Data model for a cloud application deployment service

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• accessing, by a one or more computer processors, a hierarchical tree structure defining a data model for a workflow tool, the one or more computer processors using the workflow tool being for building, deploying and releasing application code of an application to one or more cloud computing platforms, the hierarchical tree structure having a plurality of nodes that store data related to the application code;
• receiving, by the one or more computer processors, a request to add a projects-child node to the hierarchical tree structure, the request identifying an organization-parent node, the projects-child node being associated with a code repository;
• and
• adding, by the one or more computer processors, the projects-child node to the hierarchy as a child node of the identified organization-parent node, the projects-child node being configured to support one or more dependent child nodes depending from the projects-child node, the one or more dependent child nodes including at least one of an applications-child node, a builds-child node, a deployments-child node, an artifacts-child node, or a releases-child node.

A system comprising:

• a workflow tool executed by a programmable processor under instructions from a non-transitory machine-readable medium, the workflow tool being configured for building, deploying and releasing application code of an application to one or more cloud computing platforms;
• and
• a data model for the workflow tool, the data model being defined as a hierarchical tree structure having a plurality of nodes that store data related to the application code, the data model comprising:
• a user-parent node representing a user of the workflow tool;
• an organization-parent node representing an organization associated with the user;
• a projects-child node representing one or more projects associated with the organization;
• a teams-child node representing a grouping of persons associated with the organization;
• a runners-child node representing one or more remote workflow tools associated with the organization and registered with the workflow tool;
• a workspaces-child node representing physical resources associated with the organization;
• and
• an applications-child node representing the application associated with the one or more projects.

A system for building, deploying and releasing application code of an application to one or more cloud computing platforms, the system comprising:

• a programmable processor;
• and
• a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the programmable processor, cause the programmable processor to generate a hierarchical data structure according to a data model used by a workflow tool for building, deploying and releasing the application code to the one or more cloud computing platforms, the programmable processor being at least one of one or more physical processors or one or more virtual processors, the hierarchical data structure comprising:
• a user-parent node representing a user of the workflow tool;
• an organization-parent node representing an organization associated with the user;
• a projects-child node representing one or more projects associated with the organization;
• a teams-child node representing a grouping of persons associated with the organization;
• a runners-child node representing one or more remote workflow tools associated with the organization and registered with the workflow tool;
• a workspaces-child node representing physical resources associated with the organization;
• and
• an applications-child node representing the application associated with the one or more projects.