Cross-cloud workload identity virtualization
US11848998B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 29, 2020 |
| Grant date | Dec 19, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L63/0815
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for cross cloud workload identity virtualization including a program having instructions to route a first network call from a workload in a first cloud computing environment addressed to a first cloud computing environment instance metadata service (IMS) having destination data with an IP address of 169.254.169.254 to a universal IMS (UIMS) different from the first cloud computing environment IMS, route a second network call from the workload addressed to a destination other than the first cloud computing environment IMS to the destination indicated by the second network call, respond to the first network call with credentials valid for accessing a cloud service provided in a second cloud computing environment. The workload can access the cloud service from the first cloud computing environment, and access the cloud service from a third cloud computing environment different from the first cloud computing environment.
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