US 11,385,892 B1 · Optimal software architecture recommendations by an application modernization service

Abstract

Techniques are described for enabling an application modernization system to identify a recommended modernized software application architecture for a software application undergoing software modernization processes. An application modernization service enables the identification of subunits of the software application, where each subunit represents a defined subset of the software application's source code that can be implemented as an independent software application unit. The application modernization tools further enable the collection and generation of application profile data describing dependencies among the identified subunits and static and dynamic performance information for the subunits. An application modernization service provides an application programming interface (API) that enables users and applications to request the identification of a recommended software application architecture based on input identifying a software application's subunits, application profile data describing characteristics of the subunits, and a knowledgebase defining the features and constraints associated with each of any number of candidate software application architectures.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining profile data associated with a software application, wherein the profile data includes information describing a plurality of subunits of the software application and dynamic performance information associated with each of the plurality of subunits, wherein the profile data describing a subunit includes at least one of:
a programming language used to implement the subunit, an indication of a dependency with another subunit of the plurality of subunits, an indication of dependency with a software package, an indication of a software framework dependency, an indication of whether the subunit's execution is stateless or stateful, an indication of whether the subunit's execution involves the use of a local filesystem, an indication of whether the subunit's execution involves the use of a database, or an indication of the subunit's maximum execution time;
using a data model defining a plurality of software application architectures to identify a recommended software application architecture for a subunit of the plurality of subunits, wherein using the data model includes querying the data model using values from the profile data associated with the subunit of the plurality of subunits;
and
causing display of a graphical user interface (GUI) including an indication of the recommended software application architecture.

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A system comprising:

a first one or more electronic devices to implement a software modernization service in a cloud provider network, the software modernization service including instructions that upon execution cause the software modernization service to:
receive an application programming interface (API) request to identify a recommended software application architecture for a software application, wherein the request includes:
data identifying a plurality of subunits of the software application, wherein each subunit of the plurality of subunits represents a component of the software application can be implemented as an independently deployable component of the software application, and
application profile data including indications of dependencies among the plurality of subunits of the software application and dynamic performance information associated with each of the plurality of subunits,
determine, based on the data identifying the plurality of subunits of the software application and the application profile data, a recommended software application architecture for the software application, wherein the recommended software application architecture is identified based at least in part on querying a data model representing each of a plurality of candidate software application architectures using values from the application profile data, and
cause display of a graphical user interface (GUI) including an indication of the recommended software application architecture;
and
a second one or more electronic devices to implement a software agent, the software agent including instructions that upon execution cause the software agent to:
analyze the software application, and
generate at least a first portion of the application profile data based on a static analysis of source code associated with the software application, and
generate at least a second portion of the application profile data based on a dynamic analysis of execution of the software application.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining profile data associated with a software application, wherein the profile data includes information describing a plurality of subunits of the software application and dynamic performance information associated with each of the plurality of subunits;
using a data model defining a plurality of software application architectures to identify a recommended software application architecture for a subunit of the plurality of subunits, wherein using the data model includes querying the data model using values from the profile data associated with the subunit of the plurality of subunits;
causing display of a graphical user interface (GUI) including an indication of the recommended software application architecture;
determining, based on the recommended software application architecture, a recommended modernization tool that can be used to modernize the software application to the recommended software application architecture;
and
causing display in the GUI an indication of the recommended modernization tool.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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