Managing Real-World System Configurations with Constraints

Thomas Delaet; Paul Anderson; Wouter Joosen

doi:10.1109/ICN.2008.38

Managing Real-World System Configurations with Constraints

Thomas Delaet, Paul Anderson, Wouter Joosen

School of Informatics

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Abstract

Managing large computing infrastructures in a reliable and efficient way requires system configuration tools which accept higher-level specifications. This paper describes an interface between the established configuration tool LCFG, and the experimental configuration tool PoDlM. The combined system is used to generate explicit real-world configurations from high-level, constraint-based specifications. The concept is validated using live data from a large production installation. This demonstrates that a loosely-coupled, multi-layer approach can be used to construct configuration tools which translate high-level requirements into deployable production configurations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Networking, 2008. ICN 2008. Seventh International Conference on
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	594-601
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	978-0-7695-3106-9
ISBN (Print)	978-0-7695-3106-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICN.2008.38
Publication status	Published - 2008

Keywords

automating system administration
autonomics
configuration management

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