Automated management of generalized central name services by distributed remote devices
Systems and methods of the present disclosure facilitate updating the translation provided by one or more name servers from symbolic names to network addresses. In some embodiments, the system includes one or more remote devices, a management server, a configuration module, a detection module, and/or an update module. The management server may be configured to monitor and manage the remote device, which may be provided with network addresses by one or more address provisioning servers. Responsive to the detection module detecting a change in the network address of a remote device, the update module may update one or more name servers using an update program that includes templates for a control file, authentication information, and/or a template obtained from the management server. The detection and update modules can execute on remote devices or on the address provisioning server, and can be installed and configured automatically by the management server.
1. A system for managing remote devices via a computer network, comprising:
a management server comprising one or more processors to:
monitor and manage, via the computer network, one or more remote devices each associated with a network address provided by one or more address provisioning servers; and
identify, based on a type of a name server, a template for configuration of an update program to update a translation from a symbolic name to the network address stored in the name server;
a detection module to detect a change in the network address of a remote device of the one or more remote devices; and
an update module to:
receive, from the management server, the template identified based on the type of the name server;
receive, from the management server, authentication information that authorizes the update module to update the translation stored in the name server;
configure, using the received template for the type of the name server and the received authentication information for the name server, the update program to update the translation stored in the name server; and
update, via the update program configured with the template and the authentication information, the translation stored in the name server responsive to the change in the network address detected by the detection module.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein said one or more address provisioning servers are DHCP servers.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the name server includes a DNS server.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said detection module and said update module execute on the remote device.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein said detection module and said update module execute on said one or more address provisioning servers.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein said detection module and said update module are installed and configured automatically by said management server.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein said update program uses a control file template retrieved from said management server configured to provide a control file to update the name server.
8. A method for managing remote devices via a computer network, comprising:
monitoring and managing, by a management server via the computer network, one or more remote devices each associated with a network address provided by one or more address provisioning servers;
identifying, by the management server, based on a type of a name server, a template for configuration of an update program to update a translation from a symbolic name to the network address stored in the name server;
detecting, by a detection module, a change in the network address of a remote device of the one or more remote devices;
receiving, by the update module from the management server, the template identified based on the type of the name server;
receiving, by the update module from the management server, authentication information that authorizes the update module to update the translation stored in the name server;
configuring, by the update module using the received template for the type of the name server and the received authentication information for the name server, the update program to update the translation stored in the name server; and
updating, via the update program configured with the template and the authentication information, the translation stored in the name server responsive to the change in the network address detected by the detection module.
9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
providing said network address to said one or more remote devices using DHCP.
10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
providing said translation using DNS.
11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
providing said detecting and updating the remote device.
12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
providing said detecting and updating on said one or more address provisioning servers.
13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
automatically installing and configuring, by said management server, the update program.
14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
retrieving, from said management server, a control file template configured to provide a control file to implement said updating of the name server.
15. A system for managing remote devices via a computer network, comprising:
a management server configured to:
monitor and manage, via the computer network, one or more remote devices each associated with a network address provided by one or more address provisioning servers;
determine a change in the network address of a remote device of the one or more remote devices;
select, responsive to identifying a type of a name server, a template for configuration of an update program to update a translation from a symbolic name to the network address stored in the name server;
obtain authentication information that authorizes the update module to update the translation stored in the name server;
configure, using the received template for the type of a name server and the received authentication information for the name server, the update program to update the translation stored in the name server; and
transmit, to the at least one remote device or address provisioning server, the update program configured with the template and the authentication information to update the translation stored in the name server responsive to the change in the network address detected by the detection module.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the management server is further configured to:
obtain information corresponding to the determined change in the network address.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the update program is further configured to:
create, based on the information and the template, a configuration file used to update the name server.
18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the management server is further configured to:
automatically install and configure, on the at least one remote device, software configured to detect the change in the network address and update the name server based on the template.