Dynamic provisioning of encrypted container storage
US11256816B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 20, 2020 |
| Grant date | Feb 22, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 4, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2212/1041
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for dynamically allocating encrypted storage for containers/applications in a containerized environment. In various aspects, one is able to specify the amount of encrypted storage desired/required in a storage/host volume to be allocated to a container on-demand. The containerized environment may employ its own hardware resources or be implemented on an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). The containerized application for which an instant dynamically allocated storage volume is created may be a composable multi-container or microservices application. The encrypted storage volume is optimally assembled from the partitions of the storage devices available on a host. The storage devices may be local to the host or remote or in the cloud. Techniques are also disclosed for decommissioning a previously allocated encrypted storage volume based on the present design.
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