Automated Middleware Configuration Standardization
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Solution Overview
Problem
Enterprise computing environments with non-standardized configurations become unmanageable, leading to increased complexity, security vulnerabilities, and costly migrations due to the vast variety of applications and configurations that need to be recreated during infrastructure changes.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing big data processing and artificial intelligence to scan and analyze middleware configurations across multiple platforms, identifying standard configurations and using these standards to automate reconfiguration and migration to a new environment, ensuring compliance and security.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If non-standardized configurations are used in enterprise computing environments, then adaptability and versatility are improved, but device complexity and management difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies homogeneity by establishing standardized configuration templates that enforce consistent settings across multiple computing systems. The system scans existing configurations, identifies deviations from standards, and automatically remediates them, creating uniformity across the enterprise infrastructure while maintaining manageable complexity through centralized policy enforcement.
2Device complexity
If standardized configurations are implemented across computing systems, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to specific functional requirements may be limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments configuration management into hierarchical layers: standardized baseline templates provide common settings, while allowing controlled deviations for specific functional requirements. The system identifies configuration items that can be standardized versus those requiring customization, applying standards selectively to balance manageability with functional adaptability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If infrastructure migration is performed without standardization, then adaptability to different environments is maintained, but loss of time and resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies preliminary action by implementing configuration standardization and documentation before infrastructure migration begins. The system scans, analyzes, and remediates configuration deviations in advance, creating standardized templates that can be rapidly deployed to new environments, thereby reducing migration time and effort while ensuring environment compatibility.
4Measurement precision
If comprehensive configuration scanning and analysis is performed, then measurement precision and reliability are improved, but use of energy and computational resources increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies partial action by prioritizing configuration scanning and analysis efforts on critical systems and high-priority configuration items first. The system identifies and remediates the most significant deviations from standards that have the greatest impact on security and compliance, rather than uniformly processing all configurations with equal depth, thereby reducing computational overhead while maintaining effective control.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and techniques for automated standards-based computing system reconfiguration are described herein. An existing configuration may be obtained of a first computing system operating in a first computing environment. A second computing system in a second computing environment may be identified that provides a function of the first computing system using the existing configuration. A second computing system existing configuration of the second computing system may be evaluated to identify a set of configuration deviations. A notification may be transmitted to a computing device of an administrator of the second computing system. The notification may include an indication of the set of configuration deviations.