Verification of configuration using an encoded visual representation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9313194-B2
Application number	US-201414520946-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 22, 2014
Priority date	Aug 28, 2014
Publication date	Apr 12, 2016
Grant date	Apr 12, 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 method for verifying a parameter on a computing node, comprising:
accessing, by a mobile device, a dynamically generated encoded visual representation from a computing node;
identifying, by the mobile device, one or more parameters of the computing node from the dynamically generated encoded visual representation;
determining whether the computing node has a first parameter from the one or more parameters;
displaying the first parameter in response to the computing node having the first parameter;
creating a modified parameter from the first parameter;
providing the modified parameter to a cloud system manager;
accessing a user access permission;
determining a first parameter access permission;
determining whether the user access permission meets the parameter access permission; and
updating the first parameter with the modified parameter in response to the user access permission meeting the first parameter access permission.

2. The method 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 method of claim 1 , wherein providing the modified parameter to the cloud system manager includes:
providing the modified parameter to the cloud system manager via a wireless network.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the modified parameter is similar to the first parameter.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating a second dynamically generated encoded visual representation based on the modified parameter.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying one or more parameters includes:
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.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
determining the dynamically generated encoded visual representation is encrypted; and
decrypting the dynamically generated encoded visual representation.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more parameters relate to: a memory, a storage capacity, a processor, an internet protocol (IP) address, and a graphical user interface preference for a virtual machine supported by the computing node.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the encoded visual representation is a barcode.

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

• H04W12/08

  Access security · CPC title