CONSOLIDATION AND SHARING OF PIPELINES ACROSS PROJECTS IN A COMPUTING SYSTEM

1 . A method of managing an automation pipeline in a computing system, comprising:

receiving, at a pipeline manager, a definition of the pipeline having a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages having at least one task;

receiving, at the pipeline manager, an indication that the pipeline is global across a plurality of projects;

receiving, at an execution orchestrator, a request from a user to execute the pipeline;

requesting, by the execution orchestrator from the user, a target project of the plurality of projects in which to execute the pipeline in response to the pipeline being global; and

executing, by the execution orchestrator, the pipeline in the target project to deploy an application executing on virtualized infrastructure of the computing system.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

validating, by the pipeline manager, the definition of the pipeline.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a stage of the plurality of stages includes a plurality of tasks, and wherein the method comprises:

computing, by the pipeline manager, a plurality of hashes from the plurality of tasks; and

storing, by the pipeline manager, the plurality of hashes in a database.

4 . The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

computing, by the pipeline manager, an identifier of the stage by combining the plurality of hashes.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

computing, by the pipeline manager, an identifier for each of the plurality of stages from at least one hash value of the respective at least one task; and

computing, by the pipeline manager, an identifier of the pipeline by combining identifiers of the plurality of stages.

6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

comparing, by a pipeline unifier, the identifiers of the plurality of stages against identifiers of a plurality of stages of a target pipeline;

determining, by the pipeline unifier, a number of divergent stages based on the comparison;

indicating, by the pipeline unifier, that the pipeline and the target pipeline are different in response to a number of the divergent stages being greater than a threshold.

7 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

comparing, by a pipeline unifier, the identifiers of the plurality of stages against identifiers of a plurality of stages of a target pipeline;

determining, by the pipeline unifier, a number of divergent stages based on the comparison;

indicating, by the pipeline unifier, that the pipeline and the target pipeline are identical in response to the number of divergent stages being equal to zero.

8 . A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions to be executed in a computing device to cause the computing device to carry out a method of managing an automation pipeline in a computing system, comprising:

receiving, at a pipeline manager, a definition of the pipeline having a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages having at least one task;

receiving, at the pipeline manager, an indication that the pipeline is global across a plurality of projects;

receiving, at an execution orchestrator, a request from a user to execute the pipeline;

requesting, by the execution orchestrator from the user, a target project of the plurality of projects in which to execute the pipeline in response to the pipeline being global; and

executing, by the execution orchestrator, the pipeline in the target project to deploy an application executing on virtualized infrastructure of the computing system.

9 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , further comprising:

validating, by the pipeline manager, the definition of the pipeline.

10 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , wherein a stage of the plurality of stages includes a plurality of tasks, and wherein the method comprises:

computing, by the pipeline manager, a plurality of hashes from the plurality of tasks; and

storing, by the pipeline manager, the plurality of hashes in a database.

11 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 10 , further comprising:

computing, by the pipeline manager, an identifier of the stage by combining the plurality of hashes.

12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8 , further comprising:

computing, by the pipeline manager, an identifier for each of the plurality of stages from at least one hash value of the respective at least one task; and

computing, by the pipeline manager, an identifier of the pipeline by combining identifiers of the plurality of stages.

13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , further comprising:

comparing, by a pipeline unifier, the identifiers of the plurality of stages against identifiers of a plurality of stages of a target pipeline;

determining, by the pipeline unifier, a number of divergent stages based on the comparison;

indicating, by the pipeline unifier, that the pipeline and the target pipeline are different in response to a number of the divergent stages being greater than a threshold.

14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12 , further comprising:

comparing, by a pipeline unifier, the identifiers of the plurality of stages against identifiers of a plurality of stages of a target pipeline;

determining, by the pipeline unifier, a number of divergent stages based on the comparison;

indicating, by the pipeline unifier, that the pipeline and the target pipeline are identical in response to the number of divergent stages being equal to zero.

15 . A computer system, comprising:

a hardware platform; and

software, executing on the hardware platform, configured to:

receive, at a pipeline manager, a definition of a pipeline having a plurality of stages, each of the plurality of stages having at least one task;

receive, at the pipeline manager, an indication that the pipeline is global across a plurality of projects;

receive, at an execution orchestrator, a request from a user to execute the pipeline;

request, by the execution orchestrator from the user, a target project of the plurality of projects in which to execute the pipeline in response to the pipeline being global; and

execute, by the execution orchestrator, the pipeline in the target project to deploy an application executing on virtualized infrastructure of the computer system.

16 . The computer system of claim 15 , wherein a stage of the plurality of stages includes a plurality of tasks, and wherein the pipeline manager is configured to:

compute a plurality of hashes from the plurality of tasks; and

store the plurality of hashes in a database.

17 . The computer system of claim 16 , wherein the pipeline manager is configured to:

compute an identifier of the stage by combining the plurality of hashes.

18 . The computer system of claim 15 , wherein the pipeline manager is configured to:

compute an identifier for each of the plurality of stages from at least one hash value of the respective at least one task; and

compute an identifier of the pipeline by combining identifiers of the plurality of stages.

19 . The computer system of claim 18 , wherein a pipeline unifier is configured to:

compare the identifiers of the plurality of stages against identifiers of a plurality of stages of a target pipeline;

determine a number of divergent stages based on the comparison;

indicate that the pipeline and the target pipeline are different in response to a number of the divergent stages being greater than a threshold.

20 . The computer system of claim 18 , wherein a pipeline unifier is configured to:

compare the identifiers of the plurality of stages against identifiers of a plurality of stages of a target pipeline;

determine a number of divergent stages based on the comparison;

indicate that the pipeline and the target pipeline are identical in response to the number of divergent stages being equal to zero.