Declarative Software Product Abstraction for Automated Deployment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current systems lack an efficient method for automated end-to-end deployment of software products across diverse platforms, requiring manual intervention and lacking standardized provisioning workflows for different types of modules.

Innovation Solution

A declarative composition method for software product definitions that includes a software product abstraction, comprising a list of modules, provisioning workflows, and mappings of inputs and outputs, managed by a software-defined infrastructure product management computer program for automated installation, configuration, and metrics streaming.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If manual intervention is used for software product deployment, then deployment can be performed on diverse platforms, but deployment efficiency is low and time-consuming

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedeployment efficiencyVSAvoiddeployment time

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system enables automated self-service deployment through provisioning workflows that automatically install, configure, and manage software products across diverse platforms without manual intervention. The workflow engine orchestrates the entire deployment process, retrieving software products from repositories, configuring them based on platform-specific requirements, and managing lifecycle operations automatically.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The system performs preliminary actions by pre-defining provisioning workflows and platform configurations before deployment. Software product abstractions and platform capability models are prepared in advance, allowing the automated deployment process to execute efficiently without real-time manual configuration or decision-making during deployment.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Extent of automation

If standardized provisioning workflows are implemented, then automated deployment is achieved, but adaptability to different platform requirements is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveautomation levelVSAvoidplatform adaptability

Core Design Contradiction:

Extent of automationVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the deployment process into distinct provisioning workflows for different software products and platforms. Each workflow is independently configurable and can be tailored to specific platform requirements while maintaining standardized automation. The platform capability model is divided into modular components that can be selectively applied based on the target platform.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system employs dynamic provisioning workflows that can adapt their behavior based on the target platform's characteristics. The workflow engine dynamically selects and configures appropriate provisioning steps based on platform capability matching, allowing standardized automation to remain flexible and adaptable to diverse platform requirements through runtime decision-making.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

3Adaptability or versatility

If software product abstractions are used, then deployment portability is improved, but configuration complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedeployment portabilityVSAvoidconfiguration complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system creates universal software product abstractions that can be deployed across multiple platforms through a single standardized interface. The abstraction layer encapsulates platform-specific details, allowing the same software product definition to be instantiated on different platforms without modification, thereby improving portability while hiding configuration complexity behind a unified model.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The software product abstraction acts as an intermediary between the deployment system and platform-specific implementations. This abstraction layer translates standardized deployment requests into platform-specific configurations automatically, reducing the visible configuration complexity for users while maintaining full portability across diverse platforms through the mediating abstraction layer.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20240256247A1Systems and methods for declarative composition of infrastructure components of a software product definition for automated end to end deployment

Publication Date: 2024.08.01 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA

AI summary

Systems and methods for automated end-to-end deployment of a software product are disclosed. A method may include: (1) receiving, by a software or software defined infrastructure product management computer program, a selection of a software product for installation to a platform; (2) retrieving, by the software or software defined infrastructure product management computer program, a software product abstraction for the software product; (3) executing, by the software or software defined infrastructure product management computer program, a provisioning workflow in the software product abstraction, wherein the provisioning workflow installs the software product on the platform; (4) configuring, by the software or software defined infrastructure product management computer program, inputs using a mapping of the inputs of the software product abstraction; and (5) configuring, by the software or software defined infrastructure product management computer program, outputs using a mapping of the outputs of the software product abstraction.