Software Environment Deployment via Master Image Copying
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Solution Overview
Problem
The manual deployment of software environments on multiple test PCs is time-consuming and costly, especially when a large number of software packages need to be deployed or when the number of test PCs is large.
Innovation Solution
A method for software environment deployment that generates and sends system environment configuration commands and application software configuration commands to multiple computers, allowing them to deploy the software environment automatically under the control of these commands.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual deployment method is used to deploy software environment on multiple test PCs, then deployment flexibility and control are maintained, but deployment time and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a master image containing the software environment that can be copied and deployed to multiple test PCs simultaneously. This master image serves as a template that is replicated across the target system, enabling batch deployment rather than individual manual installation on each machine.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary actions by preparing the software environment in advance on a master PC before deployment. The environment is configured, tested, and packaged into a master image beforehand, so that when deployment occurs, the pre-prepared image can be rapidly copied to multiple machines without repeating the configuration process.
2Reliability
If manual deployment is performed on each test PC individually, then precise control over each system is achieved, but consistency across multiple PCs becomes difficult to maintain
Solution Approach 1:
By copying the exact same master image to multiple test PCs, the patent ensures that each machine receives an identical software environment. This replication process guarantees consistency across all deployed systems, eliminating variations that would occur with manual individual deployment.
Solution Approach 2:
The master image serves as a universal deployment package that can be applied to multiple different test PCs simultaneously. This single standardized image ensures that the same software environment is deployed across diverse machines, maintaining consistency while enabling batch processing.
3Device complexity
If a large number of software packages are deployed manually, then customization and selection control are maintained, but deployment cost and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges multiple software packages and their dependencies into a single integrated master image. Instead of deploying individual software packages separately to each PC, all required software is combined into one unified deployment package that can be copied and installed atomically across multiple machines.
Solution Approach 2:
The master image serves as a universal container that packages multiple software applications, dependencies, and configurations into a single deployable unit. This multi-functional image can be deployed to any number of test PCs with the same hardware compatibility requirements, simplifying the deployment process regardless of the number of software packages involved.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a method for software environment deployment and computer-readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving configuration information, wherein the configuration information includes configuration information for operating system environment and configuration information for application software. A system environment configuration command is generated according to the configuration information for the operating system environment, wherein the system environment configuration command is to instruct a plurality of computers to configure the operating system environment according to the configuration information for the operating system environment. An application software configuration command is generated according to the configuration information for the application software, wherein the application software configuration command is to instruct the plurality of computers to configure the application software according to the configuration information for the application software. The system environment configuration command and the application software configuration command are sent to the plurality of computers.