Proxy Server for Secure Production Debugging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Debugging in a production environment is challenging due to large data sizes that are difficult to replicate and corporate data access control policies that restrict outside teams from accessing production data, making it hard for support teams to detect and fix defects efficiently.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method that uses a proxy server to execute debugging programs in a production environment by seeking approval from both development and production environments, ensuring data security and integrity through a demilitarized zone that manages communications and data transmission, allowing outside teams to debug without direct access to production data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If production data are replicated for debugging purposes, then debugging capability is improved, but time consumption and resource consumption increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a proxy server as an intermediary component that enables debugging programs to execute in the production environment without requiring direct access or replication of production data. The proxy server receives debugging programs from the development environment, seeks approval from production environment members, and executes them securely, thereby eliminating the need to replicate large production datasets while maintaining full debugging capability.
2Productivity
If production environment is made accessible to development environment, then debugging efficiency is improved, but data security and access control are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The proxy server acts as a secure intermediary between the development environment and production environment. It receives debugging programs from the development environment, verifies approval from production environment members, and executes them within the production environment's security boundaries. This architecture enables efficient debugging while maintaining data security and access control policies.
Solution Approach 2:
The system is segmented into distinct environments (development environment, proxy server, production environment) with controlled communication interfaces. The proxy server serves as a boundary that allows debugging programs to access production data selectively without giving the development environment direct access to the production data storage, thereby maintaining security while enabling debugging functionality.
3Measurement precision
If debugging programs are executed in production environment, then defect detection accuracy is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The proxy server is designed as a multi-functional component that handles multiple operations: receiving debugging programs from the development environment, verifying approval from production environment members, transmitting approved programs to the production environment for execution, and collecting results. This universal design enables accurate defect detection in production without requiring separate complex systems for each function.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for debugging in a production environment are disclosed. An example method includes first receiving, by a processor, a user request from a development environment to execute a debugging program in a production environment, wherein the production environment is inaccessible by the development environment. The method then approves, by the processor, the execution of the debugging program in the production environment by seeking approval from at least one member from the production environment and the development environment. The method then in response to the approving, transmitting, by the processor, a communication to the production environment to cause the debugging program to be executed in the production environment.