Network-based application control
View Patent ↗Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to send, from a central manager to one or more target machines, an access request associated with at least one application selected from a plurality of applications on the target machines, the access request identifying the target machines, the applications, and access customization code corresponding to the applications; and to send access customization code and a script corresponding to the applications from a central repository to the target machines when the customization code is not resident on the target machines. Further activities may include loading the access customization code as a library on the target machines linked to the applications and replaying recorded user intention input according to a script to supply the input to objects associated with the applications to access and otherwise control the applications. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed.
1. An apparatus, comprising: a node including a detection module to detect reception of an access request from a central manager, the access request associated with one application selected from a plurality of applications on the node remote from the central manager; and a processor to retrieve access customization code corresponding to the one application from a central repository when the customization code is not resident on the node, to retrieve a script from the central repository based on a script identity, to load the access customization code as a library, ahead of the other libraries for the target machine, linked to the one application, and to replay recorded user intention input according to the script to supply the input to objects associated with the one application to access the one application.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a memory to store a single sign on (SSO) enabler module to couple to the processor.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a recording module to capture the user intention input when single sign on (SSO) access has not been previously enabled for the one application.
4. A system, comprising: a first node comprising a central management module to send, to at least one target machine remote from the central manager, an access request associated with one application selected from a plurality of applications on the at least one target machine, the access request to identify the at least one target machine, the one application, and access customization code corresponding to the one application, and to regulate sending access customization code and the script corresponding to the one application from a central repository to the at least one target machine when the customization code is not resident on the at least one target machine; a second node to operate as the at least one target machine, the second node including a detection module to detect reception of the access request; and a processor to retrieve the access customization code from the central repository based on a script identity, to load the access customization code as a library, ahead of the other libraries for the at least one target machine, linked to the one application, and to replay recorded user intention input according to a script to supply the input to objects associated with the one application to access the one application.
5. The system of claim 4 , further comprising:
a display coupled to the first node to display a visible representation of reports verifying correct response to the access request by the at least one target machine.
6. A processor-implemented method to execute on one or more processors that perform the method, comprising: receiving from a central manager, at a target machine remote from the central manager, an access request associated with one application selected from a plurality of applications on the target machine; retrieving access customization code corresponding to the one application from a central repository when the customization code is not resident on the target machine; retrieving a script from the central repository based on a script identity; restarting the target machine to load the access customization code as a library, ahead of other libraries for the one application on the target machine, linked to the one application; and replaying recorded user intention input according to the script to supply the input to objects associated with the one application to access the one application.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the replaying comprises:
populating widget values associated with the one application using a script to enable single sign on (SSO) access to the one application.
8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
recording the user intention input when single sign on (SSO) access has not been previously enabled fur the one application.
9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the user intention input comprises a username and password.
10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
retrieving the script corresponding to the one application from the central repository.
11. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
changing an environment variable on the target machine so that execution of the access customization code preempts execution of other library code on the target machine.
12. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
restarting the one application to load the access customization code according to a selected library loading order.
13. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
processing the access request to determine identity of at least one of the target machine, the one application, the access customization code, or the script.
14. The method of claim 6 , wherein the access request identifies a subset of the plurality of applications, including the one application.
15. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
executing the access customization code on the target machine in response to the receiving when the customization code is resident on the target machine.
16. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:
recording activities on the target machine associated with executing the one application to create a history of activities associated with the application in response to receiving the access request.
17. A processor-implemented method to execute on one or more processors that perform the method, comprising: sending, from a central manager to at least one target machine remote from the central manager, an access request associated with one application selected from a plurality of applications on the at least one target machine, the access request identifying the target machine, the one application, and access customization code corresponding to the one application; and sending access customization code and the script corresponding to the one application from a central repository to the at least one target machine when the customization code is not resident on the at least one target machine, wherein the script is retrieved from the central repository based on a script identity, and wherein the target machine is configured to be restarted to load the access customization code as a library, ahead of other libraries for the one application on the target machine, linked to the one application.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the application comprises a widget-based application used to create graphical user interfaces.
19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
initiating the sending of the access request in response to detecting a system administrator entry at the central manager.
20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the system administrator entry comprises an automated test entry to remotely control the at least one target machine.
21. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
obtaining action status data from the at least one target machine as a history of target machine activity.
22. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
verifying a correct response to the sending of the access request.