Managed forwarding element executing in public cloud data compute node without overlay network
US10193749B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 31, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 15, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L2212/00
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Some embodiments provide a method for a network controller that manages a logical network implemented in a datacenter having forwarding elements to which the network controller does not have access. The method identifies a data compute node (DCN), that operates on a host machine in the datacenter, to attach to the logical network. The DCN has a network interface with a network address provided by a management system of the datacenter. The DCN executes (i) a workload application and (ii) a managed forwarding element (MFE). The method distributes configuration data for configuring the MFE to receive data packets sent from the workload application on the DCN and perform network security processing on the data packets without performing logical forwarding operations. The data packets sent by the workload application have the provided network address as a source address when received by the MFE and are not encapsulated by the MFE.
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