Automated management of generalized central name services by distributed remote devices

A method for managing remote devices via a computer network, comprising:

• monitoring and managing, by a management server via the computer network, one or more remote devices each associated with a network address provided by one or more address provisioning servers;
• identifying, by the management server, based on a type of a name server, a template for configuration of an update program to update a translation from a symbolic name to the network address stored in the name server;
• detecting, by a detection module, a change in the network address of a remote device of the one or more remote devices;
• receiving, by the update module from the management server, the template identified based on the type of the name server;
• receiving, by the update module from the management server, authentication information that authorizes the update module to update the translation stored in the name server;
• configuring, by the update module using the received template for the type of the name server and the received authentication information for the name server, the update program to update the translation stored in the name server;
• and
• updating, via the update program configured with the template and the authentication information, the translation stored in the name server responsive to the change in the network address detected by the detection module.

A system for managing remote devices via a computer network, comprising:

• a management server configured to:
• monitor and manage, via the computer network, one or more remote devices each associated with a network address provided by one or more address provisioning servers;
• determine a change in the network address of a remote device of the one or more remote devices;
• select, responsive to identifying a type of a name server, a template for configuration of an update program to update a translation from a symbolic name to the network address stored in the name server;
• obtain authentication information that authorizes the update module to update the translation stored in the name server;
• configure, using the received template for the type of a name server and the received authentication information for the name server, the update program to update the translation stored in the name server;
• and
• transmit, to the at least one remote device or address provisioning server, the update program configured with the template and the authentication information to update the translation stored in the name server responsive to the change in the network address detected by the detection module.