Patent ID: 7287067

Claim:
A method for a first server computer to automatically configure a second server computer in response to a request received by the first server computer, comprising: a) deriving an initial set of second server computer configuration settings from the request; b) using the initial set of second server computer configuration settings to evaluate a rule in a rule block of a set of rule blocks; c) if the rule is satisfied, modifying the initial set of second server computer configuration settings by adding configuration settings associated with the rule to the initial set of second server computer configuration settings to create a modified set of second server computer configuration settings; d) repeating steps b) and c), replacing the initial set of second server computer configuration settings with the modified set of second server computer configuration settings until there are no more unsatisfied rules in the rule blocks of the set of rule blocks; and e) configuring the second server computer using the final modified set of second server computer configuration settings.