Techniques for rapid deployment of service artifacts

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon program code executable by a computer system, the program code comprising:

• code that causes the computer system to access a functional definition of a service to be implemented as part of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) application, the functional definition describing a proposed functionality of the service;
• code that causes the computer system to determine a service type for the service based at least in part on the functional definition;
• code that causes the computer system to select a template based at least in part on the service type, the template identifying information to be collected regarding the service;
• code that causes the computer system to enable implementation of one or more software services based at least in part on the information received via the template;
• code that causes the computer system to retrieve a deployment plan that specifies the one or more software services to be deployed as part of the SOA application;
• code that causes the computer system to retrieve a deployment properties file that specifies one or more target servers for deploying the one or more software services, the deployment properties file including the information received via the template;
• and
• code that causes the computer system to automatically deploy the SOA application based on the deployment plan and the deployment properties file.

A system comprising:

• a memory that stores computer-executable instructions;
• and
• a processor configured to access the memory, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to collectively at least:
• access a functional definition of a service to be implemented as part of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) application, the functional definition describing a proposed functionality of the service;
• determine a service type for the service based at least in part on the functional definition;
• to select a template based at least in part on the service type, the template identifying information to be collected regarding the service;
• enable implementation of one or more software services based at least in part on the information received via the template;
• retrieve a deployment plan that specifies the one or more software services to be deployed as part of the SOA application;
• retrieve a deployment properties file that specifies one or more target servers for deploying the one or more software services, the deployment properties file including the information received via the template;
• and
• automatically deploy the SOA application based on the deployment plan and the deployment properties file.