US 9,851,961 B2 · Caching and analyzing images for faster and simpler cloud application deployment

Abstract

Techniques provide include analyzing a first node, associated with a first version of an service, to extract first configuration metadata; analyzing the first node, associated with a second version, subsequent to the first version, of the service, to extract second configuration metadata; determining, based upon a comparison of the first configuration metadata and the second configuration metadata, that the first node has not been modified between the first version and the second version; generating a first image of the node for distribution in conjunction with the service in response to the determining that the particular node has not been modified; and caching the first image for use in conjunction with the service.

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Dependent claims

A method implemented on a computing device, comprising:

analyzing, by a processor, a first cloud node, corresponding to a first version of a service, to extract first configuration metadata corresponding to a software package of the service;
analyzing, by the processor, a second cloud node, corresponding to a second version, subsequent to the first version, of the service, to extract second configuration metadata corresponding to the software package;
determining, by the processor, based upon a comparison of the first configuration metadata and the second configuration metadata, that the software package has not been modified between the first version and the second version;
generating, by the processor, a first cloud image of the software package for distribution in conjunction with the service in response to the determining that the software package has not been modified;
and
caching, on a non-transitory storage medium, the first cloud image for use in conjunction with the service.

3 more elements

An apparatus for distribution of a service, comprising:

a plurality of processors;
a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, coupled to the plurality of processors, having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by the plurality of processors to perform a method comprising:
analyzing a first cloud node, corresponding to a first version of a service, to extract first configuration metadata corresponding to a software package of the service;
analyzing a second cloud node, corresponding to a second version, subsequent to the first version, of the service, to extract second configuration metadata corresponding to the software package;
determining, based upon a comparison of the first configuration metadata and the second configuration metadata, that the software package has not been modified between the first version and the second version;
generating a first cloud image of the software package for distribution in conjunction with the service in response to the determining that the software package has not been modified;
and
caching the first cloud image for use in conjunction with the service.

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A computer programming product for distribution of a service, comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, the program code executable by a plurality of processors to perform a method comprising:

analyzing a first cloud node, corresponding to a first version of a service, to extract first configuration metadata corresponding to a software package of the service;
analyzing a second cloud node, corresponding to a second version, subsequent to the first version, of the service, to extract second configuration metadata corresponding to the software package;
determining, based upon a comparison of the first configuration metadata and the second configuration metadata, that the software package has not been modified between the first version and the second version;
generating a first cloud image of the software package for distribution in conjunction with the service in response to the determining that the software package has not been modified;
and
caching the first cloud image for use in conjunction with the service.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Caching and analyzing images for faster and simpler cloud application deployment

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Caching and analyzing images for faster and simpler cloud application deployment

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Abstract

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