Virtual network inter-container communication
US10313178B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 4, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jun 4, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 24, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L61/45
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for facilitating inter-container communications, via a cloud exchange, for containers executing at logically isolated networks. In one example, the techniques of the disclosure provide a method including sending, by a container to a cloud exchange via an application programming interface exposed by an interconnection platform of the cloud exchange, container registration data for the container, the container registration data including a network address for a host that executes the container and a container identifier for the container.
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