Managing attributes associated with an application server
Embodiments relate to systems and methods for maintaining attributes associated with application servers. In particular, a system administrator can register a set of services associated with an application server. Before initiating, a service can need to be configured with a set of attributes. According to embodiments, a vault service associated with the application can validate a service requesting to be configured. Further, an attribute management tool can store attributes, such as passwords and other sensitive data, associated with the requesting service. Upon a successful validation, the attribute management tool can provide the associated attributes to the vault service, which uses the attributes to configure the service.
1. A method comprising:
identifying an application server to execute a plurality of services;
receiving a request to configure a service of the plurality of services, wherein the request comprises a token associated with the service;
validating, by a processor, the token, wherein the validating comprises comparing the token to an additional token not maintained by the service;
retrieving, by the processor, a plurality of attributes to the service in response to the validating the token; and
configuring, by the processor, the service using the plurality of attributes.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request is received from the service.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request is received by an additional service of the application server, and wherein the additional service validates the token.
4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending an indication of the plurality of attributes in response to validating the token; and
receiving the plurality of attributes in response to sending the indication.
5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the indication is sent to a management tool remote from the application server, and wherein the plurality of attributes are received from the management tool.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
registering the plurality of services with the application server, wherein registering the plurality of services comprises generating a plurality of tokens for the plurality of services.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a system administrator registers the plurality of services with the application server.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
notifying an administrator in response to a unsuccessful validation.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of attributes comprises sensitive data.
10. A system comprising:
a memory;
a processor coupled to the memory to:
identify an application server to execute a plurality of services;
receive a request to configure a service of the plurality of services,
wherein the request comprises a token associated with the service;
validate the token, wherein the validate comprises compare the token to an additional token not maintained by the service; and
retrieve a plurality of attributes to the service in response to the validate the token, and
configure the service using the plurality of attributes.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the request is received from the service.
12. The system of claim 10 , wherein the request is received by an additional service of the application server, and wherein the additional service validates the token.
13. The system of claim 10 , the processor to:
send an indication of the plurality of attributes in response to validate the token; and
receive the plurality of attributes in response to send the indication.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the indication is sent to a management tool remote from the application server, and wherein the plurality of attributes are received from the management tool.
15. The system of claim 10 , the processor to:
register the plurality of services with the application server, wherein register the plurality of services comprises generate a plurality of tokens for the plurality of services.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein a system administrator registers the plurality of services with the application server.
17. The system of claim 10 , the processor to:
notify an administrator in response to a unsuccessful validation.
18. The system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of attributes comprises sensitive data.
19. The system of claim 15 , the processor to distribute the plurality of tokens among the plurality of services.
20. The method of claim 6 further comprising distributing the plurality of tokens among the plurality of services.