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- Patent Title: Flow tracing operation in container cluster
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Application No.: US17006845Application Date: 2020-08-30
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Publication No.: US11570090B2Publication Date: 2023-01-31
- Inventor: Jianjun Shen , Ran Gu , Quan Tian , Wenying Dong
- Applicant: VMware, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee: VMware, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Palo Alto
- Agency: Adeli LLP
- Priority: WOPCT/CN2020/105533 20200729
- Main IPC: H04L45/00
- IPC: H04L45/00 ; H04L45/02

Abstract:
Some embodiments provide a method for an agent executing on a Kubernetes node in a cluster. The method instructs a forwarding element that also executes on the node to process a flow tracing packet. From the forwarding element, the method receives a message indicating a set of flow entries matched by the flow tracing packet as the forwarding element processes the flow tracing packet. For each flow entry of at least a subset of the flow entries matched by the flow tracing packet, the method generates mapping data that maps elements of the flow entry to Kubernetes concepts implemented in the cluster. The method reports data regarding the set of flow entries along with the generated mapping data.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220038368A1 FLOW TRACING OPERATION IN CONTAINER CLUSTER Public/Granted day:2022-02-03
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