Patent ID: 8695006

Claim:
A method of managing a computer resource using a configuration wrapper, the method comprising: receiving a computer-readable configuration file that configures a resource based on at least one configurable parameter, the computer-readable configuration file comprising configuration data for the resource at a computer system, the configuration data including one or more configurable parameters related to the resource; generating, with the computer system, computer-readable metadata related to the configuration data and storing in a computer-readable metadata file; generating, with the computer system, a configuration wrapper by automatically processing the computer-readable metadata to manage the computer-readable configuration file, wherein automatically processing the metadata comprises: providing, with the computer system, a reference to the metadata file, processing, with the computer system, the metadata file using an automator application, and generating, with the computer system, one or more files that are used to implement the configuration wrapper; and storing the configuration wrapper in a computer-readable medium.