Structured Log Filesystem Interface for Declarative Computing

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional products for declarative computing environments, such as Kubernetes, face inefficiencies in accessing and interacting with structured logs, limiting user insight and operational efficiency due to limited access interfaces and inability to process dynamic discovery information.

Innovation Solution

A computer-implemented method that converts structured logs into a filesystem interface, identifies and translates resources into unstructured objects, and makes these objects available through a native interface, enabling native interaction with structured logs and reconstructing declarative computing environments.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of operation

If conventional products provide access to structured logs through command line or file browser, then access interface is simple, but user insight and operational efficiency are significantly limited

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess interface simplicityVSAvoiduser insight into environment

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a filesystem interface as an intermediary layer between the structured logs and users. This filesystem interface translates structured log data into familiar filesystem paths and structures, allowing users to access detailed environment information through intuitive file navigation while maintaining the simplicity of standard filesystem operations. The intermediary converts complex structured data into accessible file formats without requiring users to learn specialized command-line interfaces.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Ease of manufacture

If conventional products use hardcoded access tooling for specific resource types, then implementation is straightforward, but dynamic discovery information cannot be processed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveaccess tooling implementationVSAvoidprocessing dynamic discovery information

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements dynamic resource type handling by making the filesystem interface adaptable to different resource types discovered in the structured logs. Instead of hardcoded access tooling, the system dynamically generates filesystem paths and structures based on the actual resource types present in the logs. This allows the system to process any resource type discovered during log analysis while maintaining straightforward implementation through automated path generation and translation mechanisms.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentUS12204495B1Utilizing structured logs of declarative computing environments

Publication Date: 2025.01.21 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINE CORPORATION

AI summary

A computer-implemented method, according to one approach, includes: receiving a structured log of information, and converting the structured log of information into a filesystem interface. Resources in the information are identified by inspecting the filesystem interface. The identified resources are also translated into an unstructured object by unmarshalling the identified resources. Furthermore, the unstructured object is made available by mapping the unmarshalled resources.