Locked files for cartridges in a multi-tenant platform-as-a-service (PaaS) system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9742838-B2
Application number	US-201414183835-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 19, 2014
Priority date	Jan 9, 2014
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

Implementations for locked files for cartridges in a multi-tenant Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system are disclosed. A method of the disclosure includes identifying, by a processing device of a multi-tenant Platform-a-a-Service (PaaS) system, an operation requested to be performed by the multi-tenant PaaS system, determining access contexts for the identified operation with respect to a cartridge associated with the operation, the access context comprising a user or component that is attempting to access a file of the cartridge for the identified operation, accessing a locked files manifest of the cartridge, the locked files manifest identifying at least one of files or directories of the cartridge to which a cartridge author of the cartridge restricts access to application developers utilizing the cartridge to execute an application, and applying access permissions to the cartridge according to the determined access contexts and the locked files manifest.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
identifying an operation requested to be performed by a multi-tenant platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system, wherein the multi-tenant PaaS system comprises nodes to execute applications owned by a plurality of users, wherein functionality of the applications is provided by instances of cartridges deployed on the nodes, and wherein the cartridges each comprise at least one of configuration templates, scripts, or dependencies that are used to execute at least one of the applications on at least one of the nodes of the multi-tenant PaaS system, and wherein the operations comprise at least one of a gear operation, a cartridge operation, or an application operation;
identifying an instance of a cartridge of the cartridges, the identified instance of the cartridge associated with the identified operation;
determining, by a processing device of the multi-tenant PaaS system, access contexts for the operation with respect to the identified instance of the cartridge, the access contexts comprising a user or component that is attempting to access a file of the instance of the cartridge for the identified operation, wherein the user comprises at least one of a cartridge author of the cartridge or an application developer of one of the applications utilizing the cartridge, and wherein the component comprises a broker component of the multi-tenant PaaS system;
referencing, by the processing device, a locked files manifest of the cartridge with the determined access contexts, the locked files manifest identifying:
restricted content items comprising at least one of files or directories of the cartridge to which the cartridge author of the cartridge restricts user-level access to the restricted content; and
the access contexts, for each restricted content item, that are prohibited from accessing the restricted content; and

applying access permissions to the instance of the cartridge according to the determined access contexts and the locked files manifest.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cartridge further comprises one or more features to add to the application.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying the access permissions further comprises:
allowing the cartridge author access to the files and directories of the cartridge; and
allowing an application developer restricted access to the files and directories identified in the locked files manifest, wherein the application developer utilizes the cartridge to execute the application on the multi-tenant PaaS system.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the restricted access comprises read-only access to the files identified in the locked files manifest, and a prohibition on adding or deleting files from the directories identified in the locked files manifest.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying the access permissions further comprises, responsive to the gear operation being at least one of the create gear or the delete gear operation, prohibiting the cartridge author and the application developer from accessing the cartridge.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying the access permissions further comprises, responsive to the cartridge operation being at least one of the setup cartridge operation or the teardown cartridge operation:
granting the cartridge author access to the cartridge; and
prohibiting the application developer from accessing the cartridge.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying the access permissions further comprises, responsive to the cartridge operation being at least one of a start cartridge operation or a stop cartridge operation, or the application operation is a build application operation:
granting the cartridge author access to the cartridge; and
granting the application developer restricted access to the cartridge, the restricted access comprising read-only access to the files identified in the locked files manifest, and a prohibition on adding or deleting files from the directories identified in the locked files manifest.

8. A system, comprising:
a memory; and
a processing device communicably coupled to the memory, the processing device to:
identify an operation requested to be performed by a multi-tenant platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) system, wherein the multi-tenant PaaS system comprises nodes to execute applications owned by a plurality of users, wherein functionality of the applications is provided by instances of cartridges deployed on the nodes, and wherein the cartridges each comprise at least one of configuration templates, scripts, or dependencies that are used to execute at least one of the applications on at least one of the nodes of the multi-tenant PaaS system, and wherein the operations comprise at least one of a gear operation, a cartridge operation, or an application operation;
identify an instance of a cartridge of the cartridges, the identified instance of the cartridge associated with the identified operation;
determine access contexts for the operation with respect to the identified instance of the cartridge, the access contexts comprising a user or component that is attempting to access a file of the instance of the cartridge for the identified operation, wherein the user comprises at least one of a cartridge author of the cartridge or an application developer of one of the applications utilizing the cartridge, and wherein the component comprises a broker component of the multi-tenant PaaS system;
reference a locked files manifest of the cartridge with the determined access contexts, the locked files manifest identifying:
restricted content items comprising at least one of files or directories of the cartridge to which the cartridge author of the cartridge restricts user-level access to the restricted content; and
the access contexts, for each restricted content item, that are prohibited from accessing the restricted content; and

apply access permissions to the instance of the cartridge according to the determined access contexts and the locked files manifest.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the cartridge further comprises one or more features to add to the application.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing device to apply the access permissions further comprises the processing device to:
allow the cartridge author access to the files and directories of the cartridge; and
allow an application developer restricted access to the files and directories identified in the locked files manifest, wherein the application developer utilizes the cartridge to execute the application on the multi-tenant PaaS system;
wherein the restricted access comprises read-only access to the files identified in the locked files manifest, and a prohibition on adding or deleting files from the directories identified in the locked files manifest.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing device to apply the access permissions further comprises the processing device to, responsive to the gear operation being at least one of a create gear or a delete gear operation, prohibit the cartridge author and the application developer from accessing the cartridge.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing device to apply the access permissions further comprises the processing device to, responsive to the cartridge operation being at least one of setup cartridge operation or a teardown cartridge operation:
grant the cartridge author access to the cartridge; and
prohibit the application developer from accessing the cartridge.

13. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing device to apply the access permissions further comprises the processing device to, responsive to the

Assignees

• Red Hat Inc

Inventors

• Mcgrath Michael
• Honce Jhon

Classifications

• G06F17/30082

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L67/06

  specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP] · CPC title

• H04L67/34

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

• H04L41/082 Primary

  the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality · CPC title

• H04L67/10 Primary

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