Selection and configuration of servers

A computer program product for use in a computer system operatively coupled to a computer readable memory, the computer program product including a computer-readable data storage device tangibly embodying computer readable program code for directing said computer to select and configure servers to run various software modules in a software development environment, said computer readable program code, when executed by the computer system, causes the computer system to perform the steps comprising:

• receiving a request to run a software module developed in the development environment;
• determining whether there is a server currently configured to run the software module;
• in response to a determination that there is no server currently configured to run the software module, determining whether a priority table includes, in a list of identified servers ordered in a preferred hierarchy in the software development environment, an identifier of a suitable server being suitable for running the software module, the preferred hierarchy including, in a topmost positioned, a user-identified server, identifying a type of suitable server that is configurable to run the software module from a backup table comprising pairs of data, each pair of data including an identifier of a type of software module and an corresponding identifier of a type of server capable of supporting the type of software module;
• and
• configuring the suitable server based on the identified type to run the software module.

A computer system operatively coupled to a computer readable memory, the computer system for selecting and configuring suitable servers to run various software modules in a software development environment, the computer system comprising:

• a processor configured to perform the steps including
• receiving a request to run a software module developed in the development environment;
• determining whether there is a server currently configured to run the software module;
• in response to a determination that there is no server currently configured to run the software module, determining whether a priority table includes, in a list of identified servers ordered in a preferred hierarchy in the software development environment, an identifier of a suitable server being suitable for running the software module, the preferred hierarchy including, in a topmost positioned, a user-identified server;
• in response to determining that there is no identifier of the suitable server in the priority table, identifying a type of suitable server that is configurable to run the software module from a backup table comprising pairs of data, each pair of data including an identifier of a type of software module and an corresponding identifier of a type of server capable of supporting the type of software module;
• and
• configuring the suitable server based on the identified type to run the software module.