Software configuration engineering in practice interviews, survey, and systematic literature review
Modern software applications are adapted to different situations (eg, memory limits,
enabling/disabling features, database credentials) by changing the values of configuration …
enabling/disabling features, database credentials) by changing the values of configuration …
Hey, you have given me too many knobs!: Understanding and dealing with over-designed configuration in system software
Configuration problems are not only prevalent, but also severely impair the reliability of
today's system software. One fundamental reason is the ever-increasing complexity of …
today's system software. One fundamental reason is the ever-increasing complexity of …
Early detection of configuration errors to reduce failure damage
Early detection is the key to minimizing failure damage induced by configuration errors,
especially those errors in configurations that control failure handling and fault tolerance …
especially those errors in configurations that control failure handling and fault tolerance …
Investigating system operators' perspective on security misconfigurations
C Dietrich, K Krombholz, K Borgolte… - Proceedings of the 2018 …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
Nowadays, security incidents have become a familiar" nuisance," and they regularly lead to
the exposure of private and sensitive data. The root causes for such incidents are rarely …
the exposure of private and sensitive data. The root causes for such incidents are rarely …
Holistic configuration management at facebook
C Tang, T Kooburat, P Venkatachalam… - Proceedings of the 25th …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Facebook's web site and mobile apps are very dynamic. Every day, they undergo thousands
of online configuration changes, and execute trillions of configuration checks to personalize …
of online configuration changes, and execute trillions of configuration checks to personalize …
Testing configuration changes in context to prevent production failures
Large-scale cloud services deploy hundreds of configuration changes to production systems
daily. At such velocity, configuration changes have inevitably become prevalent causes of …
daily. At such velocity, configuration changes have inevitably become prevalent causes of …
Datasize-aware high dimensional configurations auto-tuning of in-memory cluster computing
Z Yu, Z Bei, X Qian - Proceedings of the Twenty-Third International …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
In-Memory cluster Computing (IMC) frameworks (eg, Spark) have become increasingly
important because they typically achieve more than 10× speedups over the traditional On …
important because they typically achieve more than 10× speedups over the traditional On …
Understanding and discovering software configuration dependencies in cloud and datacenter systems
A large percentage of real-world software configuration issues, such as misconfigurations,
involve multiple interdependent configuration parameters. However, existing techniques and …
involve multiple interdependent configuration parameters. However, existing techniques and …
Detecting anomalies in microservices with execution trace comparison
L Meng, F Ji, Y Sun, T Wang - Future Generation Computer Systems, 2021 - Elsevier
More and more developers and companies have adopted the concept of microservice.
Detecting anomalies and locating root causes are important for improving the reliability of …
Detecting anomalies and locating root causes are important for improving the reliability of …
Configuration validation with large language models
Misconfigurations are the major causes of software failures. Existing configuration validation
techniques rely on manually written rules or test cases, which are expensive to implement …
techniques rely on manually written rules or test cases, which are expensive to implement …