WO2014036693A1

WO2014036693A1 - Service deployment method and device

Info

Publication number: WO2014036693A1
Application number: PCT/CN2012/080992
Authority: WO
Inventors: 曹礼伟; 王勇
Original assignee: 华为技术有限公司
Priority date: 2012-09-05
Filing date: 2012-09-05
Publication date: 2014-03-13
Also published as: CN103109515B; CN103109515A

Abstract

The present invention relates to the technical field of information. Disclosed are a service deployment method and device that can improve the service deployment speed and reduce the service deployment time. A solution provided by an embodiment of the present invention comprises: according to an application selected by a user and configurations of the selected application, configuring a base architecture required for running the application, and generating a parameter configuration script and a compiling script; according to the application, determining an application image, and configuring the application image on a server node in the base architecture; starting the application, running the compiling script on the server node, and applying the parameter configuration script. The solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention is suitable for the service deployment under the FBCI architecture.

Description

Method and device for service deployment

The present invention relates to the field of information technology, and in particular, to a method and an apparatus for service deployment. Background technique

Currently, services can be deployed on the server in the traditional way: First, install and debug the purchased hardware devices such as servers, storage devices, and network devices, and then connect the server to infrastructure such as storage devices and network devices. Install the operating system (Opera t Ing System, OS) and partition storage space; install related databases and implement pre-requisite data; install middleware to deploy business applications; to ensure high service performance and high reliability, and optimize business applications. However, layered implementation in this way requires different independent software vendors (I SVs) to provide services or those who need to be proficient in each component to install, and it takes a long time for business deployment.

In the cloud computing environment, the Matr ix auto-deployment system is deployed for business deployment: The pre-boot execution environment (PXE) auto-installation technology is used to deploy the cornerstone out architecture. The infrastructure refers to connecting the server to the storage device and network device. Based on the installation of the operating system, including the infrastructure of servers, storage devices, network devices, and operating systems. Then, the service is deployed on the virtual machine. The application template is selected according to the service characteristics, and then the application template is imported to start the application to complete the service deployment. However, the installation of the operating system and the software installation process cannot be shortened. Therefore, the time required for service deployment is still long.

However, when deploying services using existing technologies, service deployment is slower and takes longer. Summary of the invention

The embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for service deployment, which can improve the speed of service deployment and reduce the time required for service deployment.

In a first aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a method for service deployment, including: Configuring an infrastructure required to run the application according to an application selected by the user and a configuration of the selected application, and generating a parameter configuration script and a compilation script;

Determining an application image according to the application, and configuring the application image to a server node in the infrastructure;

The application is launched, and the compilation script is run on the server node, and the parameter configuration script is applied.

In a first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, the configuring the core architecture required to run the application comprises: running the application according to the «{a, b, c, d, - - -} The required core out architecture performance values are evaluated and the required base architecture is determined; where ∑ "represents the performance value required by the application; represents the redundancy factor; a, _C , i represent a set of cornerstone out architectures, respectively The performance value, { _a , _C , i , . represents a set of cornerstone out architecture performance values.

With reference to the first aspect or the first possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a second possible implementation manner, after the generating the parameter configuration script and the compiling script, the method further includes: configuring the parameter configuration script and the compiling The script is delivered to the infrastructure and stored in external storage in the infrastructure.

With reference to the first aspect or the first or second possible implementation manner of the first aspect, in a third possible implementation, determining an application image according to the application, and configuring the application image to the On the server node in the infrastructure, including:

According to the application, the application image is determined by the hard disk drive HDD library managed by the management node of the structure-based base facility and the computer FBCI architecture, and the application image is configured to the server in the base architecture by means of HDD snapshot On the node; or,

According to the application, the application image is determined in a template library managed by a management node of the FBCI architecture, and the application image is configured to a server node in the infrastructure by means of hard disk copying.

In a second aspect, an embodiment of the present invention provides a device for service deployment, including:

a management node, configured to configure, according to a configuration selected by the user and the selected configuration of the application, an infrastructure required to run the application, and generate a parameter configuration script and a compilation script; Determining an application image and configuring the application image to a server node in the infrastructure;

The management node is further configured to: start the application;

The server node is configured to run the compiled script and apply the parameter configuration script. In a first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, the management node further includes: an evaluating unit, configured to: run the application according to ∑ α · {a, b, c, d, . The cornerstone out architecture performance values are evaluated and the required infrastructure is determined; where, represents the performance value required by the application; β represents the redundancy factor; a, 6, _C , i represent a set of infrastructure, respectively The performance value, { _a , 6, _C , i , ...} represents a collection of infrastructure performance values.

With reference to the second aspect, or the first possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in the second possible implementation manner, the management node further includes:

And a sending unit, configured to send the parameter configuration script and the compiled script to the infrastructure, and save the external storage in the infrastructure.

With reference to the second aspect or the first or second possible implementation manner of the second aspect, in a third possible implementation, the management node is configured to: according to the application, in a structure-based infrastructure and The hard disk drive HDD library managed by the management node of the computer FBC I architecture determines the application image, and configures the application image to the server node in the infrastructure by means of HDD snapshot; or, according to the application, The application image is determined in a template library managed by the management node of the FBC I architecture, and the application image is configured to a server node in the infrastructure by means of hard disk copying.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a method and an apparatus for deploying a service, by configuring an infrastructure required to run the application according to an application selected by the user and a configuration of the selected application, and generating a parameter configuration script and a compilation script; Determining, by the application, an application image, and configuring the application image to a server node in the infrastructure; starting the application, running the compilation script on the server node, and applying the parameter configuration script . When the service is deployed in the prior art, the service deployment is slow, and the time taken is longer. The solution provided by the embodiment of the present invention can automatically configure the infrastructure according to the application selected by the user, and generate a parameter configuration script and code. Translating scripts can increase the speed of business deployment and reduce the time required for business deployment. DRAWINGS

In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present invention or the technical solutions in the prior art, the drawings used in the embodiments or the description of the prior art will be briefly described below. Obviously, the drawings in the following description are only It is a certain embodiment of the present invention, and other drawings can be obtained from those skilled in the art without any inventive labor.

FIG. 1 is a flowchart of a method for service deployment according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of an apparatus for service deployment according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention;

3 is a flowchart of a method for service deployment according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

4 is a schematic diagram of an FBCI architecture provided by Embodiment 2 of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of an apparatus for service deployment according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. detailed description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention are clearly and completely described in the following with reference to the accompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present invention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments obtained by those skilled in the art based on the embodiments of the present invention without creative efforts are within the scope of the present invention.

Example 1

The embodiment of the present invention provides a method for service deployment, and the method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be implemented under a structure-based infrastructure and computer (Fab ic-based infras tructure and computers, FBCI) architecture, and the FBCI architecture is generally independent. The modules are assembled and connected to each other through a conversion base. As shown in Figure 1, the method includes the following steps:

Step 101: Configure, according to a configuration selected by the user and the selected configuration of the application, a base architecture required to run the application, and generate a parameter configuration script and a compilation script.

The infrastructure refers to the installation of the operating system based on the connection of the server to the storage device and the network device.

Optionally, according to the application selected by the user and the configuration of the selected application, configuring the engine Get the hardware configuration information after setting. Here, the business system refers to the IT system used to meet the business needs of the enterprise or organization, usually including database middleware and applications, the database middleware refers to the third-party software or service used to access the database, and the middleware is an independent system software or A service program that can connect two separate applications or stand-alone systems for the transfer of information between two separate applications or separate systems. Application (APP) refers to the technology, system, software or product that provides services for a business or organization's business.

It should be noted that different applications have different configurations, and the configuration here refers to hardware configuration and software configuration. For example, the service selection is a database server, and the application refers to specific software supporting the service. For example, the application may be different types of software such as Oracle, Mysql, and the like. Then select the relevant configuration of the database server. The related configuration can be business scenario, number of users, specific products, Service Level Agreement (SLA), and other Internet Protocol (IP) domain name servers (Domain Name Server, DNS). ) related performance parameters, etc. Store the selected configuration in the Solid State Disk (SSD) configured for the application to speed up the deployment of the business. SSD uses an electronic storage medium for data storage and reading. It breaks through the performance bottleneck of traditional mechanical hard disks and has extremely high storage performance, which is faster and more efficient than traditional hard disks.

The service deployment in this embodiment deploys the service system on a new server, so that the service system can be applied on the new server.

Further, the infrastructure required for the configuration to run the application includes:

{a, b, c, d, . . . } evaluates the architectural performance values required to run the application and determines the required infrastructure. That is, the performance value required by the business system is compared with the corresponding performance value set of the infrastructure running the application to obtain a configuration model that is closest to the performance value required by the business system.

Where ∑" indicates the performance value required by the application; for example, a real-time accounting system requires a 300W Online Transaction Processing Performance Council (TPCC). TPCC is one of the parameters for evaluating performance under the FBCI architecture, TPCC The performance of the overall system that can be built for servers and clients. Indicates the redundancy factor. For example, it can be 1.3, and the performance value of TPCC is required to be 390w.

a, b, c, and d represent the performance values of a set of infrastructure, respectively, b, c, d, . . . } represents a collection of infrastructure performance values, which can be the closest to the required upper rail, that is, the closest to 390w. On the rail.

For example, a is a 150w TPCC configuration, CPU: 4 10-core CPUs, CPU can be Xeon E7500; Memory: 16G; External storage: SSD 1 0T storage space. d is a 400W TPCC configuration, 8 10-core CPUs, CPU can be Xeon E7500; Memory: 512G; External storage: SSD 10T storage space.

According to the rules of the assessment: take the upper rail closest to the requirements. Therefore, the performance value here can be 400W. Then, according to the 400w configuration model, the service starts to allocate hardware resources such as CPU, memory, and external storage for construction.

Further, after the generating the parameter configuration script and the compiling script, the method further includes:

The parameter configuration script and the compilation script are delivered to the infrastructure and saved in external storage in the infrastructure.

Step 102: Determine an application image according to the application, and configure the application image to a server node in the infrastructure.

Optionally, according to the application, the hard disk drive (HDD) library managed by the management node of the FBCI architecture determines the application image, and configures the application image to the device by using an HDD snapshot. On the server node in the base architecture; or,

According to the application, the application image is determined in a template library managed by the management node of the FBC I architecture, and the application image is configured to a server node in the infrastructure by means of hard disk copying.

Step 103: Start the application, run the compilation script on the server node, and apply the parameter configuration script.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a service deployment method, which can automatically configure an infrastructure and generate a parameter configuration script and a compile script according to an application selected by the user, so that the speed of service deployment can be improved, and the time required for service deployment can be reduced. An embodiment of the present invention provides a device for service deployment, where the device may be an FBCI, where the FBCI architecture is assembled by independent modules and connected to each other through a structure or a conversion backplane. As shown in FIG. 2, the device includes: a management node 201, a server node 202;

The management node 201 is configured to configure, according to the application selected by the user and the selected configuration of the selected application, an infrastructure required to run the application, and generate a parameter configuration script and a compilation script; and determine an application image according to the application, And configuring the application image to the server node 202 in the infrastructure;

Further, the management node 201 includes: an evaluation unit, configured to

Evaluating the value of the infrastructure properties required to run the application and determining the required infrastructure; where ∑ ^α represents the performance value required by the application; represents the redundancy factor; aAci represents a set of infrastructure The performance value, {aAd represents a collection of base architecture performance values, and the collection of these infrastructure performance values can be derived from a configuration library that combines relevant knowledge and data based on the business model.

The management node 201 further includes: a sending unit, configured to send the parameter configuration script and the compiled script to the infrastructure, and save the external storage in the infrastructure.

The management node 201 is configured to: determine, according to the application, the application image in a hard disk drive HDD library managed by a management node of a structure-based corner-out facility and a computer FBCI architecture, and mirror the application by means of an HDD snapshot Configuring to the server node in the infrastructure; or, according to the application, determining the application image in a template library managed by the management node of the FBCI architecture, and configuring the application image to the device by means of hard disk copying On the server node in the infrastructure.

The management node 201 is further configured to: start the application; the server node 202 is configured to run the compilation script, and apply the parameter configuration script.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a device for service deployment. The management node automatically configures an infrastructure according to an application selected by a user, and generates a parameter configuration script and a compilation script. The management node determines an application image and configures the application image to the server node of the infrastructure. Starting the application, running the compiled script by the server node, and applying the parameter configuration script, so that the service deployment can be improved Speed, reducing the time required for business deployment.

Example 2

An embodiment of the present invention provides a service deployment method. As shown in FIG. 3, the method includes: Step 301: Configure an infrastructure required to run the application according to an application selected by a user and a configuration of the selected application.

The user selects an application according to his or her business needs and selects a configuration based on the selected application. It should be noted that different applications have different configurations, and the configuration here refers to hardware configuration and software configuration. For example, the service selection is a database server, and then the relevant configuration of the database server is selected. The related configuration may be a business scenario, a number of users, a specific product, a Service Level Agreement (SLA), and other Internet Protocols (Internet Protocol, IP) i or the Doma in Name Server (DNS) related performance parameters, etc., the selected configuration is stored in the Solid State Disk (SSD) configured for the application, so as to speed up The speed of business deployment. SSD uses an electronic storage medium for data storage and reading. It breaks through the performance bottleneck of traditional mechanical hard disks and has extremely high storage performance, which is faster and more efficient than traditional hard disks. Here, the business system refers to the IT system used to meet the business needs of the enterprise or organization, usually including database middleware and applications, the database middleware refers to the third-party software or service used to access the database, and the middleware is an independent system software or A service program that can connect two separate applications or stand-alone systems for the transfer of information between two separate applications or separate systems. Application (appl i cat ion, APP) refers to technology, systems, software or products that provide services for a business or organization.

It should be noted that, as shown in FIG. 4, the FBCI architecture, in which the FBCI architecture is assembled by independent modules, is connected to each other through a conversion backplane. The FBCI architecture includes: management node, central processing unit (Centra l Proces s ing Uni t, CPU) pool, memory pool and storage pool. The management node manages the CPU, memory and external storage in the FBCI architecture, and allocates according to different applications. resource of. It should be noted that the CPU pool, the memory pool, and the storage pool all correspond to physical entities. The infrastructure required to run the application in this step is the allocation of physical resources. The infrastructure refers to the installation of the operating system based on the connection of the server to the storage device and the network device. Architecture system for computing, storage, and networking.

The FBCI receives the user's selection application and related configuration, and obtains the hardware configuration information after configuring the configuration engine of the rapid deployment function area, that is, configuring the required CPU, memory, external storage space, network bandwidth, etc. on the new server, that is, the hardware is combined to form A server that provides storage and networking.

It should be noted that, in step 301, a hardware resource required to run the application is configured according to an application selected by the user and a related configuration of the selected application.

Step 302, evaluating, according to ∑α·^«, ^, ί, .., }, the value of the infrastructure performance required to run the application, and determining the required infrastructure; that is, according to the business system requirements The performance value is compared to the corresponding set of performance values of the infrastructure running the application to obtain a configuration model that is closest to the performance value required by the business system.

Where ∑ ^α represents the performance value required by the application, for example, for example, a real-time accounting system requires a 300W online transaction processing reference program TPCC. TPCC is one of the parameters for evaluating performance under the FBCI architecture. TPCC can be used to build the overall system performance for servers and clients.

Indicates the redundancy factor. For example, if it is 1.3, the performance value of TPCC is required to be 390w.

{aAci,...} represents a collection of base performance values that can be taken closest to the required upper rail, the upper rail closest to 390w.

For example, a is a 150wTPCC configuration, CPU: 4 10-core CPUs, CPU can be Xeon E7500; Memory: 16G; External storage: SSD 10T storage space. d is a 400W TPCC configuration, 8 10-core CPUs, CPU can be Xeon E7500; Memory: 512G; External storage: SSD 10T storage space. Among them, the collection of these cornerstone out architecture performance values can be derived from a configuration library that integrates relevant knowledge and data according to the business model.

According to the rules of the assessment: take the upper rail closest to the requirements. Therefore, the performance value here can be 400W. Then, according to the 400w configuration model, the service starts to allocate resources such as CPU, memory, and external storage for construction.

Step 303: Generate a parameter configuration script and a compilation script according to the application selected by the user and the configuration of the selected application. For example, when deploying a database application, you can generate parameter configuration scripts, such as operating system parameters and configuration scripts; database parameter scripts; related performance processing scripts; and build scripts, such as database compilation scripts.

It should be noted that the generated parameter configuration script and the compiled script are directly sent by the management node in the FBCI architecture to the allocated infrastructure and stored in the external storage in the infrastructure.

Step 304: Determine an application image according to the application, and configure the application image to a server node in the infrastructure.

Optionally, the application image is determined in the hard disk drive HDD library or template library of the management node of the FBCI architecture according to the application selected by the user. As shown in Figure 4, the HDD library or template library is located in the rapid deployment ribbon and is managed by the management node. The application image of each business application is stored in the HDD library or template library.

It should be noted that the embodiment supports two methods for configuring an application image to run a server node corresponding to the application: one is an HDD image, and the other is a traditional virtual machine. When HDD mirroring is used, the application image is selected in the HDD library saved in the management node of the FBCI architecture, and the application image is configured to the server node in the infrastructure by means of HDD snapshot; when using the traditional virtual machine, in the FBCI The application image is selected in the template library saved in the management node of the architecture, and the application image is configured to the server node in the infrastructure by means of hard disk copying.

Step 305: Start the application, run the compilation script on the server node, and apply the parameter configuration script.

After the application image is configured to run the server node corresponding to the application, the application is started. During the application startup process, the server node in the infrastructure runs the compilation script and applies the parameter configuration script, that is, the configuration of the IP DNS database parameters and application parameters are automatically applied through the parameter configuration script.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a service deployment method, by using an FBCI architecture, automatically configuring an infrastructure according to an application selected by a user, and generating a parameter configuration script and a compilation script, determining an application image according to the application, and configuring the application image. To the server node in the infrastructure Up, launching the application, running the compiled script on the server node, and applying the parameter configuration script. The service deployment method provided by the embodiment of the present invention can be completed in a short period of time, for example, within 10 minutes, so that the speed of service deployment can be improved and the time required for service deployment can be reduced.

The embodiment of the present invention provides a device for service deployment, and the device may be an FBCI. As shown in FIG. 5, the device includes: a management node 501, an evaluation unit 5011, a delivery unit 5012, and a server node 502.

The management node 501 is configured to configure, according to a configuration selected by the user and the selected configuration of the application, an infrastructure required to run the application, and generate a parameter configuration script and a compilation script.

Further, the infrastructure includes server nodes, memory, external storage, and the like. Further, the evaluation unit 5011 in the management node 501 is configured to evaluate an infrastructure performance value required to run the application according to ^^«, ^, ...}, and determine the required base. Architecture; where ∑" represents the performance value required by the application; represents the redundancy factor; {aAci,...} represents a collection of infrastructure performance values. The set of base architecture performance values can be derived from the business model, A configuration library derived from the synthesis of relevant knowledge and data.

For example, a real-time accounting system requires a 300W TPCC. TPCC is one of the parameters for evaluating performance under the FBCI architecture. TPCC can be used to build the overall system performance for servers and clients.

For example, a is a 150wTPCC configuration, CPU: 4 10-core CPUs, CPU can be Xeon E7500; Memory: 16G; External storage: SSD 10T storage space. d is a 400W TPCC configuration, 8 10-core CPUs, CPU can be Xeon E7500; Memory: 512G; External storage: SSD 10T storage space.

According to the rules of the assessment: take the upper rail closest to the requirements. Therefore, the performance value can be taken here to be 400W. Then the service starts to allocate hardware resources such as CPU, memory, and external storage according to the 400w configuration model. Build.

Further, the sending unit 5012 in the management node 501 is configured to send the parameter configuration script and the compiled script to the infrastructure, and save the external storage in the infrastructure.

The management node 501 is further configured to determine an application image according to the application, and configure the application image to a server node in the infrastructure;

Further, the management node 501 is specifically configured to: according to the application, determine an application image in a hard disk drive HDD library managed by a management node based on a structure-based infrastructure and a computer FBC I architecture, and use an HDD snapshot method to The application image is configured on the server node in the corner-out architecture; or, according to the application, determining the application image in a template library managed by the management node of the FBCI architecture, and copying the file through the hard disk copy The application image is configured to a server node in the infrastructure.

The management node 501 is further configured to start the application, then run the compilation script by the server node 502, and apply the parameter configuration script.

An embodiment of the present invention provides a device for service deployment, which automatically configures an infrastructure according to an application selected by a user, generates a parameter configuration script and a compile script, and determines an application image and configures an application image to the server node; The node runs the compiled script and applies the parameter configuration script, so that the speed of service deployment can be improved, and the time required for service deployment can be reduced.

The above is only the specific embodiment of the present invention, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and any person skilled in the art can easily think of changes or substitutions within the technical scope of the present invention. It should be covered by the scope of the present invention. Therefore, the scope of the invention should be determined by the scope of the claims.

Claims

claims

1. A method of business deployment, characterized by including:

According to the application selected by the user and the configuration of the selected application, configure the infrastructure required to run the application, and generate a parameter configuration script and a compilation script;

Determine an application image according to the application, and configure the application image on a server node in the infrastructure;

Start the application, run the compilation script on the server node, and apply the parameter configuration script.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the configuration of the infrastructure required to run the application includes:

Evaluate the performance values of the cornerstone architecture required to run the application based on ∑ « · {a,b,c,d, . · ·}, and determine the required base architecture;

Among them, represents the performance value required by the application; represents the redundancy coefficient; aA i represents the performance value of a set of base architectures, {a, ,ί, represents the set of performance values of the base architecture.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that, after generating the parameter configuration script and the compilation script, it also includes:

The parameter configuration script and the compilation script are delivered to the infrastructure and stored in external storage in the cornerstone architecture.

4. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that: determining an application image according to the application, and configuring the application image on a server node in the infrastructure, including: according to the Application, determine the application image in the hard disk drive HDD library managed by the management node of the structure-based infrastructure and computer FBCI architecture, and configure the application image to the server node in the infrastructure through HDD snapshot; or,

According to the application, the application image is determined in the template library managed by the management node of the FBCI architecture, and the application image is configured on the server node in the infrastructure through hard disk copy.

5. A service deployment device, characterized by including: A management node, configured to configure the infrastructure required to run the application according to the application selected by the user and the configuration of the selected application, and generate a parameter configuration script and a compilation script; and determine the application image according to the application, and The application image is configured on a server node in the infrastructure; the management node is also used to start the application;

The server node is used to run the compilation script and apply the parameter configuration script.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the management node includes: an evaluation unit configured to evaluate the cornerstones required to run the application based on ^ « {a, b, c, d, -} Evaluate architectural performance values and determine the required infrastructure;

Among them, ∑ ^α represents the performance value required by the application; represents the redundancy coefficient; _a , 0, _C , i respectively represents the performance value of a set of basic architectures, {a , ,ί , represents the set of performance values of the basic architecture.

7. The device according to claim 5 or 6, characterized in that, the management node further includes: a delivery unit, used to deliver the parameter configuration script and the compilation script to the infrastructure, and save it to external storage in the cornerstone architecture.

8. The device according to any one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that, the management node is configured to determine an application image according to the application, and configure the application image on a server node in the infrastructure , Specifically:

The management node is configured to determine an application image based on the application in the hard disk drive HDD library managed by the management node based on the structural cornerstone facility and computer FBCI architecture, and configure the application image to the application image through an HDD snapshot. on a server node in the infrastructure; or, according to the application, determine the application image in the template library managed by the management node of the FBCI architecture, and configure the application image to the application image through hard disk copying. The cornerstones are on the server nodes in the architecture.