Modular Application Deployment via Registry Server
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Solution Overview
Problem
Industrial automation environments face challenges in efficiently managing and updating modular applications across various devices, as existing systems lack a centralized and secure method for deploying new modules and updates, leading to inefficiencies in data management and security concerns.
Innovation Solution
A modular deployment system that utilizes an application module registry server to manage and validate new modules and updates, allowing users to select and install individual modules dynamically, with verification algorithms to ensure security and integrity, facilitating extensible and customizable applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a centralized module registry server is implemented to manage module deployment, then security and integrity of module updates are improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
An application module registry server is introduced as an intermediary component between module developers and end-user applications. This registry server centrally stores module information, validates module updates through verification algorithms, and manages deployment across multiple devices. By concentrating security and validation functions in this intermediary registry server, the system achieves improved reliability and security without distributing complexity across all client devices.
2Adaptability or versatility
If modular deployment is implemented to allow selective installation of individual modules, then adaptability and customization are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The application is segmented into independent, selectable modules that can be individually installed, updated, or removed. Each module represents a discrete functional unit that can be managed separately. The registry server maintains information about available modules and their dependencies, enabling selective deployment while the modular structure itself manages the complexity through clear separation of concerns and standardized module interfaces.
3Productivity
If full application updates are required for every change, then system simplicity is maintained, but loss of time and productivity decrease
Solution Approach 1:
The update mechanism extracts and separates individual module updates from full application updates. When a module needs updating, only that specific module is downloaded and installed from the registry server, rather than requiring redistribution and installation of the entire application package. This extraction of individual updateable units dramatically reduces update time and bandwidth consumption while maintaining system integrity through centralized validation.
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AI summary
Techniques to facilitate modular deployment for an application associated with an industrial automation environment are disclosed herein. In at least one implementation, module availability information is received for the application transmitted from an application module registry server. The module availability information for the application is displayed, and a selection of module data to install into the application is received, which is selected from the module availability information for the application. Responsive to the selection of the module data, the module data is retrieved from the application module registry server, and the module data is installed into the application.