Method and system for distributed application stack test certification

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9612812-B2
Application number	US-201113332435-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2011
Priority date	Dec 21, 2011
Publication date	Apr 4, 2017
Grant date	Apr 4, 2017

Abstract

Method, system, and programs for automatically certifying a configuration of a distributed application stack to be deployed on a cluster. A request is first received to certify the configuration of the distributed application stack to be deployed on the cluster based on a baseline configuration of the distributed application stack. The configuration of the distributed application stack includes a version of each of the plurality of software artifacts. Based on the configuration in the request, the distributed application stack is then deployed on the cluster. A record is received from each node of the cluster indicating a status during the deployment and/or a result after the deployment for the respective node. Based on the received records, a certification record is then created for the configuration in the request.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, implemented on at least one machine each of which has at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for automatically certifying a configuration of a distributed application stack, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving a request to certify a configuration of a distributed application stack to be deployed on a cluster including a plurality of nodes based on a baseline configuration of the distributed application stack, wherein the configuration of the distributed application stack includes a version of each of a plurality of software artifacts, and wherein the baseline configuration has been provided previously, which can be used to create the configuration specified in the request;
generating an instruction based on the configuration specified in the request for deploying the distributed application stack on the cluster, wherein the instruction associates each-of the plurality of software artifacts with a type of the plurality of nodes on which the respective software artifact is to be deployed;
deploying the distributed application stack on the cluster in accordance with the instruction;
receiving a record from each node of the cluster indicating one or more of the plurality of software artifacts with a respective status of the deployment and a result after the deployment of each of the one or more of the plurality of software artifacts with respect to the respective node in the cluster; and
creating a certification record for the configuration specified in the request based on the received records from the plurality of nodes in the cluster, wherein the certification record includes a description of the configuration of the distributed application stack deployed on the nodes of the cluster and a result for each software artifact after the deployment.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
in response to a change of the version of at least one software artifact in the distributed application stack, identifying a certified configuration that includes the at least one software artifact with the changed version;
deploying the distributed application stack on the cluster based on the identified configuration that includes the at least one software artifact with the changed version; and
creating an updated certification record for the identified configuration.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining the baseline configuration of the distributed application stack;
deploying the distributed application stack on the cluster based on the baseline configuration;
creating a certification record for the baseline configuration based on a status of the deployment and/or a result after the deployment for each node; and
storing, in a record repository, the certification record for the configuration in the request and the certification record for the baseline configuration.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of receiving a request comprising:
receiving a plurality of requests to certify a plurality of configurations of the distributed application stack based on the baseline configuration of the distributed application stack;
storing the plurality of requests to certify the configurations and a request to certify the baseline configuration in a request queue, wherein the request to certify the baseline configuration is on top of the request queue; and
generating an instruction for deploying the distributed application stack on the cluster based on a request on top of the request queue.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request includes a deviation between the configuration in the request and the baseline configuration of the distributed application stack.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the certification record further includes at least one of:
the configuration in the request;
the baseline configuration; and
a status for each deployed software artifact.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein each software artifact is stored in a version-controlled package format in a software package repository.

8. A system having at least one processor, storage, and a communication platform connected to a network for automatically certifying a configuration of a distributed application stack, the system comprising:
a request handler implemented on the processor and configured to receive a request to certify a configuration of a distributed application stack to be deployed on a cluster including a plurality of nodes based on a baseline configuration of the distributed application stack, wherein the configuration of the distributed application stack includes a version of each of a plurality of software artifacts, and the baseline configuration has been provided previously, which can be used to create the configuration specified in the request;
an instruction generator implemented on the processor and configured to generate an instruction based on the configuration specified in the request for deploying the distributed application stack on the cluster, wherein the instruction associates each of the plurality of software artifacts with a type of the plurality of nodes on which the respective software artifact is to be deployed;
a deployment unit implemented on the processor, operatively coupled to the request handler, and configure to deploy the distributed application stack on the cluster in accordance with the instruction;
a recording module implemented on the processor and configured to receive a record from each node of the cluster indicating one or more of the plurality of software artifacts with a respective status of the deployment and a result after the deployment of each of the one or more of the plurality of software artifacts with respect to the respective node in the cluster; and
a certification generator implemented on the processor, operatively coupled to the record unit, and configured to create a certification record for the configuration specified in the request based on the received records from the plurality of nodes in the cluster, wherein the certification record includes a description of the configuration of the distributed application stack deployed on the nodes of the cluster and a result for each software artifact after the deployment.

9. The system of claim 8 , further comprising
a version correction module operatively coupled to the request handler, configured to, in response to a change of the version of at least one software artifact in the distributed application stack, identify a certified configuration that includes the at least one software artifact with the changed version, wherein
the deployment unit is further configured to deploy the distributed application stack on the cluster based on the identified configuration that includes the at least one software artifact with the changed version; and
the certification generator is further configured to create an updated certification record for the identified configuration.

10. The system of claim 8 , further comprising
a baseline configuration retrieval module operatively coupled to the request handler, configured to obtain the baseline configuration of the distributed application stack, wherein
the deployment unit is further configured to deploy the distributed application stack on the cluster based on the baseline configuration; and
the certification generator is further configured to:
create a certification record for the baseline configuration based on a status of the deployment and/or a result after the deployment for each node, and
store, in a record repository, the certification record for the configuration in the request and the certification record for the baseline configuration.

11. The system

Assignees

• Arcilla Andre
• Boudnik Konstantin
• Shaposhnik Roman V
• Excalibur Ip Llc

Inventors

• Arcilla Andre
• Boudnik Konstantin
• Shaposhnik Roman V

Classifications

• G06F21/57

  Certifying or maintaining trusted computer platforms, e.g. secure boots or power-downs, version controls, system software checks, secure updates or assessing vulnerabilities · CPC title

• G06F8/60 Primary

  Software deployment · CPC title

• G06F9/44505

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