Method for requesting connection in a blue-green deployment, method for performing a switchover in a blue-green deployment, and client-server system configured for blue-green deployment
A method for requesting connection in a blue-green deployment which is switched over from a first server (blue) to which at least two clients are connected to a second server (green). The method can include determining, upon receipt of the maintenance notification or detection of a connection failure, an activity score at each one of the at least two clients; and, upon switchover to the second server or detection of the connection failure, transmitting, together with a respective reconnection request, the respective activity score from each one of the at least two clients to the second server for the second server to evaluate a prioritization of the reconnection request based on the activity score. Embodiments of a communication system, server system, and clients (e.g. user devices) can utilize embodiments of the method.
1. A method for requesting connection in a blue-green deployment which is switched over from a first server to which at least two clients are connected, the first server representing a blue system of the blue-green deployment that hosts at least one service, to a second server, which represents a green system in the blue-green deployment, the method comprising:
receiving at the at least two clients, a respective maintenance notification, from the first server;
respectively determining, upon receipt of the maintenance notification, an activity score at each one of the at least two clients;
upon switchover to the second server, transmitting, together with a respective reconnection request, the respective activity score from each one of the at least two clients to the second server for the second server to evaluate a prioritization of the reconnection request based on the activity score.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the maintenance notification comprises a point of time for performing the switchover from the first server to the second server.
3. A method for requesting connection in a blue-green deployment which is switched over from a first server to which at least two clients are connected, the first server representing a blue system in the blue-green deployment that hosts at least one service, to a second server, which represents a green system in the blue-green deployment, the method comprising:
detecting, at each one of the at least two clients, loss of connectivity to the first server;
determining, upon detection of the loss of connectivity to the first server, an activity score at each one of the at least two clients;
each of the clients transmitting, together with a reconnection request, the activity score from each one of the at least two clients to the second server for the second server to evaluate a prioritization of the reconnection request based on the activity score for connection of the clients to the second server.
4. The method according of claim 3 , wherein in reconnection request also includes information for at least one of registration, login and subscription to services on a new connection to the second server.
5. The method of claim 3 , comprising:
each of the clients generated a trust score for the activity score, and
wherein the reconnection request also includes the trust score.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the trust score is derived from a fingerprint of the client.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein each of the clients sends the trust score to the second server to enable the second server to rank the client by trustworthiness.
8. The method of claim 3 , wherein the activity score represents an expected need of a client of to be connected for use of the at least one service.
9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the activity score is a value between 0 and 1.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the value of 0 refers to a low need to be reconnected, and the value of 1 refers to a high need to be reconnected.
11. The method of claim 3 , comprising:
each client, upon detecting user activity, updates its activity score while waiting for reconnection, and transmits the updated activity score to the second server.
12. The method of claim 3 , wherein the activity score is determined by accessing a user's calendar for verifying at least one of upcoming meetings, web conferences and other appointments requiring the use of the at least one service.
13. The method of claim 3 , wherein the activity score is determined based on detection, by the client, of least one of screen, touch interface, face detection, and motion activities.
14. The method of claim 3 , wherein the activity score is determined based on the client detecting at least one of a foreground or background state of the client, user keyboard activity, upcoming meetings with web-conferencing or any other application providing an indication of upcoming activity of the client.
15. A method for performing a switchover in a blue-green deployment that hosts at least one service from a first server to which at least two clients are connected, the first server representing a blue system of the blue-green deployment, to a second server, which represents a green system in the blue-green deployment, the method comprising:
the second server becoming active to switch support of the at least one service from the first server to the second sever;
the second server determining a priority for reconnection for the clients based on an activity score and a trust score in each reconnection request received from the clients; and
the second server reconnecting each of the clients for use of the at least one service according to the determined priority.
16. A client-server system configured for blue-green deployment, the client-server system comprising a first server that represents the blue system and a second server that represents the green system, and at least two clients, wherein each one of the at least two clients is configured to carry out the method of claim 1 , each of the at least two clients being a user device that includes hardware including a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium, the second server being a computer device that includes hardware including a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium and the first server being a computer device that includes hardware including a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium.
17. A client-server system configured for blue-green deployment, the client-server system comprising a first server that represents the blue system and a second server that represents the green system, and at least two clients, wherein each one of the at least two clients is configured to carry out the method of claim 3 , each of the at least two clients being a user device that includes hardware including a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium, the second server being a computer device that includes hardware including a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium and the first server being a computer device that includes hardware including a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium.
18. A client-server system configured for blue-green deployment, the client-server system comprising a first server that represents the blue system and a second server that represents the green system, and at least two clients, wherein the second server is configured to carry out the method of claim 15 , the second server being a computer device that includes hardware including a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium and the first server being a computer device that includes hardware including a processor connected to a non-transitory computer readable medium.