Microservice Configuration GUI With Auto-Validation for Faster Deployment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Managing and deploying applications that include multiple microservices is complicated and labor-intensive, often prone to errors due to manual configuration of services, ports, and settings, which increases development and deployment time.
Innovation Solution
A Unified Compute Framework (UCF) provides a low-code environment with a graphical user interface (GUI) for users to visualize and connect microservices, auto-populate configuration parameters, and use validation services for static validation, enabling quick and error-reduced application building and deployment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual configuration of microservices is used, then flexibility and control are improved, but complexity and error-proneness increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary configuration management system that sits between the user and the microservice deployment process. This intermediary automatically generates, validates, and manages configuration files for multiple microservices, reducing manual intervention while maintaining control. The system acts as a mediator that translates high-level deployment intentions into detailed configuration specifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-generating configuration files and validating them before deployment. The system prepares configuration manifests, validates service dependencies, and checks for conflicts before the actual deployment occurs. This advance preparation reduces errors and simplifies the actual deployment process.
2Adaptability or versatility
If manual configuration of microservices is used, then customization capability is improved, but deployment time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes parameter changes by allowing users to define microservice configurations through parameterized templates. Configuration files use variables and parameters that can be easily modified without changing the overall structure. This enables rapid customization of individual services while maintaining consistent deployment patterns across the entire system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements universality through a unified configuration management system that handles multiple microservices with diverse requirements through a single framework. The system provides universal templates and validation rules that work across different service types, enabling both customization and rapid deployment simultaneously.
3Reliability
If comprehensive configuration validation is implemented, then deployment reliability is improved, but processing time increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by performing configuration validation before deployment. The system validates service dependencies, checks configuration syntax, verifies environment variable references, and detects conflicts in advance. This pre-validation ensures deployment reliability without adding significant time to the actual deployment process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements skipping by optimizing the validation process to quickly identify and report critical issues. The system prioritizes validation checks based on their importance to deployment success, skipping less critical validations when time is constrained. This allows comprehensive validation to be performed efficiently without excessive time loss.
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AI summary
Approaches presented herein provide systems and methods for generating a standardized specification and associated interface for application development. One or more microservices may be selected and graphically represented within an interface that receives connection information from one or more users. Connected microservices may have one or more configuration specifications that are auto-populated based, at least, on operation parameters for an associated application and/or related microservices. A development environment may provide for visual representations of connections between microservices along with configuration parameters and validation services. Deployment information may then be generated based on the configuration in the representations.