Automated Management Configuration Delivery Across Isolated Environments
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies require manual re-entry of management configurations across separate computing environments, leading to time-consuming and error-prone processes, especially when these environments lack integration and authorization for communication, even with a common network connection.
Innovation Solution
A networked environment with a management service that enables continuous delivery of management configurations across separate environments, utilizing a management service to create, modify, and execute management configuration delivery workflows, allowing for automated and manual environments to communicate and update configurations seamlessly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual re-entry of management configurations is performed in each environment, then configuration updates can be implemented, but the process becomes time-consuming and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates virtual copies of management configurations from a source environment that can be deployed to multiple target environments. Instead of manually re-entering configurations in each environment, the system generates and distributes configuration copies automatically, reducing both time and errors while maintaining consistency across environments.
Solution Approach 2:
The management configuration system performs self-service by automatically generating, validating, and deploying configuration updates across environments without requiring manual intervention in each environment. The system self-manages the configuration delivery workflow, including automatic error detection and correction.
2Reliability
If separate computing environments are maintained for development, testing, and production, then environment isolation is achieved, but integration and communication between environments become difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management configuration system as an intermediary that bridges separate computing environments. This intermediary manages configuration delivery workflows, enabling controlled communication and data transfer between isolated environments while maintaining their security boundaries and isolation requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The management configuration system provides universal functionality that works across multiple different environment types (development, testing, production). It serves as a multi-functional platform that can deliver configurations to any target environment while respecting each environment's specific requirements and isolation constraints.
3Productivity
If automated configuration delivery is implemented across environments, then deployment speed improves, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the configuration delivery process into distinct workflow stages (development, testing, production) that can be managed independently. Each stage has its own validation and deployment rules, reducing overall system complexity by breaking down the automated delivery process into manageable, modular segments that can be configured and controlled separately.
Data Source
AI summary
Disclosed are various implementations of approaches for continuous delivery of management configurations. In some examples, a management configuration delivery workflow is retrieved from a source environment. The management configuration is transmitted to a destination environment specified in the management configuration delivery workflow. The destination environment us updated to apply the management configuration.