Management of container host clusters
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsSudheesh S. Kairali, Neeraj Kumar Kashyap
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Abstract
A method, executed by a computer, includes receiving, for a cluster, a request to create a new container host, wherein the cluster comprises a plurality of container hosts having a corresponding plurality of local repositories, creating the new container host, selecting an image for the new container host according to one or more host preferences, wherein the image is stored in an image location, and copying the image from the image location to the local repository of the new container host. A computer system and computer program product corresponding to the above method are also disclosed herein.
Claims20
A method, the method comprising:
- receiving, for a cluster, a request to create a new container host, wherein the cluster comprises a plurality of container hosts having a corresponding plurality of local repositories;
- creating the new container host;
- selecting an image for the new container host according to one or more host preferences, wherein the image is stored in an image location;
- and
- copying the image from the image location to the local repository of the new container host.
A computer system comprising:
- one or more computer processors;
- one or more computer readable storage media;
- program instructions stored therein for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising instructions for:
- receiving, for a cluster, a request to create a new container host, wherein the cluster comprises a plurality of container hosts having a corresponding plurality of local repositories;
- creating the new container host;
- selecting an image for the new container host according to one or more host preferences, wherein the image is stored in an image location;
- and
- copying the image from the image location to the local repository of the new container host.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium and program instructions stored on the computer readable storage medium, the program instructions comprising instructions for:
- receiving, for a cluster, a request to create a new container host, wherein the cluster comprises a plurality of container hosts having a corresponding plurality of local repositories;
- creating the new container host;
- selecting an image for the new container host according to one or more host preferences, wherein the image is stored in an image location;
- and
- copying the image from the image location to the local repository of the new container host.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.