Web Resource Deployment Automation for Secure Self-Service Publishing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods for deploying web applications require manual configuration and testing by specialized IT teams, leading to increased deployment time and complexity, especially for public-facing web applications.
Innovation Solution
A self-service automation method that allows web application developers to submit web resource publication requests through a user interface or programmatic API calls, with automated validation, approval, and execution of configuration changes on backend servers via API calls, storing changes in a version control central repository.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual configuration and testing by specialized IT teams is used, then security and configuration issues are addressed, but deployment time increases and deployment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service automation that allows web application developers to independently submit web resource publication requests, validate configurations, and deploy applications without requiring specialized IT teams for manual intervention. The system automatically validates configuration formats, executes approved changes on backend servers via API calls, and manages the entire deployment lifecycle, enabling developers to serve themselves while maintaining security and configuration integrity through automated validation workflows.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical process of IT team configuration and testing with an automated computer-implemented system. The manual validation, approval, and execution steps performed by IT specialists are substituted with automated workflow engines that validate configuration formats, enforce approval processes, and execute API calls to backend servers, thereby eliminating the time-consuming manual intervention while preserving security and configuration management through coded validation rules.
Solution Approach 3:
The patent introduces an intermediary automated deployment system that sits between the developer's publication request and the backend servers. This intermediary validates configuration formats, manages approval workflows, and executes controlled API calls to implement changes on backend servers. The intermediary acts as a mediator that maintains security and configuration integrity through automated validation while accelerating deployment by eliminating manual IT team intervention.
2Reliability
If manual configuration and testing by specialized IT teams is used, then security and configuration issues are addressed, but deployment complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables developers to self-serve the entire deployment process through automated validation and execution workflows. The complexity of security and configuration management is encapsulated within the automated system, allowing developers to submit requests without needing to understand or navigate the complex deployment environment. The self-service interface abstracts the complexity while maintaining security through automated validation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a universal automated deployment system that handles multiple functions: configuration validation, approval workflow management, API call execution, and deployment tracking. This multi-functional system consolidates the previously separate manual processes (validation, approval, execution, testing) into a single automated platform, reducing deployment environment complexity by providing a unified interface that manages all aspects of web resource publication.
3Productivity
If automated validation and execution via API calls is implemented, then deployment time decreases, but automation extent increases requiring system complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces manual mechanical deployment processes with automated computer-based validation and execution systems. Configuration format validation, approval workflow processing, and backend server configuration execution are all automated through programmed workflows and API calls. This substitution dramatically increases deployment speed by eliminating manual intervention while the system complexity is managed through modular automated components that handle validation, approval, and execution as separate but integrated functions.
Data Source
AI summary
A method for automated web resource deployment is provided. The method comprises creating web resource publication requests, wherein each web resource publication request comprises a number of configuration changes necessary to publish a web resource, on a network, at a particular uniform resource location. A standard format, validation workflow, and an approval workflow are provided for automation of the web resource publication requests. Once validated and approved, web resource publication requests are automatically converted to API calls which are executed on backend servers to implement the configuration changes required in the environment without further human intervention.