Increasing the level of automation when configuring network services

In a configuration computer system that provides configuration information for services, a method for sending configuration information associated with one or more services, so as to reduce the amount of configuration information manually entered by a user, comprising the following:

• an act of the configuration computer system receiving a request for configuration information associated with one or more services that will be consumed by consumer modules included in a consuming computer system;
• an act of the configuration computer system, automatically, and without user intervention, causing identification of configuration information associated with the one or more services that will be consumed;
• and
• an act of the configuration computer system causing the identified configuration information to be sent to the consuming computer system.

A computer program product for implementing, in a requesting computer system, a method for automatically causing configuration information associated with the services of a service provider to be received at consumer modules that consume the services, so as to reduce the amount of configuration information manually entered by a user, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable media carrying computer-executable instructions, that when executed at the requesting computer system, cause the requesting computer system to perform the method, including:
• accessing an identifier representative of services the consumer modules will consume;
• causing a search for configuration information associated with the services the consumer modules will consume;
• accessing the configuration information resulting from the search;
• and
• providing the accessed configuration information to the consumer modules that consume the services.

A computer program product for implementing, in a configuration computer system that provides configuration information for services, a method for sending configuration information associated with one or more services, so as to reduce the amount of configuration information manually entered by a user, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable media carrying computer-executable instructions, that when executed at the configuration computer system, cause the configuration computer system to perform the method, including:
• receiving a request for configuration information associated with one or more services that will be consumed by consumer modules included in a consuming computer system;
• automatically, and without user intervention, causing identification of configuration information associated with the one or more services that will be consumed;
• and
• causing the identified configuration information to be sent to the consuming computer system.