Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hierarchical networking for nested container clusters
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Application No.: US17185844Application Date: 2021-02-25
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Publication No.: US11863352B2Publication Date: 2024-01-02
- Inventor: Jianjun Shen , Mark Johnson , Gaetano Borgione , Benjamin John Corrie , Derek Beard , Zach James Shepherd , Vinay Reddy
- 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
- Main IPC: H04L12/66
- IPC: H04L12/66 ; H04L47/125 ; H04L9/40 ; H04L45/42 ; H04L45/586 ; H04L45/44

Abstract:
Some embodiments of the invention provide a novel network architecture for deploying guest clusters (GCs) including workload machines for a tenant (or other entity) within an availability zone. The novel network architecture includes a virtual private cloud (VPC) deployed in the availability zone (AZ) that includes a centralized routing element that provides access to a gateway routing element of the AZ. In some embodiments, the centralized routing element provides a set of services for packets traversing a boundary of the VPC. The services, in some embodiments, include load balancing, firewall, quality of service (QoS) and may be stateful or stateless. Guest clusters are deployed within the VPC and use the centralized routing element of the VPC to access the gateway routing element of the AZ.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220038311A1 HIERARCHICAL NETWORKING FOR NESTED CONTAINER CLUSTERS Public/Granted day:2022-02-03
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