System and method for providing a node replacement controller for use with a software application container orchestration system
US11677616B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 30, 2021 |
| Grant date | Jun 13, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 30, 2041 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/0893
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In accordance with an embodiment, described herein is a system and method use of a controller with a software application container orchestration system, which is adapted to provide safe and efficient replacement of nodes in a containerized environment. A node replacement controller drives the process of node replacement, and indirectly and asynchronously interacts, through metadata, with an implementation-specific node processor, and application-specific health controller, to discover nodes that should be processed, determine when the application workload is in a stable state, declare those nodes as ready to be processed, and determine when those nodes have finished processing. The node replacement controller can be implemented once for a given type of container orchestration system, and then applied to other container orchestration implementations (vendors) and workload types using that container orchestration system.
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