METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DYNAMIC UPGRADE OF AN ACCESS MANAGER

摘要

Methods and systems are described for upgrading an access manager framework. In response to an upgrade request from a client, current and new versions of the access manager framework are identified. Upon successful identification of the current version, one or more supported upgrade paths are determined for the upgrade process. An appropriate upgrade path from the current version to the new version is determined upon successful identification of the current and/or new version of the access manager framework. In response to determination of the appropriate upgrade path, a version specific program upgrade component and a version specific upgrade program are associated with the determined upgrade path. In addition, a set of information may be extracted from the access manager framework, transformed, and imported to the upgraded access manager framework based at least in part upon the determined version specific upgrade program and the version specific program upgrade component.

主权项

1. A method for upgrading an access manager framework, the method comprising:
extracting a set of policy data from a first version of an access manager framework, the set of policy data used for protecting a resource by the access manager framework; extracting a set of configuration information from the first version of the access manager framework, the set of configuration information used for configuring functionality of the access manager framework; transforming, using a processor, the set of extracted policy data and the set of extracted configuration information, the transformed set of policy data and the set of transformed configuration information being compatible with a second version of the access manager framework; importing the set of transformed policy data to the second version of the access manager framework; and importing the set of transformed configuration information to the second version of the access manager framework.