Method and apparatus for process enforced configuration management
View Patent ↗A system for and method of automatically enforcing a configuration change process for change requests of one or more configurable element within one or more configurable computation systems. The system comprises means for managing a configuration change process for one or more configurable elements within a corresponding configurable computation system, means for generation a configuration request, means for applying a set of authorization rules to the configuration change requests to generate selective authorization of the CEs, and means for selectively locking and unlocking changes to configurable elements within the configurable computational systems.
1. A method comprising:
selectively monitoring configuration changes sent, over a network from an analytics module to one or more configurable elements (CEs) within a configurable computation systems (CCS), using one or more configuration change monitors corresponding to the one or more CEs, wherein the selective monitoring generates configuration change status information, wherein configuration change status information relates to an occurrence of a configuration change, failure of an attempted configuration change, or success of a configuration change and the configuration change status information is provided from the one or more configuration change monitors to the analytics module over the network;
managing, using a configuration management system, a configuration change process for the one or more CEs, wherein the managing generates one or more configuration change requests;
identifying, using the analytics module, one or more change configuration rules associated with the one or more CEs corresponding to the configuration change status information; and
processing, using the analytics module, the configuration change status information, the one or more configuration change requests, and the one or more configuration change rules to determine (1) whether one or more configuration changes are associated with the one or more configuration change requests and (2) whether the one or more configuration changes complied with the one or more configuration change rules.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the processing the configuration change status information utilizes one or more current conditions.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the one or more current conditions include at least one of: a current time, a date, a day of the week, an inventory level, and a state of a mechanical device.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration change status information contains at least one of: the status of a CE configuration change, the status of a CCS configuration change, and information associated with success or failure of the one or more configuration changes.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising associating the configuration change status information with the one or more configuration change requests.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the associating the configuration change status information further associates the configuration change status information with the CCS of the associated one or more configuration change requests.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the associating the configuration change status information further associates the configuration change status information with the corresponding one or more CEs of the associated one or more configuration change requests.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising generating a report, wherein the report contains the configuration change status information, wherein the configuration change status information is associated with at least one of corresponding CEs and the corresponding CCS.
9. Logic encoded in non-transitory media that includes instructions for execution and when executed by a processor, is operable to perform operations comprising:
selectively monitoring configuration changes sent, over a network from an analytics module to one or more configurable elements (CEs) within a configurable computation systems (CCS), using one or more configuration change monitors corresponding to the one or more CEs, wherein the selective monitoring generates configuration change status information, wherein configuration change status information relates to an occurrence of a configuration change, failure of an attempted configuration change, or success of a configuration change and the configuration change status information is provided from the one or more configuration change monitors to the analytics module over the network;
managing, using a configuration management system, a configuration change process for the one or more CEs, wherein the managing generates one or more configuration change requests;
identifying, using the analytics module, one or more change configuration rules associated with the one or more CEs corresponding to the configuration change status information; and
processing, using the analytics module, the configuration change status information, the one or more configuration change requests, and the one or more configuration change rules to determine (1) whether one or more configuration changes are associated with the one or more configuration change requests and (2) whether the one or more configuration changes complied with the one or more configuration change rules.
10. The logic of claim 9 , wherein the processing the configuration change status information utilizes one or more current conditions.
11. The logic of claim 10 , wherein the one or more current conditions include at least one of: a current time, a date, a day of the week, an inventory level, and a state of a mechanical device.
12. The logic of claim 9 , the operations further comprising associating the configuration change status information with the one or more configuration change requests.
13. The logic of claim 9 , wherein the configuration change status information contains at least one of: the status of a CE configuration change, the status of a CCS configuration change, and information associated with success or failure of the one or more configuration changes.
14. The logic of claim 9 , the operations further comprising generating a report, wherein the report contains the configuration change status information, wherein the configuration change status information is associated with at least one of corresponding CEs and the corresponding CCS.
15. One or more processors configured to execute instructions, the instructions, comprising:
selectively monitoring configuration changes sent, over a network from an analytics module to one or more configurable elements (CEs) within a configurable computation systems (CCS), using one or more configuration change monitors corresponding to the one or more CEs, wherein the selective monitoring generates configuration change status information, wherein configuration change status information relates to an occurrence of a configuration change, failure of an attempted configuration change, or success of a configuration change and the configuration change status information is provided from the one or more configuration change monitors to the analytics module over the network;
managing, using a configuration management system, a configuration change process for the one or more CEs, wherein the managing generates one or more configuration change requests;
identifying, using the analytics module, one or more change configuration rules associated with the one or more CEs corresponding to the configuration change status information; and
processing, using the analytics module, the configuration change status information, the one or more configuration change requests, and the one or more configuration change rules to determine (1) whether one or more configuration changes are associated with the one or more configuration change requests and (2) whether the one or more configuration changes complied with the one or more configuration change rules.
16. The instructions of claim 15 , wherein the processing the configuration change status information utilizes one or more current conditions.
17. The instructions of claim 16 , wherein the one or more current conditions include at least one of: a current time, a date, a day of the week, an inventory level, and a state of a mechanical device.
18. The instructions of claim 15 , wherein the configuration change status information contains at least one of: the status of a CE configuration change, the status of a CCS configuration change, and information associated with success or failure of the one or more configuration changes.
19. The instructions of claim 15 , further configured for associating the configuration change status information with the one or more configuration change requests.
20. The instructions of claim 15 , further configured for generating a report, wherein the report contains the configuration change status information, wherein the configuration change status information is associated with at least one of corresponding CEs and the corresponding CCS.