Patent ID: 7707504
Filing Date: 2010-04-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method employed within a network comprising: operating a web-based application having a multi-tiered architecture including an application layer and a database layer, the application layer including a plurality of application server instances, the database layer including: with a display, displaying in a front-end layer of a configuration tool a hierarchical visual representation of the cluster configuration information and a respective connection parameter of one of the application server instances stored in the secure store file; receiving via the front-end layer of the configuration tool input identifying the displayed connection parameter and the displayed cluster configuration information; in response to the received input, providing a batch of tasks to a logic layer of the configuration tool, including providing a key-value pair corresponding to the identified connection parameter and a second key-value pair corresponding to the identified configuration information, the first key-value pair including a parameter key to identify the identified connection parameter and a parameter value to specify a value of the identified connection parameter; the logic layer of the configuration tool performing the provided batch of tasks, including wherein the configuration tool is an offline configuration tool configured to operate while the one or more application server instances are not running.