Patent ID: 9710259
Date: 2017-07-18
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for modifying a deployment plan having tasks that are performed to deploy an application having one or more application components executing on a plurality of virtual computing resources, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by a processor, a first script and a first placement location for the first script in a first sequence of tasks that are performed to deploy the one or more application components of the application; receiving, by the processor, a second script and a second placement location for the second script in a second sequence of tasks that are performed external to and not in conjunction with deploying any of the one or more application components of the application; and generating, by the processor, a modified deployment plan having the first and second sequences of tasks that are performed to deploy the application according to a topology of the plurality of virtual computing resources and the one or more application components of the application executing thereon, wherein the modified deployment plan includes: