US 12,475,200 B2
Account credential reset and reconciliation
Lokajit Tikayatray, Bangalore (IN); David John Linsey, Marietta, GA (US); Gireesh P, Kollam (IN); and Saumya Jain, Jaipur (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/929,055.
Prior Publication US 2024/0078296 A1, Mar. 7, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/31 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 21/31 (2013.01) 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
creating, by a computing device, a mapping between service accounts and applications in which the service accounts are used;
determining, by the computing device, that a reset of credentials associated with one or more service accounts is to be performed; and
responsive to a determination that the reset of the credentials associated with the one or more service accounts is to be performed, by the computing device:
determining one or more applications in which the service accounts are used based on the mapping;
marking down at least one of: one or more of instances of load balancers being utilized by instances of the applications in which the one or more service accounts are used, network addresses of servers hosting the instances of the applications, or network routes to the instances of the applications to ensure that network traffic is not sent to the instances of the applications when the instances of the applications are shut down when resetting the credentials associated with the one or more service accounts;
shutting down the instances of the applications;
resetting the credentials associated with the one or more service accounts, wherein resetting the credentials updates current credentials associated with the one or more service accounts to new credentials;
storing the new credentials within an application vault; and
starting the instances of the applications in which the one or more service accounts are used, wherein starting the instances of the applications includes retrieving, by the instances of the applications, their service accounts and the new credentials associated with the service accounts from the application vault, wherein the started instances of the applications use the new credentials.