Bootstrapping an encrypted single node VSAN cluster
US12212474B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 28, 2022 |
| Grant date | Jan 28, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 28, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L41/342
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to bootstrapping an encrypted single node VSAN cluster. One method includes receiving a request to create an encrypted VSAN cluster from a single host in a software-defined datacenter, deploying a virtual server on a VSAN datastore of the software-defined datacenter, registering a native key provider (NKP) in the virtual server, creating an empty VSAN cluster encrypted by the NKP, adding the single host to the encrypted empty cluster to create a one-host encrypted cluster, registering a KMIP KMS in the virtual server, switching encryption of the one-host encrypted cluster from the NKP to the KMIP KMS, and adding another host to the one-host encrypted cluster to create the encrypted cluster.
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