamically generated encoded visual representation from a computing node. The method can also include identifying one or more parameters of the computing node from the first dynamically generated encoded visual representation. The method can also include determining whether the computing node has a first parameter from the one or more parameters. The method can also include displaying the first parameter in response to the computing node having the first parameter.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for verifying a parameter on a computing node, comprising:
the computing node; and
a mobile device, having an encoded visual representation reader, configured to:
access a dynamically generated encoded visual representation from the computing node;
identify one or more parameters of the computing node from the dynamically generated encoded visual representation;
determine whether the computing node has a first parameter from the one or more parameters;
display the first parameter in response to the computing node having the first parameter;
create a modified parameter from the first parameter;
provide the modified parameter to a cloud system manager;
access a user access permission;
determine a first parameter access permission;
determine whether the user access permission meets the parameter access permission; and

update the first parameter with the modified parameter in response to the user access permission meeting the first parameter access permission.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computing node is a cloud computing node operating in a cloud computing environment, and the one or more parameters concerns one or more virtual machines within the cloud computing node.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is further configured to:
generate a second dynamically generated encoded visual representation based on the modified parameter.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is configured to identify one or more parameters by:
decoding the dynamically generated encoded visual representation into the one or more parameters based on a coding reference; and
reconstructing the one or more parameters of the computing node.

5. A computer program product for verifying a parameter on a computing node comprising a computer readable storage device having a computer readable program stored therein, wherein the computer readable program, when executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to:
access a dynamically generated encoded visual representation from a computing node;
identify one or more parameters of the computing node from the dynamically generated encoded visual representation;
determine whether the computing node has a first parameter from the one or more parameters;
display the first parameter in response to the computing node having the first parameter;
create a modified parameter from the first parameter;
provide the modified parameter to a cloud system manager;
access a user access permission;
determine a first parameter access permission;
determine whether the user access permission meets the parameter access permission; and
update the first parameter with the modified parameter in response to the user access permission meeting the first parameter access permission.

6. The computer program product of claim 5 , wherein the computer readable program causes the computing device to provide the modified parameter to the cloud system manager by:
providing the modified parameter to the cloud system manager via a wireless network.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Cai Lin
• Cao Bin
• Carey James E
• Manning Bradley L

Classifications

• H04L43/08

  Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters · CPC title

• H04L43/20

  the monitoring system or the monitored elements being virtualised, abstracted or software-defined entities, e.g. SDN or NFV · CPC title

• H04L63/08 Primary

  for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32) · CPC title

• G06F9/44505 Primary

  Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files · 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