US 11,537,400 B1Granted

Automatically mapping binary executable files to source code by a software modernization system

AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.

InventorsJiangtao Zhang, Raviprasad V. Mummidi, Bharath Bhoopalam, Vijay Dheeraj Reddy Mandadi, Ramu Panayappan

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Abstract

Techniques are described for enabling a software modernization system to automatically map binary executable files and other runtime artifacts (e.g., application binaries, Java ARchive (JAR) files, .NET Dynamic Link Library (DLL) files, process identifiers, etc.) to source code associated with the binary executable files, e.g., as part of modernization processes aimed at migrating users' applications to a cloud service provider's infrastructure. A software modernization service of a cloud provider network provides discovery agents and other tools that are capable of creating an inventory of users' software applications and collecting profile data about the software applications. Various techniques are described for automatically identifying the source code associated with software applications identified by a discovery agent in a user's computing environment, thereby improving the efficiency of various software modernization analyses and other modernization processes.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining, by a software agent running in a user's computing environment, application profile data identifying a plurality of software applications located in the user's computing environment, wherein the application profile data includes, for a first software application of the plurality of software applications, an identifier of a first binary executable file associated with the first software application;
sending a request to an automation server to obtain a plurality of workflow configurations stored by the automation server, wherein a workflow configuration of the plurality of workflow configurations defines a build and deployment pipeline for the first software application;
determining that the workflow configuration includes an identifier of the first binary executable file, wherein the workflow configuration further includes an identifier of a first source code repository storing source code used to implement the first software application;
storing data indicating a mapping between the first software application and the first source code repository;
determining that another workflow configuration matching a second binary executable file associated with a second software application does not exist in the plurality of workflow configurations;
decomposing the second binary executable file to obtain decomposed application data;
using a hash function to generate a signature based on the decomposed application data;
comparing the signature against other signatures generated based on respective ones of a plurality of other source code repositories managed by a version control system to identify a match with a second source code repository from among the plurality of other source code repositories;
and
storing data indicating a second mapping between the second software application and the second source code repository.

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A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining application profile data identifying a plurality of software applications located in a user's computing environment, wherein the application profile data includes, for a first software application of the plurality of software applications, an identifier of a first binary executable file associated with the first software application;
obtaining workflow configuration data from an automation server defining a build and deployment pipeline for the first software application;
determining that the workflow configuration data is associated with an identifier of the first binary executable file, wherein the workflow configuration data further includes an identifier of a first source code repository storing source code used to implement the first software application;
and
storing data indicating a mapping between the first software application and the first source code repository;
determining that a workflow configuration associated with a second binary executable file associated with a second software application does not exist in a plurality of workflow configurations obtained from the automation server;
decomposing the second binary executable file to obtain decomposed application data;
using a hash function to generate a hash map based on the decomposed application data;
comparing the hash map against hash maps generated based on a plurality of other source code repositories managed by a version control system to identify a matching second source code repository of the plurality of other source code repositories;
and
storing data indicating a second mapping between the second software application and the second source code repository.

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A system comprising:

a first one or more electronic devices implementing a modernization service in a cloud provider network, wherein the modernization service includes one or more first processors and first memory storing instructions that upon execution by the one or more first processors cause the modernization service to:
obtain application profile data identifying a plurality of software applications located in a user's computing environment, wherein the application profile data includes, for a first software application of the plurality of software applications, an identifier of a first binary executable file associated with the first software application;
send a request to an automation server to obtain a plurality of workflow configurations stored by the automation server, wherein a first workflow configuration of the plurality of workflow configurations defines a build and deployment pipeline for the first software application;
determine that the first workflow configuration is associated with an identifier of the first binary executable file, wherein the first workflow configuration further includes an identifier of a first source code repository storing source code used to implement the first software application;
store data indicating a mapping between the first software application and the first source code repository;
determine that a second workflow configuration associated with a second binary executable file associated with a second software application does not exist in the plurality of workflow configurations;
decompose the second binary executable file to obtain decomposed application data;
use a hash function to generate a hash map based on the decomposed application data;
compare the hash map against hash maps generated based on a plurality of other source code repositories managed by a version control system to identify a matching second source code repository of the plurality of other source code repositories;
and
store data indicating a second mapping between the second software application and the second source code repository;
and
a second one or more electronic devices to implement implementing a modernization agent, wherein the modernization agent includes one or more second processors and second memory storing instructions that upon execution by the one or more second processors cause the modernization agent to:
generate the application profile data;
and
send the application profile data to the modernization service.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.