Web application server configuration deployment framework

摘要

The method and article for dynamically generating, reinstalling, replicating, or reconfiguring a framework on an application server is presented. A list of configuration files is identified. A server administrator identifies, and a routine receives, a selection of the configuration files to be generated on the application server. The routine generates a temporary configuration file based on the selection. The server administrator configures one or more settings of the temporary configuration file, and the routine generates, on the computer of the application server, an actual configuration file using the temporary configuration file and the setting.

主权项

1. A method, comprising the steps of:
on a computer of an application server, creating a list of a plurality of configuration files corresponding to a plurality of applications running on the application server; on the computer of the application server, receiving a selection of at least one configuration file from the list of the plurality of configuration files to be modified on the application server; on the computer of the application server, generating a temporary configuration file corresponding to each selected configuration file; for each temporary configuration file, receiving a respective configuration of a setting of the temporary configuration file; and generating, on the computer of the application server, an actual configuration file corresponding to each temporary configuration file and respective received configuration, wherein: each actual configuration file replaces each corresponding selected configuration file; each actual configuration file is accessed by a corresponding application of the plurality of applications running on the application server; and each temporary configuration file is deleted or maintained in memory distinct from each corresponding actual configuration file.