Application runtime expert for deployment of an application on multiple computer systems

A computer-implemented method for verifying a deployment of an application on a target computer system, the method comprising the steps of:

• allowing the user to select which deployment detail checks to place in the deployment template collecting deployment details from a known good deployment of the application on a reference system where the deployment details comprise configuration details and environment details of the application;
• building a user configurable deployment template that comprises one or more extensible markup language (XML) files, and one or more plugin runtime files, wherein the deployment template includes logic to fix a deployment detail of the deployment of the application;
• customizing the deployment template with user input by allowing a user to edit the XML files, and further customizing the deployment template by adding a user defined plugin that implements a user specified verification of the deployment of the application on a target computer system;
• compressing the deployment template into a Java Archive file (JAR) to verify deployment details of a target computer system;
• receiving the deployment template on the target system;
• executing an application runtime expert core on the target system that uses the XML files, plugin runtimes and user defined plugin in the deployment template to collect deployment details from the target system;
• comparing deployment details of the reference system with deployment details from the target system;
• fixing deployment details on the target system using the logic included in the deployment template;
• reporting results of the comparing step;
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• wherein the method steps are implemented in a computer software program stored in computer memory and executed by a computer processor.