Performing services on a host
AssigneeNicira, Inc.
InventorsChidambareswaran Raman, Raju Koganty, Anirban Sengupta
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Abstract
Some embodiments provide a novel method for performing services on a host computer that executes several data compute nodes (DCNs). The method receives, at a module executing on the host, a data message associated with a DCN executing on the host. The method supplies the data message to a service virtual machine (SVM) that executes on the host and on which several service containers execute. One or more of the service containers then perform a set of one or more services on the data message. The method then receives an indication from the SVM that the set of services has been performed on the data message.
Claims20
A method of performing services on a host computer that executes a plurality of data compute nodes, the method comprising:
- at the host computer, receiving a data message associated with a data compute node (DCN) executing on the host;
- supplying the data message to a service virtual machine (SVM) that executes on the host computer and on which a plurality of service containers execute;
- and
- receiving an indication from the SVM that a set of services has been performed on the data message.
A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program for performing services on a host computer that executes a plurality of data compute nodes, the program comprising sets of instructions for:
- receiving, at the host computer, a data message associated with a data compute node (DCN) executing on the host;
- supplying the data message to a service virtual machine (SVM) that executes on the host computer and on which a plurality of service containers execute;
- and
- receiving an indication from the SVM that a set of services has been performed on the data message.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.