Software deployment in a distributed virtual machine environment

摘要

A computer implemented method for deploying, in a distributed virtual environment, a multi-component software product is disclosed. The method may include requesting and receiving product installation parameters, which may include virtual machine IDs corresponding to subsets of the product installation parameters. The method may also include copying software product installation files and parameters onto a first virtual machine, halting the first virtual machine, cloning the first virtual machine to a second virtual machine and setting virtual machine IDs on the virtual machines. The method may also include starting the virtual machines and identifying, based on virtual machine IDs, subsets of the product installation parameters. The method may also include deploying, based on subsets of the product installation parameters, the software product by installing first and second components of the software product on the first and second virtual machines, respectively.

主权项

1. A computer program product for deploying, in a distributed virtual environment, a software product having multiple components, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by one or more processing circuits to cause the one or more processing circuits to perform a method comprising:
accessing, in response to receiving a command to run a product installer on a first virtual machine, user-defined product installation parameters including;
a first virtual machine ID corresponding to a first subset of the product installation parameters; anda second virtual machine ID that is different than the first virtual machine ID, the second virtual machine ID corresponding to a second subset of the product installation parameters that is different than the first subset of the product installation parameters; copying software product installation files and the product installation parameters onto the first virtual machine; halting the first virtual machine; cloning the first virtual machine to a second virtual machine; setting a first virtual machine ID on the first virtual machine and a second virtual machine ID on the second virtual machine; starting the first and the second virtual machines; identifying, based on the first virtual machine ID, a first subset of the product installation parameters and based on the second virtual machine ID, a second subset of the product installation parameters; and deploying, based on the first subset and the second subset of the product installation parameters, the software product, from the software product installation files, by installing a first component of the software product on the first virtual machine, and installing a second component of the software product on the second virtual machine.