Centralized management of webservice resources in an enterprise

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a plurality of instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, causes the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

• managing, by a plurality of heterogeneous application servers, a plurality of different types of applications;
• storing, by a central repository, metadata for the plurality of heterogeneous application servers;
• determining, by a first heterogeneous application server of the plurality of heterogeneous application servers, that a first webservice application is deployed on the first heterogeneous application server;
• in response to determining that the first webservice application is deployed, determining, by the first heterogeneous application server, first metadata stored on the first heterogeneous application server describing one or more attributes of the first webservice application;
• generating, by the first heterogeneous application server, second metadata using the first metadata, wherein the second metadata describes the one or more attributes of the first webservice application as deployed on the first heterogeneous application server;
• and
• communicating, by the first heterogeneous application server, the second metadata to the central repository;
• storing, by the central repository, the metadata from the plurality of heterogeneous application servers in a same canonical format, wherein the stored metadata is linked to webservice applications deployed on the plurality of heterogeneous application servers;
• storing, by the central repository, the second metadata that is generated using the first metadata, wherein the second metadata comprises a name of a webservice application and a port of the webservice application;
• storing, by the central repository, the name of the webservice application and the port of the webservice application in the same canonical format;
• and
• receiving, by the central repository, requests to obtain the stored metadata linked to webservice applications deployed on the plurality of heterogeneous application servers, wherein the requests for the stored metadata linked to webservice applications are implemented via a same access technique using the same canonical format for the metadata that is stored in the central repository.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• managing, by a plurality of heterogeneous application servers comprising a memory and one or more processors, a plurality of different types of applications;
• storing, by a central repository, metadata for the plurality of heterogeneous application servers;
• determining, by a first heterogeneous application server of the plurality of heterogeneous application servers, that a first webservice application is deployed on the first heterogeneous application server;
• in response to determining that the first webservice application is deployed, determining, by the first heterogeneous application server, first metadata stored on the first heterogeneous application server describing one or more attributes of the first webservice application;
• generating, by the first heterogeneous application server, second metadata using the first metadata, wherein the second metadata describes the one or more attributes of the first webservice application as deployed on the first heterogeneous application server;
• and
• communicating, by the first heterogeneous application server, the second metadata to the central repository;
• storing, by the central repository, the metadata from the plurality of heterogeneous application servers in a same canonical format, wherein the stored metadata is linked to webservice applications deployed on the plurality of heterogeneous application servers;
• storing, by the central repository, the second metadata that is generated using the first metadata, wherein the second metadata comprises a name of a webservice application and a port of the webservice application;
• storing, by the central repository, the name of the webservice application and the port of the webservice application in the same canonical format;
• and
• receiving, by the central repository, requests to obtain the stored metadata linked to webservice applications deployed on the plurality of heterogeneous application servers, wherein the requests for the stored metadata linked to webservice applications are implemented via a same access technique using the same canonical format for the metadata that is stored in the central repository.