Process invocation responsive to configuration deployment

A computing system comprising:

• a storage device storing a database;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing controller program code that has been hooked into a deployer for a computing resource and into a process system maintaining a process that has been previously defined by a process user and that pertains to the computing resource, and that is executable by the processor to:
• receive, by the controller program code from the deployer due to the controller program code having been hooked into the deployer, a state of the computing resource resulting from a deployment of a configuration on the computing resource by a deployment user using the deployer,
• wherein the deployer deploys the configuration on the computing resource without interaction with a controller system,
• wherein the deployment of the configuration on the computing resource is disassociated from promulgation of a policy specified by the process,
• wherein the deployer, the process system, and the controller system are each discrete and different from one another, and the process user and the deployment user are different users,
• wherein the policy pertains to which configurations are permissible for deployment on the computing resource, and the configuration deployed on the computing resource using the deployer is not permitted by the policy;
• and
• in response to the controller program code receiving the state of the computing resource from the deployer, persist the state within the database maintained by the controller program code, and
• automatically invoke the process based on the state,
• wherein the controller program code is executable by the processor to automatically invoke the process based on the state by:
• initiating a compliance check according to the policy specified by the process to determine that the deployment of the configuration on the computing resource is not permitted;
• and
• in response to determining that the deployment of the configuration on the computing resource is not permitted, initiating rollback of the computing resource to a prior state of the computing resource previously persisted within the database,
• wherein hooking of the controller system into both the deployer and the process system ensures that, as a result of the controller system initiating rollback of the computing resource to the prior state, the configuration is ultimately not deployed on the computing resource, even though the deployment of the configuration on the computing resource is otherwise disassociated from promulgation of the policy since the deployer and the process system do not communicate with one another.

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a controller system from a deployer for a computing resource and into which the controller system has been hooked, a state of the computing resource resulting from a deployment of a configuration on the computing resource by a deployment user using the deployer,
• wherein the deployer deploys the configuration on the computing resource without interaction with the controller system,
• wherein the deployment of the configuration on the computing resource is disassociated from promulgation of a policy specified by a process previously defined by a process user and maintained by a process system into which the controller system has also been hooked,
• wherein the deployer, the process system, and the controller system are each discrete and different from one another, and the process user and the deployment user are different users,
• wherein the policy pertains to which configurations are permissible for deployment on the computing resource, and the configuration deployed on the computing resource using the deployer is not permitted by the policy;
• and
• in response to the controller system receiving the state, persisting, by the controller system, the state within a database maintained by the controller system, and
• automatically invoking, the process based on the state,
• wherein automatically invoking the process comprises:
• initiating a compliance check according to the policy to determine that the deployment of the configuration on the computing resource is not permitted;
• and
• in response to determining that the deployment of the configuration on the computing resource is not permitted, initiating rollback of the computing resource to a prior state of the computing resource previously persisted within the database,
• wherein hooking of the controller system into both the deployer and the process system ensures that, as a result of the controller system initiating rollback of the computing resource to the prior state, the configuration is ultimately not deployed on the computing resource, even though the deployment of the configuration on the computing resource is otherwise disassociated from promulgation of the policy since the deployer and the process system do not communicate with one another.