System and method to securely execute datacenter management operations remotely

A system for executing an application task automation command of a datacenter computer from a remote computer, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory including instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, from the remote computer, a request comprising a user identifier and an exposed parameter for the application task automation command that is being invoked by a proxy command at the remote computer, the proxy command forming a wrapper around a configuration command that identifies and exposes the exposed parameter used by the configuration command;
• determining, from the user identifier, whether the user is authorized to execute the application task automation command corresponding to the invoked proxy command;
• and
• upon authorization of the user, running, at the datacenter computer, the application task automation command with the exposed parameter.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that when executed by a user processor remote from a datacenter computer cause the user processor to implement a method for executing a datacenter application task automation command of the datacenter computer at the user processor;

• the method comprising:
• receiving, from the remote computer, a request comprising a user identifier and an exposed parameter for the application task automation command that is being invoked by a proxy command at the remote computer, the proxy command forming a wrapper around a configuration command that identifies and exposes the exposed parameter used by the configuration command;
• determining, from the user identifier, whether the user is authorized to execute the application task automation command corresponding to the invoked proxy command;
• and
• upon authorization of the user, running, at the datacenter computer, the application task automation command with the exposed parameter.