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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2022
Dell Products, L.p., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Jason McCarthy, Cambridge, MA (US);
Dell Products, L.P., Hopkinton, MA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for automating creation of multiple simultaneous software development environments on a development machine is provided. Automation code, for example implemented using Python script, reads a text file such as a JSON file describing the development environment to be created. The automation code is configured to locate (locally or in a software repository) and download the supporting software identified in the text file and required to be included in the development environment. The automation code is also configured to determine a set of ports used by the supporting software to communicate with the development machine, and to search for a set of available ports on the development machine that are available and able to be mapped to the development environment. The automation code modifies supporting software configuration files to reflect the port assignments and builds a container including the software code and associated configuration files.