Communication tunneling in application container environments
Assigneedefend7, Inc.
InventorsGaurav Mathur, Vibhav Sreekanti
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and software described herein provide encryption configurations to application containers. In one example, a method of operating a management system to provide VPN configurations to application containers in an application container environment includes identifying two application containers in the application container environment for secure communication, and identifying a VPN configuration for the two application containers. The method further includes configuring the two application containers for secure communication by transferring the VPN configuration to security layers within each of the two application containers.
Claims18
A method of operating a management system to provide virtual private network (VPN) configurations to application containers in an application container environment, the method comprising:
- identifying a first application container and a second application container in the application container environment for secure communication;
- identifying a VPN configuration for the first application container and the second application container;
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- configuring the first application container and the second application container for secure communication by transferring the VPN configuration to a first security layer within the first application container and a second security layer within the second application container,
- wherein the first security layer acts as a communication intermediary between at least one application within the first application container and at least one process or system external to the first application container, and
- wherein the second security layer acts as a communication intermediary between at least one application within the second application container and at least one process or system external to the second application container.
A computer apparatus to provide virtual private network (VPN) configurations to application containers in an application container environment, the computer apparatus comprising:
- processing instructions that direct a management system, when executed by the management system, to:
- identify a first application container and a second application container in the application container environment for secure communication;
- identify a VPN configuration for the first application container and the second application container;
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- configure the first application container and the second application container for secure communication by transferring the VPN configuration to a first security layer within the first application container and a second security layer within the second application container, wherein the first security layer acts as a communication intermediary between at least one application within the first application container and at least one process or system external to the first application container, and wherein the second security layer acts as a communication intermediary between at least one application within the second application container and at least one process or system external to the second application container;
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- one or more non-transitory computer readable media that store the processing instructions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.