Systems and methods for invoking commands across a federation
View Patent ↗Some embodiments provide different frameworks for seamlessly issuing and executing commands across servers of different federation participants. Each framework facilitates issuance and execution of a command that originates from a first federation participant and that is intended for execution at servers of a second federation participant. In some embodiments, a framework implements a method for enabling command interoperability between distributed platforms that each operate a set of servers on behalf of content providers. The method involves receiving a command targeting a particular configuration that a first distributed platform deploys to a server that is operated by a second distributed platform. The method identifies the server of the second distributed platform that is deployed with the particular configuration. The method communicably couples to a command invocation system of the second distributed platform and issues the command to the command invocation system for issuance of the command to the identified server.
1. A computer-implemented method for command invocation in a federation comprising a plurality of distributed platforms that each operate a set of servers, the computer-implemented method comprising:
performing a login of a customer of a first distributed platform of the plurality of distributed platforms;
identifying at least one deployed configuration of the customer based on the customer login;
identifying deployment of the customer configuration to (i) a first server that is operated by the first distributed platform and (ii) a second server that is operated by a second distributed platform of the plurality of distributed platforms, whereby the first and second servers collectively execute the customer configuration;
receiving a command to modify execution of the customer configuration; and
issuing the command to the first distributed platform to modify execution of the customer configuration by the first server and to the second distributed platform to modify execution of the customer configuration by the second server.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising (i) formatting the command according to a first command format of the first distributed platform prior to issuing the command to the first distributed platform and (ii) formatting the command according to a second command format of the second distributed platform prior to issuing the command to the second distributed platform.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein modifying execution of the customer configuration by the first server comprises preloading the first server with content identified in the command before said content is requested from the first server.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein modifying execution of the customer configuration by the first server comprises purging content identified in the command from the first server.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising peering with a command invocation system of the first distributed platform and a command invocation system of the second distributed platform, wherein issuing the command to the first distributed platform comprises issuing the command to the command invocation system of the first distributed platform for distribution of the command to the first server, and wherein issuing the command to the second distributed platform comprises issuing the command to the command invocation system of the second distributed platform for distribution of the command to the second server.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising peering with the first server and a command invocation system of the second distributed platform, and wherein issuing the command to the first distributed platform comprises directly issuing the command to the first server and issuing the command to the command invocation system of the second distributed platform for distribution of the command to the second server.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein each distributed platform of the plurality of distributed platforms is at least one of a different Content Delivery Network (CDN) operator and CDN service provider.
8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon, the program for facilitating command invocation in a federation comprising a plurality of distributed platforms that each operate a set of servers, wherein the program instructs a microprocessor to perform sets of instructions for:
receiving a command to modify execution of a customer configuration;
identifying deployment of the customer configuration to (i) a first server that is operated by the first distributed platform and (ii) a second server that is operated by a second distributed platform of the plurality of distributed platforms, whereby the first and second servers collectively execute the customer configuration;
formatting the command to conform to a first command format of the first distributed platform;
issuing the command in the first command format to the first distributed platform to modify execution of the configuration by the first server;
formatting the command to conform to a second command format of the second distributed platform, wherein the first command format is incompatible with the second command format; and
issuing the command in the second command format to the second distributed platform to modify execution of the configuration by the second server.
9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for monitoring execution status of the command issued to the first distributed platform and the second distributed platform.
10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9 , wherein the program further comprises a set of instructions for providing an interface to report the execution status of the command across the first and second distributed platforms.
11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the set of instructions for receiving the command comprises a set of instructions for receiving the command in a federation command format that is different than the first command format and the second command format.
12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the set of instructions for receiving the command comprises a set of instructions for receiving the command in a third command format of a third distributed platform that is different than the first command format and the second command format.
13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the set of instructions for receiving the command comprises a set of instructions for receiving the command in the first command format and formatting the command to conform to the first command format requires no modification of the command.
14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the first command format is a native format used within the first distributed platform to issue commands internally to the set of servers that is operated by the first distributed platform and the second command format is a native format used within the second distributed platform to issue commands internally to the set of servers that is operated by the second distributed platform, and wherein the native format of the first distributed platform is different than the native format of the second distributed platform.
15. A federation promoting interoperation between a plurality of distributed platforms that each operate a set of servers, the federation comprising:
a memory device having a database that maps deployment of each of a plurality of configurations to at least (i) a first server that is operated by a first distributed platform of the plurality of distributed platforms and (ii) a second server that is operated by a second distributed platform of the plurality of distributed platforms;
an application programming interface (API) storing command formats for each of the plurality of distributed platforms; and
a command broker issuing a command for a particular configuration of the plurality of configurations to the first distributed platform and the second distributed platform based on a mapping of the particular configuration obtained from the database, wherein the command broker formats the command according to a first command format of the first distributed platform stored to the API when issuing the command to the first distributed platform, and wherein the command broker formats the command according to a second command format of the second distributed platform stored to the API when issuing the command to the second distributed platform.
16. The federation of claim 15 , wherein the API further stores a federation command format.
17. The federation of claim 16 , wherein the command broker is further for receiving the command in the federation command format, converting the command to the first command format in advance of issuing the command to the first distributed platform, and converting the command to the second command format in advance of issuing the command to the second distributed platform.
18. The federation of claim 15 , wherein the command broker is further for monitoring execution status of the command by the first distributed platform and the second distributed platform.
19. The federation of claim 18 further comprising a portal presenting the execution status of the command across the first and second distributed platforms.
20. The federation of claim 19 , wherein the portal further comprises an input interface for originating the command for the particular configuration.