Versioned intelligent offline execution of software configuration automation

A distributed topology system, comprising:

• a distributed topology engine (DTE) running on a server device processor and defining a topology comprising a plurality of building blocks, each building block representing at least one task pertaining to an application;
• a distributed topology application running on a client device processor and automatically executing at least one of the plurality of building blocks;
• a distributed topology database running on the server device processor and storing the topology;
• a DTE partial mode executor running on the server processor and packing only scripts that are required for a particular DTE topology and storing them in the distributed topology database;
• a DTE Snapshot module running on the server device processor and taking a DTE Snapshot of a particular DTE topology, wherein the DTE Snapshot includes a snapshot generation timestamp, information pertaining to the owner, and information pertaining to the particular DTE topology product and release;
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• a DTE job submission module running on the server processor and fetching corresponding definitions and scripts from the DTE Snapshot instead of from the distributed topology database.