Partitioned MBSE Environment Deployment with IaC Templates
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Solution Overview
Problem
Organizations face challenges in efficiently deploying, managing, and collaborating on model-based systems engineering (MBSE) environments due to time-consuming setup processes, limited scalability, and difficulties in maintaining consistent environments across teams and projects, especially when dealing with sensitive data and multiple client companies.
Innovation Solution
A rapid deployable orchestrated environment (RDOE) is implemented within a workload cluster, comprising a server-based application with model repositories, license managers, and source code repositories, which is partitionable for multiple clients, supports multiple versions, and includes automated data backup and disaster recovery, leveraging infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for security and configuration management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional MBSE environment setup processes are used, then environment consistency across teams can be maintained, but deployment time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements pre-configured MBSE environment templates that contain all necessary configurations, tools, and settings pre-established before deployment. These templates enable rapid provisioning of consistent environments across multiple teams and projects, eliminating the time-consuming manual setup process while ensuring environment consistency through standardized pre-configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system utilizes infrastructure-as-code (IaC) with parameterized configuration files that allow environments to be deployed rapidly by simply changing parameters such as project names, team identifiers, and resource allocations. This approach maintains environment consistency through standardized parameter sets while enabling quick deployment by modifying only the necessary parameters rather than reconfiguring entire environments.
2Adaptability or versatility
If MBSE environments are customized for different client companies, then client-specific requirements are met, but environment complexity and management difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the MBSE environment into modular components including isolated namespaces, containerized applications, and separable configuration files for each client company. This segmentation allows each client to have customized settings and data while maintaining a standardized underlying infrastructure, reducing overall complexity through modular design and enabling independent management of client-specific configurations.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements a universal base environment template that serves multiple client companies with different requirements. This multi-functional template includes standardized core components that can be selectively configured for different clients, allowing the same infrastructure to serve diverse needs without increasing complexity. The universal template reduces management overhead by maintaining a single standardized structure that adapts to various clients through configuration rather than structural changes.
3Ease of operation
If manual environment management is used, then detailed control over configurations is achieved, but administrative burden and error potential increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service capabilities where environments automatically provision, configure, and manage themselves through infrastructure-as-code templates. The system automatically handles environment creation, configuration validation, resource allocation, and even self-healing for common issues. This eliminates manual administrative tasks while maintaining precise configuration control through automated enforcement of template-defined standards, significantly improving administrative efficiency without sacrificing configuration accuracy.
4Adaptability or versatility
If MBSE environments are deployed across multiple regions and cloud providers, then accessibility and collaboration are improved, but infrastructure complexity and security management increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple cloud provider infrastructures and regional deployments into a unified managed environment using standardized IaC templates. The system merges diverse cloud resources (AWS, Azure, GCP, on-premises) into a consistent operational framework with unified security policies, access control, and configuration management. This merging approach maintains multi-region accessibility and collaboration capabilities while reducing infrastructure complexity through standardized interfaces and centralized management of distributed resources.
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AI summary
A system for deploying a model-based systems engineering (MBSE) environment includes a management cluster configured to deploy a workload cluster. A rapid deployable orchestrated environment (RDOE) is implemented within the workload cluster. The RDOE includes a server-based application configured to store MBSE model data and a client development application configured to manipulate the MBSE model data. The RDOE is partitionable into separate areas for multiple client companies to utilize.