System and method for dynamic modification of service definition packages with a cloud computing environment

摘要

A system and method for dynamic modification of service definition packages for use with a cloud computing environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a cloud platform enables provisioning of enterprise software applications (e.g., Fusion Middleware applications) within a cloud environment. In an embodiment, enterprise applications can be packaged as service definition packages (SDP). To support maintenance of services (e.g., bug fixes, security updates, and configuration changes), a service's characteristics and requirements can be modified dynamically, by reconfiguring the cloud platform itself and/or by mounting a disk volume that corresponds to the service's SDP, and modifying its contents directly.

主权项

1. A system for updating services in a cloud computing environment, comprising:
one or more computers including a cloud environment executing thereon; a platform component that is provided as an installable software suite within the cloud environment, and that supports self-service provisioning for enterprise applications; one or more services, wherein each service is instantiated from a service type defined by a service definition package installed in the platform component, and includes a configuration tool for updating that service a file system made available to runtimes of the services, wherein the file system includes one or more patches for each service, and one or more configuration files for use by the configuration tool of that service; and a service update logic that issues a request for updating a particular service, wherein the configuration tool installed in the particular service updates that service using the information associated therewith in the file system within a maintenance window.