Pipeline-based system for configuration checking and reporting associated with an information processing system

A method comprising:

• in a pipeline-based system comprising a set of one or more pipelines, for a given one of the set of one or more pipelines:
• collecting a set of one or more configuration datasets respectively associated with a set of one or more elements of an information processing system, wherein each of the configuration datasets of the collected set of one or more configuration datasets is specific to the respective element of the information processing system from which it is collected;
• executing a set of one or more configuration checks on the set of one or more configuration datasets;
• selecting one or more portions of the one or more configuration datasets and executing the set of one or more configuration checks on the selected one or more portions;
• receiving a set of one or more output results from the executed set of one or more configuration checks;
• generating at least one report from the one or more output results;
• and
• checking grammar associated with one or more definitions of the given one of the set of one or more pipelines, wherein the checking comprises;
• determining whether there are one or more syntax errors in one or more scripts corresponding to the one or more definitions;
• and
• identifying, in response to determining the one or more syntax errors, one or more locations in the one or more scripts corresponding to the one or more of the syntax errors;
• wherein the steps are performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory when executing program code.

A method comprising:

• in a pipeline-based system comprising a set of one or more pipelines configured to collect a set of one or more configuration datasets respectively associated with a set of one or more elements of an information processing system and to configuration-check the set of one or more elements:
• parsing a given one of the pipelines;
• checking grammar associated with a definition of the given one of the pipelines, wherein the checking comprises:
• determining whether there are one or more syntax errors in one or more scripts corresponding to the definition;
• and
• identifying, in response to determining the one or more syntax errors, one or more locations in the one or more scripts corresponding to the one or more of the syntax errors;
• maintaining a map of one or more context variables and output data of the given one of the pipelines;
• and
• separating the given one of the pipelines into an ordered array of components to:
• execute a set of one or more configuration checks on the set of one or more configuration datasets;
• select one or more portions of the one or more configuration datasets and execute the set of one or more configuration checks on the selected one or more portions;
• obtain a set of one or more output results;
• and
• generate at least one report;
• wherein the steps are performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory when executing program code.