JP2017174324A - Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an information processing apparatus which can reduce the burden of a manager monitoring many computers, an information processing method, and a program.SOLUTION: An information processing apparatus includes: credential information holding means of holding credential information on the use of an information accumulation apparatus; and setting means of installing software for transmitting information to the information accumulation apparatus corresponding to the credential information, on an execution apparatus, and setting the software installed by use of the credential information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a technique for an administrator to monitor a computer to be managed.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a monitoring system for identity between a plurality of machines that reliably confirms the identity of the machines themselves among a plurality of machines. The monitoring system for identity between multiple machines disclosed in Patent Document 1 is composed of a manager and a plurality of agents connected to the manager via a communication network. The manager forms a monitoring item setting part for setting a monitoring item and an agent registration part for registering an agent as a monitoring target. The monitoring item setting part is composed of a monitoring item list part that sets a plurality of monitoring items as a list and a monitoring data definition list part that specifies the definition of monitoring data as a list. The manager collects monitoring target data based on the monitoring data definition from a plurality of agents for the monitoring items. The first data is stored as the monitoring data before the monitoring target data changes, and the second data is stored as the monitoring data after the monitoring target data changes. Then, the identity between the first data and the second data is analyzed.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a cloud service selection device that selects an optimal cloud service from a plurality of cloud services. The cloud service selection device disclosed in Patent Literature 2 includes a cloud operator database, a business database, and an optimum service selection unit. Data such as performance indexes of a plurality of cloud services provided by the cloud service providing apparatus is registered in the cloud provider database. In the business database, data such as required performance of a business that is operated using one cloud service among a plurality of cloud services registered in the cloud operator database is registered. The optimum service selection unit selects a cloud having a performance index that satisfies the required performance and a high evaluation index in consideration of other conditions as a cloud service to be used for business from a plurality of cloud services. The control unit of the cloud service selection device installs agent software for collecting job characteristics in an instance when a certain job is operated on the instance of the cloud service providing device.

JP 2004-199143 A WO2014 / 024251A1

  The agent software is not installed on the newly connected computer to be managed. For this reason, in Patent Document 1, when a large number of computers are newly connected as management targets, work for installing agent software on each computer is required. Patent Document 2 discloses that agent software for collecting business characteristics is installed in an instance. However, the setting of the installed agent software is not disclosed. In each agent software installed in each computer, it is necessary to appropriately set the transfer destination of the monitoring target data. An enormous operating cost is required for the work of appropriately setting the transfer destination of the monitoring target data in each agent software installed in each computer.

  The objective of this invention is providing the information processing apparatus, the information processing method, and program which solve the subject mentioned above.

  An information processing apparatus according to an embodiment installs qualification information holding means for holding qualification information regarding use of an information storage device and software for transmitting information to the information storage device corresponding to the qualification information in an execution device. Setting means for setting the installed software using qualification information.

  An information processing method according to an embodiment includes a qualification information holding step for holding qualification information regarding use of an information storage device, and software for transmitting information to the information storage device corresponding to the qualification information is installed in the execution device. Setting the installed software using credentials.

  A program according to an embodiment installs in a computer a qualification information holding process for holding qualification information regarding use of an information storage device and software for transmitting information to the information storage device corresponding to the qualification information in a computer And setting processing for setting the installed software using the qualification information.

  According to the information processing apparatus, the information processing method, and the program according to the embodiment, it is possible to reduce a burden when the administrator monitors a large number of computers.

It is a figure showing composition of information processor 100 concerning a 1st embodiment. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of an information processing apparatus 100. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing in the information processing apparatus 100. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information processing system 1 concerning 2nd Embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the login screen to cloud management apparatus 100 'which qualification information management means 101' displays on a display apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen which registers the qualification information of the data storage service which qualification information management means 101 'displays on a display apparatus. It is a figure which shows the qualification information of the registered data storage service. It is a figure which shows an example of the information managed by agent image management means 102 '. It is a figure which shows the qualification information which the qualification information management means 202 manages. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process in cloud management apparatus 100 '. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the process in which cloud management apparatus 100 'comprises an instance. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a process in which the cloud management apparatus 100 'manages an agent image. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the update process of the agent software in cloud management apparatus 100 '. It is an example of the data which the data storage means 203 of the data storage device 200 stores. This is a display example of data stored by the data storage unit 203 of the data storage device 200.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In all the drawings, the same reference numerals are given to the same components, and the description will be omitted as appropriate.

[First Embodiment]
[Processing configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a processing configuration of the information processing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment. The information processing apparatus 100 manages execution devices. The execution device transmits information (data) to the information storage device via software. The information processing apparatus 100 includes qualification information holding means 101 and setting means 103.

  The qualification information holding unit 101 holds qualification information regarding use of the information storage device. An information storage device (data storage device) is an information storage service (data storage service) that stores information acquired from a management target, such as a cloud or software as a service for the Internet of Things. It is a device that accumulates. The qualification information is account information for using the information storage device. The qualification information of the information storage device input by the user (administrator) of the information processing device 100 is used for processing of the setting unit 103 described later. The qualification information held by the qualification information holding unit 101 may be stored in a predetermined database, or may be stored in a directory service such as Active Directory (registered trademark).

  The setting means 103 installs software for transmitting information to the information storage device corresponding to the qualification information in the execution device, and sets the installed software using the qualification information. Software corresponding to the information storage service used by the execution device is installed in the execution device. The setting means 103 is realized by using, for example, a tool kit such as Chef / Puppet, a framework such as Windows (registered trademark) PowerShell, or basic software such as a remote shell.

[Hardware configuration]
FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 100.

  The information processing apparatus 100 includes a processor 100a, a memory 100b, a storage 100c, an input / output interface (input / output I / F) 100d, and a communication interface (communication I / F) 100e. The processor 100a, the memory 100b, the storage 100c, the input / output interface 100d, and the communication interface 100e are connected by a data transmission path 100f for transmitting / receiving data to / from each other.

  The processor 100a is an arithmetic processing device such as a Central Processing Unit or a Graphics Processing Unit. The processor 100a implements the functions of the processing units (qualification information holding unit 101 and setting unit 103) by executing each program stored in the storage 100c described later. Here, when executing each program, the processor 100a may execute these programs after reading them onto a memory 100b described later, or may execute them without reading them onto the memory 100b.

  The memory 100b is a memory such as a random access memory (RAM) or a read only memory (ROM).

  The storage 100c is a storage device such as a hard disk drive, a solid state drive, or a memory card. The storage 100c may be a memory such as a RAM or a ROM. The storage 100c stores programs that realize the functions of the respective processing units (qualification information holding unit 101 and setting unit 103).

  The communication interface 100e transmits and receives data to and from external devices (for example, an information storage device, an execution device, and a terminal). The communication interface 100e communicates with an external device via, for example, a wired network or a wireless network.

  Note that the hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 100 is not limited to the configuration shown in FIG.

[Operation example]
An operation example of the information processing apparatus 100 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the information processing apparatus 100.

  Referring to FIGS. 1 and 3, the qualification information holding unit 101 holds qualification information regarding use of the information storage device (step S1). The setting means 103 installs software for transmitting information to the information storage device corresponding to the qualification information in the execution device (step S2). The setting means 103 sets the installed software using the qualification information (step S3).

[Function and effect]
As described above, in the present embodiment, software for transmitting information to the information storage device is automatically installed in the execution device based on the qualification information regarding the use of the information storage device registered in advance. Thereby, according to this embodiment, the work burden at the time of an administrator monitoring many computers is reduced.

[Second Embodiment]
[Processing configuration]
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a processing configuration of the information processing system 1 according to the second embodiment. As illustrated in FIG. 4, the information processing system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a cloud management device 100 ′, a data storage device 200, a network 300, a terminal 400, and a cloud execution device 500.

  The cloud management apparatus 100 ′ corresponds to the information processing apparatus 100 in the first embodiment. The cloud management apparatus 100 ′ includes qualification information management means 101 ′, image holding means (hereinafter also referred to as agent image management means) 102 ′, and configuration management means 103 ′.

  The cloud management device 100 ′ is a device that manages the configuration of instances executed by the cloud execution device 500 described later. The cloud management apparatus 100 ′ manages the configuration of the instance by controlling the installation / uninstallation of the software on the instance and the setting on the software.

  The qualification information management unit 101 ′ corresponds to the qualification information holding unit 101 in the first embodiment. The qualification information management unit 101 ′ provides management (for example, registration and deletion) of qualification information (setting information) of the data storage device 200 and access to the qualification information. The qualification information is account information for using the data storage service. The qualification information of the data storage service input by the user (administrator) of the cloud management apparatus 100 ′ is used for processing of the configuration management unit 103 ′ described later. The qualification information managed by the qualification information management unit 101 ′ may be stored in a predetermined database, or may be stored in a directory service such as Active Directory (registered trademark).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a login screen to the cloud management apparatus 100 ′ displayed on the display device (not illustrated) by the qualification information management unit 101 ′. Referring to FIG. 5, the qualification information management unit 101 ′ causes the display device to display a box 11 for inputting a user account for logging in to the cloud management device 100 ′ and an input box 12 for inputting a password. Further, the qualification information management unit 101 ′ causes the display device to display an OK button 13 for logging in with the input information and a cancel button 14 for canceling the input information or the login screen display. In the screen example of FIG. 5, “myclouduser” is input as the user account. By pressing the OK button 13, the cloud management device 100 ′ attempts authentication based on the input information. If the authentication is successful, the user can further instruct the cloud management apparatus 100 ′ with the authority based on the input user account.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a screen for registering qualification information of a data storage service that the qualification information management unit 101 ′ displays on a display device (not shown). Referring to FIG. 6, the qualification information management unit 101 ′ corresponds to the option 20 for selecting which data storage service the qualification information registered through the screen corresponds to, and the selected data storage service. A box 21 for inputting a user account and a box 22 for inputting a password are displayed. Further, the qualification information management unit 101 ′ includes an OK button 23 for registering the selected option and the input information, and a cancel button 24 for canceling the selected option, the input information, or the registration screen display. , Is displayed. In the screen example of FIG. 6, the data storage service can be selected from “ABC Data Cloud”, “My Cloud”, and “XYZ IoT SaaS”. When an account in “ABC Data Cloud” has been acquired in advance, “ABC Data Cloud” is selected as the data storage service, and a user account character string and a password character string are input. Then, by pressing the OK button, the selected data storage service and the qualification information input to the qualification information management means 101 ′ are registered.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the qualification information of the registered data storage service. The column includes a user name 31 and registered data storage service qualification information 32. The user name 31 is a user name authenticated by the cloud management apparatus 100 ′. The registered data storage service qualification information 32 is stored in correspondence with the user name 31. As the registered qualification information 32 of the data storage service, three pieces of attribute information of the data storage service selected in FIG. 6 and the user account character string and password character string input in FIG. 6 are collectively stored. In FIG. 7, three attribute information, that is, a data storage service, a user account character string, and a password character string are tagged with definitions of Type, Account, and Password, respectively, are connected with equals, and an input value is connected, and further three attribute information Are separated by a delimiter (for example, a semicolon). It should be noted that other information management forms (for example, XML, JSON, plain text) may be employed.

  Referring to FIG. 8, the agent image management means 102 ′ manages image data of software (hereinafter also referred to as agent software) installed in the instance. Generally, the agent software used in an instance is specified according to a data storage service used by the instance. That is, the agent image management unit 102 ′ holds (stores) an agent image of agent software corresponding to the data storage service. The agent software obtains data by accessing the data source by a predetermined means, and transmits the obtained data to the corresponding data storage device. The processing for acquiring data by the agent software includes, for example, the following processing. One is processing for acquiring data (value) returned by calling an Application Programming Interface (API) provided by an instance. One is processing for reading log data generated in an instance and obtaining a predetermined value. One is a process of acquiring a value obtained by statistically processing log data. One is a process of acquiring a value pushed by calling a different process introduced in an instance when the agent software provides the API. Even if the processing method is not shown here, all processing in which the agent software obtains a value is included in the processing in which the agent software obtains data.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of information managed by the agent image management unit 102 ′. For example, the agent image management unit 102 ′ holds a data storage service name 41 and an agent image (for example, a file path of a storage destination) 42 corresponding to the service in association with each other. A user (administrator) can appropriately add, delete, or modify information to be managed through an administrator screen (not shown).

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ corresponds to the setting unit 103 in the first embodiment. The configuration management unit 103 ′ executes the instance configuration change. Specifically, for example, installation / uninstallation of agent software in an instance and setting in agent software are performed. Agent software corresponding to the data storage device used by the instance is installed in the instance. The configuration management unit 103 ′ is realized by using a basic software such as a tool kit such as a chef (Pefpet), a framework such as Windows (registered trademark) PowerShell, or a remote shell.

  The data storage device 200 corresponds to the information storage device 200 in the first embodiment. The data storage device 200 is a device that stores information acquired from a management target, for example, in a data storage service such as a cloud or Software as a Service for the Internet of Things. The data storage device 200 is a so-called data lake used in a data storage service. The data storage device 200 collects and stores data from corresponding agent software. The data storage device 200 includes data receiving means 201, qualification information holding means 202, and data storage means 203.

  The data receiving means 201 communicates with the agent software and receives data from the agent software. As the communication method, for example, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), User Datagram Protocol (UDP), or the like can be used. As application protocols used on TCP and UDP, Representational State Transfer over Hypertext Transfer Protocol, Java (registered trademark) Remote Method Invocation, and other protocols can be used. The received data includes data consisting of a character string (String type), a numerical value (Integer, Float), a truth value (Binary), or a combination thereof. The data to be received is the time information (yyyy / mm / dd hh: mm: ss format in which the agent software acquired the data, or a numeric value in Integer or Long format such as UNIX (registered trademark) time. ) May be included. When the data to be received does not include time information, the data receiving unit 201 may define the data time using the reception time. In receiving data, the received data may be encrypted. In this case, encryption and decryption using a predetermined encryption key may be performed between the ends (between the cloud management device 100 ′ and the data storage device 200), or Transport Layer Security / Secure Socket Layer, etc. It may be configured to use and encrypt the entire communication. Prior to the reception of data from the agent software, the agent software as the communication partner can be authenticated using the qualification information stored in the qualification information management means 202 described later. As an authentication method, OAuth, Security Assertion Markup Language, or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol can be used.

  The qualification information management unit 202 provides management (registration deletion) of qualification information to the data storage device 200 and access to the qualification information. The qualification information managed by the qualification information management unit 202 may be stored in a predetermined database, or may be stored in a directory service such as Active Directory (registered trademark).

  FIG. 9 is a diagram showing qualification information managed by the qualification information management unit 202. For example, if the data storage device 200 is a data storage device used in the data storage service “ABC Data Cloud”, “myusername” is registered in advance as the user name 51 of the user who has the qualification to use the service. Yes. Further, information necessary for authenticating the user and information related to the user profile are stored in association with the user name 51. As information necessary for authenticating the user, for example, a password 52 “mypassword” is stored. As information related to the user profile, for example, information registered by the user such as the user's mail address 53 and billing information 54 is stored. These pieces of information can be added or changed via the qualification information management unit 202 by a user having a predetermined authority (for example, an authenticated user or a person having administrator authority).

  The data storage unit 203 stores the data received from the agent software by the data receiving unit 201 and provides access to the stored data. When storing received data, the data is structured as follows, for example. That is, for example, data is structured by associating with item names (collected instance names, collected resource item names, or combinations thereof). In addition, for example, it is structured by associating data collected by the agent software with a collection time or a reception time. These structurings may be performed alone or in combination. Further, when storing received data, the data may be processed as follows. For example, if the data at a predetermined time cannot be received due to some reason and the data is lost, a complementary value corresponding to the data at the lost time is generated by referring to the data before and after, and stored using this. May be supplemented. In addition, for example, the data interval may be increased (for example, the 1-minute interval may be changed to a 10-minute interval) through a predetermined statistical process. When the data storage unit 203 includes a predetermined API, the data storage unit 203 may be configured to access data by returning data in a range (for example, time, item name) designated through the API. . Also, data received from the agent software can be stored in a predetermined database service via the data storage device 200.

  The terminal 400 includes an input device and an output device (not shown). The input device is, for example, a mouse or a keyboard. The output device is a display, for example.

  The cloud execution device 500 corresponds to the execution device in the first embodiment. In the cloud execution device 500, an instance is executed. An instance is a computer and is realized by using a technology such as a virtual machine or a virtual container. Generally, various software (agent software) can be installed in an instance.

[Operation example]
An operation example of the cloud management apparatus 100 ′ will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the flow of processing in the cloud management apparatus 100 ′.

  Referring to FIGS. 4, 5 and 10, in step S101, the qualification information management unit 101 ′ displays a screen as shown in FIG. 5 on the display device (not shown) of the terminal 400 and executes user authentication. . The input received from the user at the time of user authentication is a user name and a password. The qualification information management unit 101 ′ executes user authentication processing in the cloud management apparatus 100 ′ using the input user name and password. If the authentication is successful, requests from the user are accepted until the session ends.

  Referring to FIGS. 4, 6 and 10, in step S102, the qualification information management unit 101 ′ displays a screen as shown in FIG. 6 on the display device (not shown) of the terminal 400, and the qualification information of the data storage service. Accepts input. Inputs accepted from the user in step S102 are selection (designation) of the data storage service, user account and password in the data storage service. The qualification information management unit 101 ′ holds (stores) the input qualification information. In addition, in order to confirm the credential information entered prior to storing the credential information, when the authentication is failed for the selected data storage service using the entered user account and password, the authentication fails. Notification of prompting re-input may be performed in the input screen or in a new screen derived from the input screen.

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ accepts an instance generation instruction from the user (step S103). Specifically, an instance generation instruction given by the user authenticated in step S101 with the authority is accepted.

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ generates an instance corresponding to the instruction from the user (step S104). Specifically, the cloud execution apparatus 500 is instructed to generate an instance.

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ checks whether or not the qualification information for the data storage service exists (step S105). Specifically, the presence / absence of the qualification information of the data storage service associated with the user authenticated in step S101 (available to the user authenticated in step S101) is confirmed. If there is no qualification information for the data storage service (NO in step S105), the configuration management unit 103 finishes the instance generation process. At this time, the user may be notified of the end of the instance generation process. If the data storage service qualification information exists (YES in step S105), the configuration management unit 103 'configures the instance generated in step S104 for the data storage service (step S106).

  The operation when the cloud management apparatus 100 ′ configures an instance (step S106 in FIG. 10) will be described in detail with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a process flow in which the cloud management apparatus 100 ′ forms an instance.

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ searches for an installation image of the agent software corresponding to the data storage service (step S201). The specific processing of the configuration management unit 103 ′ is as follows. First, the configuration management unit 103 ′ acquires information related to the designation of the data storage service from the qualification information of the data storage service whose existence has been confirmed in step S105. Secondly, the configuration management unit 103 ′ acquires information on the corresponding agent image from the information stored by the agent image management unit 102 ′ as shown in FIG. 8, based on the information on the designation of the data storage service. For example, if the existence of the qualification information of the data storage service “ABC Data Cloud” is confirmed in step S105, the information on the agent image (/ data / agents) stored in association with “ABC Data Cloud” in FIG. /ABC/image.exe).

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ loads an installation image of agent software corresponding to the data storage service (step S202). Specifically, the configuration management unit 103 ′ accesses and loads the agent image entity based on the information related to the agent image acquired in step S201. Specifically, loading means making an instance that is configured accessible. For example, copying an agent image into a configuring instance.

  The configuration management means 103 ′ installs the agent software in the instance by installing the installation image loaded in step S202 into the instance (step S203). Specifically, the configuration management unit 103 ′ instructs the instance to execute the installation image loaded in step S202.

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ configures the agent software installed in step S203 to be usable with reference to the qualification information (step S204). Specifically, the configuration management unit 103 ′ sets the agent software using the user name and password included in the data storage service qualification information. For example, the configuration management unit 103 ′ creates an agent software setting file and copies it to a predetermined location in the instance. As a result, the agent software can exhibit the function of the agent software based on the qualification information of the data storage service registered in step S102. That is, the data acquired by the agent software can be transmitted to the data storage device.

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ notifies the user of the completion of the configuration of the instance (step S205).

  With reference to FIG. 12, an operation example in which the cloud management apparatus 100 ′ according to the present embodiment manages an agent image will be described. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a flow of processing in which the cloud management apparatus 100 ′ manages the agent image.

  The agent image management unit 102 ′ receives an installation image of agent software corresponding to the data storage service (step S301).

  The agent image management unit 102 ′ stores the installation image of the agent software corresponding to the data storage service received in step S301 (step S302).

  With reference to FIG. 13, an operation example of the update process of the agent software in the cloud management apparatus 100 ′ according to the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the flow of the agent software update process in the cloud management apparatus 100 ′.

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ starts updating the instance agent software (step S 401).

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ confirms the version of the agent software (step S402).

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ transmits an agent software update package to the instance (step S 403).

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ instructs the instance to execute the update package (step S404).

  The configuration management unit 103 ′ receives the update completion of the update package and notifies the user of the completion of the update of the agent software (step S405).

  FIG. 14 is an example of data stored by the data storage unit 203 of the data storage device 200. The data stored by the data storage unit 203 includes a time 61 when data is received from the agent software of each instance, and a received value 62. For example, it is assumed that the data receiving unit 201 of the data storage device 200 starts receiving data from the agent software of a new instance from 2015/10/31 12:40:00. The item “Resource_1 usage% of Instance_3” is created at the start of data reception. As long as data is received, the data is accumulated in the area corresponding to this item.

  FIG. 15 is a display example of data stored by the data storage means 203 of the data storage device 200, and is a display example of a screen generated based on FIG. The data storage device 200 may display a screen as shown in FIG. 15 on a display device (not shown) of the terminal 400. FIG. 15 will be described. The left side of the screen displays an instance name 63 of data acquired by the agent software installed in the instance. The right side of the screen is a graph 64 showing the behavior of data acquired under the item names displayed on the right side of the screen. The horizontal axis represents time, and the vertical axis represents a value (resource usage amount, etc.) corresponding to the acquisition target data. In the case of FIG. 15, since the data of the item “Resource_1 usage% of Instance_3” has started to be received from 2015/10/31 12:40:00, a graph is drawn in a future area from that time.

[Function and effect]
As described above, in the present embodiment, the agent software corresponding to the data storage device is automatically installed in the instance based on the qualification information of the data storage service registered in advance. Thereby, according to this embodiment, the work burden at the time of an administrator monitoring many computers is reduced.

[Third Embodiment]
In this embodiment, an aspect when uninstalling agent software from an instance will be described. The system configuration is the same as in the first embodiment.

  The configuration management unit 103 ″ of the cloud management apparatus 100 ″ according to the present embodiment is registered by the qualification information management unit 101 ″ in addition to the functions of the configuration management unit 103 ′ according to the second embodiment. A function for periodically checking whether or not the data storage service is used is provided. That is, the configuration management unit 103 ″ confirms whether or not the agent software of the instance configured in FIG. 11 is transmitting data to the corresponding data storage service. Specifically, it was detected that the data storage service refused to log in, the account set in the agent software did not exist in the data storage service, or the network connection to the data storage service was not established. In this case, at least the data storage service is not ready to send data. That is, the agent software does not transmit data to the data storage service. For detecting these situations, for example, refer to the log file or error log file output by the agent software, or refer to the OS log service (event log or syslog) in which the agent software is installed. Can be detected.

  When the configuration management unit 103 ″ determines that the data storage service registered in the qualification information management unit 101 ″ is not used, the configuration management unit 103 ″ uninstalls the agent software corresponding to the data storage service from the instance. When uninstalling, a display requesting permission of uninstallation from the user may be performed.

According to this embodiment, agent software corresponding to a data storage service that is not used is automatically deleted. This reduces the work burden when the administrator monitors a large number of computers.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Information processing system 100 Information processing apparatus 100a Processor 100b Memory 100c Storage 100d Input / output interface 100e Communication interface 100 'Cloud management apparatus 101 Qualification information holding means 101', 101 "Qualification information management means 102 'Image holding means 103 Setting means 103 ′, 103 ″ Configuration management means 200 Data storage device 201 Data reception means 202 Qualification information management means 203 Data storage means 300 Network 400 Terminal 500 Cloud execution device (execution device)

Claims (10)

Qualification information holding means for holding qualification information regarding use of the information storage device;
An information processing apparatus comprising: software for transmitting information to the information storage device corresponding to the qualification information, installed in an execution device, and setting means for setting the installed software using the qualification information. Image holding means for holding the information storage device and the software image corresponding to the information storage device in association with each other;
The said setting means installs the said software in the said execution apparatus by acquiring the said image for transmitting information to the said information storage apparatus corresponding to the said qualification information from the said image holding means. Information processing device.   The information processing according to claim 1, further comprising authentication means for performing authentication using the qualification information input by the user with respect to the information storage device designated by the user prior to registration of the qualification information. apparatus.   The setting means confirms whether information is transmitted to the information storage device corresponding to the software via the set software, and uninstalls the software when the information is not transmitted. The information processing apparatus according to claim 1. A qualification information holding step for holding qualification information regarding use of the information storage device;
An information processing method comprising: installing software for transmitting information to the information storage device corresponding to the qualification information in an execution device, and setting the installed software using the qualification information.   The information processing method according to claim 5, further comprising: an authentication step of performing authentication using the qualification information input by the user for the information storage device selected by the user prior to holding the qualification information.   In the setting step, it is confirmed whether or not information is transmitted to the information storage device corresponding to the software via the set software, and if the information is not transmitted, the software is uninstalled. The information processing method according to claim 5 or 6. On the computer,
Qualification information holding processing for holding qualification information regarding use of the information storage device;
A program for installing software for transmitting information to the information storage device corresponding to the qualification information in an execution device, and executing a setting process for setting the installed software using the qualification information.   The program according to claim 8, wherein, prior to holding the qualification information, an authentication process for performing authentication using the qualification information input by the user is executed on the information storage device selected by the user.   In the setting process, it is confirmed whether data is transmitted to the information storage device corresponding to the software via the set software, and when the information is not transmitted, the software is uninstalled. The program according to claim 8 or 9.

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