Automated deployment of cloud-hosted, distributed network monitoring agents
US10397071B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 5, 2016 |
| Grant date | Aug 27, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 30, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L43/0876
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method is provided for deploying a network monitoring agent to monitor a network. The method includes receiving a deployment request to deploy a monitoring agent, the monitoring agent including first executable instructions to monitor the network, the request specifying a region external from the network in which to deploy the monitoring agent. The method further includes installing the monitoring agent for execution within a controlled runtime environment on a host machine, the host machine operating in the specified region and having a single operating system. The monitoring agent is executed within the controlled runtime environment to monitor the network from an external perspective of the network. In the controlled runtime environment, during execution of the monitoring agent, all areas of the operating system that are writable by the monitoring agent are isolated from areas of the operating system that are writable by any other software application using the operating system.
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