Phurnace Deliver™ (Application Release Automation) Features

Phurnace's patent-pending technology automates application deployment through a series of rich features:

Snapshot

  • Examines target environment
  • Models all applications and configuration objects
  • Exposes all configuration settings in one easy to interpret document
  • Abstracted away from environment

Compare

  • Examines all settings for validity in the target container
  • Compares snapshots across environments or across time
  • Pinpoints “what changed” from one release to the next
  • Compares across topologies and versions

Install/Update/Migrate

  • Replicates deployment package to any target environment
  • Deploys new binaries
  • Updates any configuration object
  • Updates properties files and shared libraries
  • Enables application migration across different app server releases (example: WebSphere 5.1 to 6.1)
  • Version independent

Preview

  • Answers the question: “What will change in my environment with the new release?”
  • Commits no changes
  • Reports back errors that would have happened in a “real” installation
  • Safe - does no harm

Rollback

  • Automatically rolls back in case of error
  • Never leaves servers in a partially configured state
  • Ties application deployment to successfully configuration
  • Reverts to last known good, or a specific point in time

Reporting

  • Granular reports on what did / will change
  • Reports on object /attribute basis
  • Fully qualified object names
  • Easily externalized for sharing or for keeping history of changes

Visualization

  • Graphical representation of applications, configurations, servers, clusters, nodes, and domains
  • Easily understand the complex relationships of what is installed on the servers
  • Zooms in to a particular part of the configuration for more detailed information
  • Export visualization to a presentation
  • Click here to view screenshots of the visualization feature


To find out more, read the Phurnace Deliver™ Datasheet or contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to learn how we can accelerate your Java EE application deployments.