Systems and methods of configuring managed resources
View Patent ↗In one embodiment, a method is performed by a computer system. The method includes receiving a trigger to setup a target resource for remote control at a management system, wherein an operating system of the target resource enforces a transactional installation process for new software, wherein the operating system designates user-writable storage. The method further includes, responsive to the trigger, retrieving prerequisite client-side software of the management system. In addition, the method includes creating a remote connection to the target resource using an encrypted network protocol. Further, the method includes copying, via the remote connection, the prerequisite client-side software to the user-writable storage. Moreover, the method includes causing the copied prerequisite client-side software to be installed in the user-writable storage of the target resource, thereby bypassing the transactional installation process of the operating system of the target resource.
1. A method comprising, by a computer system:
receiving a trigger to setup a target resource for remote control at a management system, wherein an operating system of the target resource enforces a transactional installation process for new software, wherein the operating system designates user-writable storage and non-user-writable storage on the target resource;
responsive to the trigger, retrieving prerequisite client-side software of the management system using a file-transfer mechanism that is disallowed by the operating system of the target resource;
creating a remote connection to the target resource using an encrypted network protocol that is allowed by the operating system of the target resource;
copying, via the remote connection, the prerequisite client-side software to the user-writable storage of the target resource; and
causing, via the remote connection, the copied prerequisite client-side software to be installed in the user-writable storage of the target resource, thereby bypassing the transactional installation process of the operating system of the target resource.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the encrypted network protocol comprises secure shell (SSH).
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the copying comprises utilizing secure copy (SCP).
4. The method of claim 1 , comprising managing the target resource via the installed prerequisite client-side software.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prerequisite client-side software comprises at least one of an interpreter and an agent.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transactional installation process provides an atomicity guarantee.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user-writable storage comprises a user home directory.
8. An information handling system comprising a processor, wherein the processor is operable to implement a method comprising:
receiving a trigger to setup a target resource for remote control at a management system, wherein an operating system of the target resource enforces a transactional installation process for new software, wherein the operating system designates user-writable storage and non-user-writable storage on the target resource;
responsive to the trigger, retrieving prerequisite client-side software of the management system using a file-transfer mechanism that is disallowed by the operating system of the target resource;
creating a remote connection to the target resource using an encrypted network protocol that is allowed by the operating system of the target resource;
copying, via the remote connection, the prerequisite client-side software to the user-writable storage of the target resource; and
causing, via the remote connection, the copied prerequisite client-side software to be installed in the user-writable storage of the target resource, thereby bypassing the transactional installation process of the operating system of the target resource.
9. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the encrypted network protocol comprises secure shell (SSH).
10. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the copying comprises utilizing secure copy (SCP).
11. The information handling system of claim 8 , the method comprising managing the target resource via the installed prerequisite client-side software.
12. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the prerequisite client-side software comprises at least one of an interpreter and an agent.
13. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the transactional installation process provides an atomicity guarantee.
14. The information handling system of claim 8 , wherein the user-writable storage comprises a user home directory.
15. A computer-program product comprising a non-transitory computer-usable medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method comprising:
receiving a trigger to setup a target resource for remote control at a management system, wherein an operating system of the target resource enforces a transactional installation process for new software, wherein the operating system designates user-writable storage and non-user-writable storage on the target resource;
responsive to the trigger, retrieving prerequisite client-side software of the management system using a file-transfer mechanism that is disallowed by the operating system of the target resource;
creating a remote connection to the target resource using an encrypted network protocol that is allowed by the operating system of the target resource;
copying, via the remote connection, the prerequisite client-side software to the user-writable storage of the target resource; and
causing, via the remote connection, the copied prerequisite client-side software to be installed in the user-writable storage of the target resource, thereby bypassing the transactional installation process of the operating system of the target resource.
16. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the encrypted network protocol comprises secure shell (SSH).
17. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the copying comprises utilizing secure copy (SCP).
18. The computer-program product of claim 15 , the method comprising managing the target resource via the installed prerequisite client-side software.
19. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the prerequisite client-side software comprises at least one of an interpreter and an agent.
20. The computer-program product of claim 15 , wherein the transactional installation process provides an atomicity guarantee.