Blockchain-based software compliance system
A blockchain-based software compliance system includes a computing system with a first computing device associated with first software. A monitoring system detects an update of the first computing device to replace the first software with second software, and generates a blockchain transaction that is directed to a blockchain address and that identifies the replacement of the first software with the second software. The monitoring system broadcasts the blockchain transaction, which is received by a blockchain device that executes a smart contract associated with the blockchain address. The blockchain device then determines that the execution of the smart contract has provided an indication that the updating of the first computing device with the second software does not comply with a computing system software matrix and, in response, causes an update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with third software that complies with the computing system software matrix.
1. A blockchain-based software compliance system, comprising:
a computing system that includes a plurality of computing devices, wherein a first computing device included in the plurality of computing devices is associated with first software;
a monitoring system that is coupled to the computing system and that is configured to:
detect a first update to the first computing device that replaces the first software with second software and, in response, generate a blockchain transaction that is directed to a blockchain address and that identifies the first update of the first computing device to replace the first software with the second software; and
broadcast the blockchain transaction; and
a blockchain device that is coupled to the monitoring system and that is configured to:
receive the blockchain transaction broadcasted by the monitoring system;
determine, by executing a smart contract associated with the blockchain address, that the second software that replaced the first software is in a non-compliance with a computing system software matrix,
wherein the non-compliance of the second software with the computing system software matrix is based on the second software affecting interoperability of the first computing device with a fourth software provided on a second computing device that is included in the plurality of computing devices, and
wherein a compliance of the second software with the computing system software matrix includes the second software not affecting interoperability of the first computing device with a fifth software provided on the second computing device; and
cause, in response to the execution of the smart contract associated with the blockchain address determining that the second software that replaced the first software does not comply with the computing system software matrix based on the second software affecting the interoperability of the first computing device with the fourth software provided on the second computing device, a second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with third software that complies with the computing system software matrix.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring system is configured to:
identify, in response to detecting that the first computing device has been updated to replace the first software with the second software, the blockchain address based on the computing system.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the blockchain transaction identifies the each of the plurality of computing devices, and software associated with each of the plurality of computing devices.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the blockchain device is configured to cause the second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with the third software by:
transmitting a software non-compliance message to the monitoring system that indicates that the second software that replaced the first software to update the first computing device does not comply with a computing system software matrix, and wherein the monitoring system is configured to:
cause, in response to receiving the software non-compliance message, the second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with third software that complies with the computing system software matrix.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with the third software that complies with the computing system software matrix provides a software downgrade in the first computing device.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with the third software that complies with the computing system software matrix provides a software upgrade in the first computing device.
7. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:
a datacenter that includes the computing system, the monitoring system, and a blockchain system that includes the blockchain device.
8. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
a blockchain device that is coupled to a network and that includes:
a blockchain device processing system; and
a blockchain device memory system that is coupled to the blockchain device processing system and that includes instructions that, when executed by the blockchain device processing system, cause the blockchain device to:
receive a blockchain transaction that was broadcast by a monitoring system in response to a first update of a first computing device in a computing system to replace first software associated with the first computing device with second software;
determine, by executing a smart contract associated with a blockchain address that is included in the blockchain transaction, that the second software that replaced the first software is in a non-compliance with a computing system software matrix,
wherein the non-compliance of the second software with the computing system software matrix is based on the second software affecting interoperability of the first computing device with a fourth software provided on a second computing device that is included in a plurality of computing devices, and
wherein a compliance of the second software with the computing system software matrix includes the second software not affecting interoperability of the first computing device with a fifth software provided on the second computing device; and
cause, in response to the execution of the smart contract associated with the blockchain address determining that the second software that replaced the first software does not comply with the computing system software matrix based on the second software affecting the interoperability of the first computing device with the fourth software provided on the second computing device, a second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with third software that complies with the computing system software matrix.
9. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the smart contract that is associated with the blockchain address is also associated with the computing system.
10. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the blockchain transaction identifies the each of a plurality of computing devices included in the computing system, and software associated with each of the plurality of computing devices.
11. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the blockchain device processing system, cause the blockchain device to:
transmit a software non-compliance message to the monitoring system that indicates that the second software that replaced the first software to update the first computing device does not comply with a computing system software matrix, and wherein the software non-compliance message is configured to cause the monitoring system to:
cause the second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with third software that complies with the computing system software matrix.
12. The IHS of claim 8 , wherein the second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with the third software that complies with the computing system software matrix provides a software downgrade in the first computing device.
13. The IHS of claim 8 , the second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with the third software that complies with the computing system software matrix provides a software upgrade in the first computing device.
14. A method for providing blockchain-based software compliance, comprising:
detecting, by a monitoring system that is coupled to a computing system that includes a plurality of computing devices, a first update to a first computing device included in the plurality of computing devices that replaces first software, associated with the first computing device, with second software;
generating, by the monitoring system in response to detecting that the first computing device has been updated to replace the first software with second software, a blockchain transaction that is directed to a blockchain address and that identifies the first update of the first computing device to replace the first software with the second software;
broadcasting, by the monitoring system, the blockchain transaction;
receiving, by a blockchain device that is coupled to the monitoring system, the blockchain transaction broadcasted by the monitoring system;
determining, by executing a smart contract associated with the blockchain address that is included in the blockchain transaction, that the second software that replaced the first software is in a non-compliance with a computing system software matrix,
wherein the non-compliance of the second software with the computing system software matrix is based on the second software affecting interoperability of the first computing device with a fourth software provided on a second computing device that is included in the plurality of computing devices, and
wherein a compliance of the second software with the computing system software matrix includes the second software not affecting interoperability of the first computing device with a fifth software provided on the second computing device; and
causing, by the blockchain device and in response to the execution of the smart contract associated with the blockchain address determining that the second software that replaced the first software does not comply with the computing system software matrix based on the second software affecting the interoperability of the first computing device with the fourth software provided on the second computing device, a second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with third software that complies with the computing system software matrix.
15. The method of claim 14 , further comprising:
identifying, by the monitoring system in response to detecting that the first computing device has been updated to replace the first software with the second software, the blockchain address based on the computing system.
16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the blockchain transaction identifies the each of the plurality of computing devices, and software associated with each of the plurality of computing devices.
17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the causing the second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with third software includes:
transmitting, by the blockchain device to the monitoring system, a software non-compliance message that indicates that the second software that replaced the first software to update the first computing device does not comply with a computing system software matrix; and
causing, by the monitoring system in response to receiving the software non-compliance message, the second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with third software that complies with the computing system software matrix.
18. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with the third software that complies with the computing system software matrix provides a software downgrade in the first computing device.
19. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second update to the first computing device that replaces the second software with the third software that complies with the computing system software matrix provides a software upgrade in the first computing device.
20. The method of claim 14 , wherein each of the computing system, the monitoring system, and a blockchain system that includes the blockchain device are included in a datacenter.