Distributed container image repository service
US10922118B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 2018 |
| Grant date | Feb 16, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 11, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45595
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining, by a container host node, container image configuration data that defines a specified container image configuration, wherein the container host node includes an associated container image repository for storing container images; multicasting, by the container host node, a request for one or more image of first through Nth specified container images to a set of container host nodes; receiving, by the container host node, at least one container image from at least one container host node of the set of container host nodes in response to the multicasting; building, by the container host node, a specified container image according to the specified container image configuration using the at least one container image received by the receiving; and running, by the container host node, the specified container image built by the building to define a runtime container.
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