Automated Delivery Pipeline Generation from Intercepted Operations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Traditional software delivery pipelines in shared computing environments, such as cloud computing, often rely on manual and non-repeatable processes, leading to inconsistencies and increased effort, which can result in deployment of low-quality or unstable software versions, especially as the user base expands.
Innovation Solution
The method involves identifying and intercepting operations in a shared computing environment to detect patterns indicative of repetitive manual actions, allowing for the generation of an automated delivery pipeline that automates these actions, thereby ensuring consistent and efficient software deployment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual and non-repeatable processes are used for software delivery, then flexibility and adaptability are maintained, but consistency and reliability deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically generates delivery pipelines by monitoring and analyzing operations performed by users. The pipeline generation process is self-service in nature, where the system learns from user actions and autonomously creates automated pipelines without requiring explicit user configuration or intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system monitors communications to resources and intercepts operations to identify patterns. This feedback loop allows the system to learn from repeated manual operations and automatically generate pipelines that replicate successful delivery patterns, improving consistency while reducing manual involvement.
2Productivity
If automated delivery pipelines are implemented, then efficiency and consistency are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system automatically generates delivery pipelines by monitoring and analyzing operations performed by users. The pipeline generation process is self-service in nature, where the system learns from user actions and autonomously creates automated pipelines without requiring explicit user configuration or intervention.
Solution Approach 2:
The system intercepts and analyzes operations to identify patterns, then copies these proven manual operations into automated pipeline definitions. This copying approach allows the system to replicate successful delivery processes automatically, improving efficiency without requiring complex manual pipeline configuration.
3Loss of time
If manual delivery operations are performed repeatedly, then adaptability to changes is maintained, but time consumption and effort increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system monitors communications to resources and intercepts operations to identify patterns. This feedback loop allows the system to learn from repeated manual operations and automatically generate pipelines that replicate successful delivery patterns, improving consistency while reducing manual involvement.
Solution Approach 2:
The system proactively monitors operations and automatically generates delivery pipelines before manual operations need to be repeated. By performing the pipeline generation action preliminarily based on detected patterns, the system eliminates future manual repetition and reduces time loss.
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AI summary
A method, computer program product, and system includes a processor(s) identifying one or more resources of a shared computing environment utilized in delivery of an application, to users of the shared computing environment. The processor(s) monitors communications to the one or more resources, to identify and intercept operations related to delivery of the application. The processor(s) analyze the intercepted operations, to determine when the operations comprise a pattern occurring with a frequency indicative of a predetermined level of confidence, where the pattern comprises one or more delivery operations. Based on determining the pattern occurs with the frequency, the processor(s) generates an automated delivery pipeline for the application, where the automated delivery pipeline automates at least one of the one or more delivery operations comprising the pattern. The processor(s) utilizes the automated delivery pipeline to deliver a new version of the application.