Connection Switch Automation for Test-to-Production Validation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing interprocess communication networks face inefficiencies in testing configuration changes due to limited available channels, requiring manual and resource-intensive processes that are prone to errors and downtime.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for automatically switching and validating configuration updates between test and production environments using a development tool, which employs a simulator to emulate actual computing devices and reduces manual intervention, thereby minimizing errors and resource consumption.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual adjustment of communication channels is performed for each configuration test, then configuration validation can be achieved, but the process becomes prohibitively expensive in terms of man-hours, computing resources, and user downtime
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a simulated interaction processing environment that replicates the functionality of the actual interaction processing environment. This simulation allows configuration changes to be tested without affecting the production system, enabling repeated testing cycles without user downtime or resource consumption on the actual system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an automated development tool as an intermediary between the configuration management system and the testing environment. This tool automatically performs the steps of updating source code, recompiling, deploying, and validating configuration changes, eliminating manual intervention and reducing both time and human effort.
2Quantity of substance
If limited testing channels are available for functionality validation, then system resources are conserved, but the testing process becomes resource-intensive and requires repeated manual adjustments
Solution Approach 1:
The simulated interaction processing environment is designed to be universal, allowing multiple different configuration changes to be tested through the same simulation infrastructure. This eliminates the need for separate testing channels for each configuration validation, enabling high productivity with limited physical resources.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of creating multiple physical testing channels, the system creates a virtual copy of the interaction processing environment that can be reused indefinitely for testing different configurations, effectively providing unlimited testing capacity without additional hardware resources.
3Quantity of substance
If multiple configuration changes are tested sequentially on the same channel, then resource usage is minimized, but the total testing time and user downtime increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The simulation environment serves as a dedicated testing copy that can handle multiple configuration validations simultaneously or in rapid succession without affecting the production system. This allows parallel testing of multiple configurations, dramatically reducing total validation time while maintaining minimal resource usage on the actual system.
Solution Approach 2:
Configuration changes are validated in the simulated environment before being deployed to the actual system. This preliminary validation ensures that only proven configurations are implemented, reducing the need for rework and subsequent testing cycles, thereby minimizing total testing time.
Data Source
AI summary
A system includes a processing device and a memory device that includes instructions executable by the processing device for causing the processing device to perform operations. The operations include receiving a first configuration update of a first interaction event. The operations further include automatically switching a test channel connection with an interaction processing environment, using the first configuration update of the first interaction event, to generate a first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment. Additionally, the operations include, in response to establishing the first switched channel connection, facilitating a first validation operation of the first configuration update using the first switched channel connection with the interaction processing environment. Further, the operations include, in response to validating the first configuration update, implementing the first configuration update in an interaction production environment.