Virtual machine name resolution
US9237087B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 13, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jan 12, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L45/76
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for virtual machine name resolution. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a first outgoing packet from a source virtual machine executing on the data processing apparatus destined for a destination virtual machine, wherein the destination virtual machine belongs to a first cluster of virtual machines, and wherein the first outgoing packet identifies the destination virtual machine using a unique name for the destination virtual machine; determining an internal network address of the destination virtual machine based at least in part on the unique name for the destination virtual machine; and sending the first outgoing packet to the destination virtual machine by sending the packet to the internal network address.
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