Flexible Integration Deployment With Revision-Based Packaging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cloud service provider (CSP) systems face challenges in efficiently updating software tools due to issues such as redundant asset updates, endpoint management, and version identifier confusion, leading to inefficient and cumbersome deployment processes.
Innovation Solution
Implementing a system that uses revision identifiers to track integration versions, allowing selective packaging and deployment of updated assets, while maintaining endpoint management and version control through graphical user interfaces (GUIs) to ensure only changed integrations are transmitted to the target system.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If all assets are updated during software tool updates, then version consistency is maintained, but deployment efficiency deteriorates due to redundant updates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the software tool into discrete assets with individual revision identifiers. Instead of updating all assets simultaneously, the system identifies and updates only those assets whose revision identifiers have changed, allowing selective deployment that maintains version consistency where needed while improving efficiency by avoiding redundant updates.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies partial action by updating only the necessary subset of assets rather than performing a complete update of all assets. The system determines which assets require updates by comparing revision identifiers and deploys only those specific assets, avoiding the excessive action of updating all assets regardless of whether they need changes.
2Manufacturing precision
If revision identifiers are used to track integration versions, then deployment precision is improved, but system complexity increases due to version tracking mechanisms
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces revision identifiers as intermediary elements that mediate between the asset repository and the deployment system. These identifiers serve as a simple tracking mechanism that enables precise deployment decisions without requiring complex version control systems, thus improving deployment precision while minimizing the increase in system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The revision identifiers are embedded within the assets themselves, allowing the assets to self-identify their version status. The deployment system automatically compares revision identifiers to determine which assets need updating, eliminating the need for external version tracking mechanisms and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining high deployment precision.
3Reliability
If endpoint management is maintained during updates, then system reliability is improved, but update time increases due to additional management steps
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-identifying which assets require updates through revision identifier comparison before the actual deployment process begins. This allows the system to prepare endpoint management steps in advance, ensuring system reliability through proper endpoint handling while reducing overall update time by avoiding unnecessary management steps for assets that don't require updates.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques are described for selecting an integration to be transmitted to a target system. An example method can include maintaining a project that includes a first integration associated with a first revision identifier. The method can further include obtaining information that identifies a revision has been made to the first integration. The method can further include updating the first revision identifier. The method can further include determining, that the first integration is to be transmitted to a target computing system based at least in part on the updated first revision identifier. The method can further include generating a container image that stores the first integration in accordance with a determination that the first integration is to be transmitted to the target computing system for use in the project. The method can further include transmitting, the container image to the target computing system.