Configured generation of virtual machine images
US9792141B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 30, 2015 |
| Grant date | Oct 17, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2009/45562
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Techniques are described for generating and using virtual machine images and other software images in configured manners, such as by an image generating service on behalf of clients. An image may be configured to include or use multiple underlying components to construct the image, and specified configuration information may cause the generating process for the image to be triggered when underlying construction components change or otherwise when specified triggering conditions are satisfied. For example, an image to be manufactured may include a software program under development by a software developer client, with code files used to create the software program being among the construction components, such that client actions involving those code files (e.g., committing a new version with recent changes to a code repository) triggers a new version of the image to be manufactured that incorporates those changes.
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