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Provisioning a secure customer domain in a virtualized multi-tenant environment

US9135042B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Sean Donnellan · Schrobenhausen, DE
Robert K. Floyd, III · Clermont, US
Robert P. Monaco · New York, US
Holger Mueller · Möhrendorf, DE
Joseph D. Robinson · Cary, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 13, 2013
Grant date	Sep 15, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 8, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2009/45595
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

To provision a secure customer domain in a virtualized multi-tenant environment, a virtual machine (VM) is configured for a customer in the customer domain. A first, second, and third virtual network interfaces (VNICs) are configured in the VM. The first VNIC has a first network address within a first address range selected for the customer domain and enables an application on the VM to access a second application in a second VM in the customer domain. The second VNIC enables a third application outside the customer domain to access the VM in the customer domain. The second VNIC is configured to use an addressing specification used by a server of the third application. The third VNIC enables access from the first application to a fourth application executing outside the customer domain. The third VNIC is configured to use an addressing specification used by a server of the fourth application.

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