System, method and apparatus to manage services in a network

A method to manage services in a network, said method comprising:

• retrieving, by one of application nodes in the network, configuration information comprising a group name, a cluster name, and a service name related to a first process from a database of one of at least one administration node in the network;
• assigning, by said one of the application nodes, a name comprising the group name, the cluster name, the service name along with a process name, to the first process running on said one of the application nodes from a plurality of application nodes in the network;
• determining, by said one of the application nodes, any of the other services or the other processes are interested in receiving notification of any change in the configuration information or operational status of the first process;
• registering, by said one of the application nodes, the determined services or the determined processes that are interested in receiving notification of any change in the configuration information or the operational status of the first process;
• monitoring, by said one of the application nodes, whether a working load on the first process is greater than a first predefined threshold or less than a second predefined threshold;
• changing, by said one of the application nodes, the configuration information and an operational status of the first process based upon the working load being determined as greater than the first predefined threshold or less than the second predefined threshold;
• generating, by said one of the application nodes, a conditional update message indicative of the change in configuration information and the operational status of the first process, wherein the conditional update message comprises a string concatenated with a special character indicating at least one other service or at least one other process to be notified with the conditional update message, wherein the conditional update message further comprises a source field indicating the change in configuration information and the operational status correspond to the first process, wherein the change in configuration information comprises each of the change of application node on which the first process is operating, change of a network layer address of the first process and change of port number of the first process;
• notifying, by said one of the application nodes, the registered services or the registered processes about the change in the configuration information or the operational status of the first process via the conditional update message;
• and updating, by one or more application nodes, hosting the at least one other service or the at least one other process, pre-stored routing tables and forward domain name resolution tables associated with the first application node based upon the change in configuration information and the operational status of the first process within the first application node.

An apparatus adapted to manage services in a network, said apparatus comprising:

• a network interface, connected to at least one administration node and at least one application node, in the network;
• a communication manager unit, connected to the network interface and configured to:
• retrieve configuration information comprising a group name, a cluster name, and a service name related to a first process from a database of one of the at least one administration node;
• assign a name comprising the group name, the cluster name, the service name along with a process name, to the first process;
• determine any of the other services or the other processes are interested in receiving notification of any change in the configuration information or operational status of the first process;
• register the determined services or the determined processes that are interested in receiving notification of any change in the configuration information or the operational status of the first process;
• monitor whether a working load on the first process is greater than a first predefined threshold or less than a second predefined threshold;
• change the configuration information and an operational status of the first process based upon the working load being determined as greater than the first predefined threshold or less than the second predefined threshold;
• generate a conditional update message indicative of the change in configuration information and the operational status of the first process, wherein the conditional update message comprises a string concatenated with a special character indicating at least one other service or at least one other process to be notified with the conditional update message, wherein the conditional update message further comprises a source field indicating the change in configuration information and the operational status correspond to the first process, wherein the change in configuration information comprises each of the change of application node on which the first process is operating, change of a network layer address of the first process and change of port number of the first process;
• notify the registered services or the registered processes about the change in the configuration information or the operational status of the first process via the conditional update message;
• and facilitate one or more application nodes hosting the at least one other service or the at least one other process to update pre-stored routing tables and forward domain name resolution tables associated with the first application node based upon the change in configuration information and the operational status of the first process within the first application node.