Deploying applications

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9910652-B2
Application number	US-201514953898-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 30, 2015
Priority date	Nov 30, 2015
Publication date	Mar 6, 2018
Grant date	Mar 6, 2018

Abstract

A method, executed by a computer, for deploying an application includes receiving a deployment description that indicates the one or more deployment configurations and an artifact corresponding to a deployment, accessing a repository that contains the deployment configurations and the artifact that correspond to the deployment, enabling a user to select a subset of deployment configurations, and deploying the subset of deployment configurations and artifact to a processing environment. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer system for deploying an application, the computer system comprising:
one or more computer processors;
one or more computer readable storage media;
program instructions stored therein for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising instructions to:
provide a template for translating a preconfigured deployment configuration;
receive a deployment description that indicates one or more deployment configurations and an artifact corresponding to a deployment, wherein at least one of the one or more deployment configurations is the preconfigured deployment configuration;
translate the preconfigured deployment configuration according to the template to produce a compatible deployment configuration, wherein translating the preconfigured deployment configuration further comprises translating, according to the template, input information corresponding to the preconfigured deployment configuration into output information in a format that is compatible with the artifact and a subset of deployment configurations;
enable a user to select the subset of deployment configurations; and
deploy the subset of deployment configurations, the compatible deployment configuration, and the artifact to a processing environment.

2. The computer system of claim 1 , further comprising instructions to enable a user to customize a command template.

3. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein instructions to deploy the subset of deployment configurations and the artifact to a processing environment comprise instructions to:
generate commands to deploy each deployment configuration of the subset of deployment configurations; and
execute the commands.

4. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the template is provided by a user.

5. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein a deployment configuration comprises a middleware application configuration.

6. The computer system of claim 1 , wherein the deployment description is an Extensible Markup Language file.

7. A computer program product for deploying an application, the computer program product comprising:
a computer readable storage medium and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium, the program instructions comprising instructions to:
provide a template for translating a preconfigured deployment configuration;
receive a deployment description that indicates one or more deployment configurations and an artifact corresponding to a deployment, wherein at least one of the one or more deployment configurations is the preconfigured deployment configuration;
translate the preconfigured deployment configuration according to the template to produce a compatible deployment configuration, wherein translating the preconfigured deployment configuration further comprises translating, according to the template, input information corresponding to the preconfigured deployment configuration into output information in a format that is compatible with the artifact and a subset of deployment configurations;
enable a user to select the subset of deployment configurations; and
deploy the subset of deployment configurations, the compatible deployment configuration, and the artifact to a processing environment.

8. The computer program product of claim 7 , further comprising instructions to enable a user to customize a command template.

9. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein instructions to deploy the subset of deployment configurations and the artifact to a processing environment comprise instructions to:
generate commands to deploy each deployment configuration of the subset of deployment configurations; and
execute the commands.

10. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein a deployment configuration comprises a middleware application configuration.

11. The computer program product of claim 7 , wherein the deployment description is an Extensible Markup Language file.

12. The computer system of claim 7 , wherein the template is provided by a user.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Chen Xiao Bin
• Chen Zhang Hong
• Feng Yan
• Li Guo Q
• Zhang xiao lin

Classifications

• G06F9/44505

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

• G06F8/61

  Installation · CPC title

• G06F8/65

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• G06F8/60 Primary

  Software deployment · CPC title