Automated management of generalized central name services by distributed remote devices

摘要

Systems and methods of the present disclosure facilitate updating the translation provided by one or more name servers from symbolic names to network addresses. In some embodiments, the system includes one or more remote devices, a management server, a configuration module, a detection module, and/or an update module. The management server may be configured to monitor and manage the remote device, which may be provided with network addresses by one or more address provisioning servers. Responsive to the detection module detecting a change in the network address of a remote device, the update module may update one or more name servers using an update program that includes templates for a control file, authentication information, and/or a template obtained from the management server. The detection and update modules can execute on remote devices or on the address provisioning server, and can be installed and configured automatically by the management server.

主权项

1. A system for managing remote devices via a computer network, comprising:
a management server comprising one or more processors to:
monitor and manage, via the computer network, one or more remote devices each associated with a network address provided by one or more address provisioning servers; andidentify, based on a type of a name server, a template for configuration of an update program to update a translation from a symbolic name to the network address stored in the name server; a detection module to detect a change in the network address of a remote device of the one or more remote devices; and an update module to:
receive, from the management server, the template identified based on the type of the name server;receive, from the management server, authentication information that authorizes the update module to update the translation stored in the name server;configure, using the received template for the type of the name server and the received authentication information for the name server, the update program to update the translation stored in the name server; andupdate, via the update program configured with the template and the authentication information, the translation stored in the name server responsive to the change in the network address detected by the detection module.