Service management in appliance-based solutions

A system, comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• a memory containing a program which when executed by the one or more computer processors performs an operation, the operation comprising:
• deploying a first appliance including a first version of a first service and a first version of a second service, of a plurality of services, to a computing environment including a plurality of appliances, wherein the plurality of appliances comprise at least one virtual appliance and at least one hardware appliance;
• determining, for each of the plurality of services in the first appliance, whether each of the respective services is active on at least one other appliance of the plurality of appliances in the computing environment based on a plurality of attributes of each respective service, wherein the plurality of attributes comprise a respective version of each service;
• determining that a second version of the first service is active on a second appliance, of the plurality of appliances;
• determining, based on the attributes of the first service, that the second version of the first service is an earlier version of the first service than the first version of the first service;
• determining that the first version of the second service is active on a third appliance, of the plurality of appliances;
• determining that a first rule of a plurality of predefined rules for executing services in the computing environment permits two or more instances of the first version of the second service to execute in the computing environment;
• activating, on the first appliance:
• (i) the first version of the first service, (ii) the first version of the second service, and (iii) the remaining services of the plurality of services that are not in violation of the corresponding rule, wherein the violation of each rule is based on whether the remaining services are active on at least one other appliance of the plurality of appliances;
• determining that a second rule of the plurality of predefined rules restricts two or more versions of the first service from executing in the computing environment;
• deactivating the second version of the first service on the second appliance based on the second rule.

A method, comprising:

• deploying a first appliance including a first version of a first service and a first version of a second service, of a plurality of services, to a computing environment including a plurality of appliances, wherein the plurality of appliances comprise at least one virtual appliance and at least one hardware appliance;
• determining, for each of the plurality of services in the first appliance, whether each of the respective services is active on at least one other appliance of the plurality of appliances in the computing environment based on a plurality of attributes of each respective service, wherein the plurality of attributes comprise a respective version of each service;
• determining that a second version of the first service is active on a second appliance, of the plurality of appliances;
• determining, based on the attributes of the first service, that the second version of the first service is an earlier version of the first service than the first version of the first service;
• determining that a first rule of a plurality of predefined rules for executing services in the computing environment permits two or more instances of the first version of the second service to execute in the computing environment;
• activating, on the first appliance:
• (i) the first version of the first service, (ii) the first version of the second service, and (iii) the remaining services of the plurality of services that are not in violation of the corresponding rule, wherein the violation of each rule is based on whether the remaining services are active on at least one other appliance of the plurality of appliances;
• determining that a second rule of the plurality of predefined rules restricts two or more versions of the first service from executing in the computing environment;
• deactivating the second version of the first service on the second appliance based on the second rule.