System and method for installing, updating and uninstalling applications

A computer-implemented method including executing instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the method comprising:

• receiving, by an install engine, an installation atomic, a target environment, and a task of a plurality of possible tasks, the installation atomic including:
• an environment agnostic configuration file that includes:
• representations of a set of environment dependent attributes for a program, each representation for an enviornment dependent attribute including at least one token that replaces a value of the attribute, and
• representations of a set environment independent attributes for the program,
• an environment properties data structure having, for at least the target environment, a target-specific value that corresponds to the at least one token, and
• compiled binary artifacts for the program;
• replacing, by the install engine, the token with the target-specific value;
• and
• performing, by the install engine, the task in the target environment using the installation atomic, the task being performed in a single transaction.

A system for provisioning a cloud environment, the system comprising:

• at least one memory including instructions on a computing device;
• and
• at least one processor on the computing device, wherein the processor is operably coupled to the at least one memory and is arranged and configured to execute the instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to implement:
• an export engine to generate an installation atomic for a source program based on a source environment, the installation atomic including:
• an environment agnostic configuration file that includes:
• representations of a set of environment dependent attributes from a set of configuration information obtained by querying the source environment, each representation for an environment dependent attribute including at least one token that replaces a value of the attribute in the representation, and
• representations of members of a set of environment independent attributes from the set of configuration information that are equivalent between the source environment and target environments,
• an environment properties data structure having, for each of a plurality of target environments, a value that corresponds to the at least one token, and
• compiled binary artifacts created based on the source program;
• and
• an install engine to perform one of a plurality of operations in one of the plurality of target environments using the installation atomic.