Microservice Configuration Sample Data Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current client user interfaces in microservice architectures provide only syntax-based sample data, requiring recoding every time provisioning rules are updated, which limits the ability to present detailed, runtime-valid configuration options without human intervention.
Innovation Solution
Shift the generation of sample data from client interfaces to servers, using messaging APIs to provide context-aware sample data that can be presented through any interface, allowing services to expand on sample data and present valid configuration options to users without requiring them to code or interpret rules.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If client user interfaces generate sample data locally, then syntax-based sample data can be provided, but detailed runtime-valid configuration options cannot be presented without recoding
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary service component that generates and provides sample configuration data to client interfaces. This mediator service contains the provisioning rules and validation logic, allowing clients to receive runtime-valid sample data without needing to recode their interfaces. The intermediary translates complex server-side logic into usable sample data for clients.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service by allowing the service infrastructure itself to generate and provide sample configuration data automatically. Instead of requiring client interfaces to manually recode sample data generation logic, the system self-generates context-aware sample data based on current provisioning rules and makes it available to clients through standardized APIs.
2Ease of operation
If detailed sample data is provided at client interfaces, then runtime-valid configuration options can be presented, but the interfaces must be recoded every time rules are updated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamics by making the sample data generation adaptive and changeable without recoding. The service that provides sample data dynamically updates based on changing provisioning rules, allowing the system to adapt to new requirements while clients continue to use the same interface code. This dynamic behavior is achieved through service-based architecture where the generation logic can be updated independently of client interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary action by pre-generating context-aware sample data on the service side before clients need it. This allows provisioning rules to be validated and sample data to be prepared in advance, so when clients request configuration options, they receive ready-to-use, runtime-valid sample data without needing to recode or reprocess logic.
3Device complexity
If syntax-based sample data is provided, then interface implementation is simple, but understanding of provisioning rules is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent uses copying by creating simplified copies of the actual provisioning data and rules in the form of context-aware sample data. Instead of requiring clients to implement or understand complex provisioning logic, the system generates representative sample data that mirrors the structure and constraints of valid configurations, making the rules understandable through example rather than through complex interface implementation.
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AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving, over a communication network via a user interface, a first request for first sample data for a first parameter associated with a first microservice. The first sample data is associated with a first portion of communication equipment. The server is configured to perform the first microservice. Further embodiments include identifying a first group of values for the first parameter based on the first portion of communication equipment and the first microservice. Additional embodiments can include providing, over the communication network, the first group of values for the first parameter to the user interface as the first sample data. The user interface presents the first group of values for the first parameter as the first sample data on a display. Other embodiments are disclosed.