Service request handling with protocol translation

    公开(公告)号:US11743349B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-29

    申请号:US17169547

    申请日:2021-02-08

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Example methods and systems for service request handling with protocol translation are described. In one example, in response to intercepting a service request from a virtualized computing instance, a computer system may generate and send a translated service request towards a service node. The translated service request may be generated by performing a first translation of the service request from a service protocol to a data exchange protocol supported by both a client node running on the computer system and a service node. In response to receiving the service response that is generated according to the data exchange protocol from the service node, the computer system may generate and send a translated service response towards the virtualized computing instance. The translated service response may be generated by performing a second translation of the service response from the data exchange protocol to the service protocol.

    Handling packets travelling towards logical service routers (SRs) for active-active stateful service insertion

    公开(公告)号:US11516125B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-29

    申请号:US17001696

    申请日:2020-08-25

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Example methods and computer systems for packet handling for active-active stateful service insertion are disclosed. One example may involve a computer system detecting a packet addressed from a source address to a service endpoint address. Based on configuration information associated with the service endpoint address, the computer system may identify a first active logical service router (SR) and a second active logical SR that are both associated with the service endpoint address and configured to operate in an active-active mode. The first active logical SR may be selected over the second active logical SR by mapping tuple information to the first active logical SR. The computer system may generate an encapsulated packet by encapsulating the packet with an outer header addressed to an outer destination address associated with the first active logical SR and send the encapsulated packet towards the first active logical SR for processing according to a stateful service.

    Handling packets travelling from logical service routers (SRs) for active-active stateful service insertion

    公开(公告)号:US11362863B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-14

    申请号:US17001698

    申请日:2020-08-25

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Example methods and computer systems for packet handling for active-active stateful service insertion are disclosed. One example may involve in response to detecting a first packet from a first active logical service router (SR), a computer system generating and storing state information that associates (a) the first active logical SR and (b) first tuple information specified by the first packet. The first active logical SR and a second active logical SR may be both associated with the service endpoint address and configured to operate in an active-active mode. In response to detecting the second packet from a destination responsive to the first packet, the computer system may select the first active logical SR over the second active logical SR based on the state information and second tuple information specified by the second packet; and send the second packet towards the first active logical SR for processing according to a stateful service.

    Deploying a distributed load balancer in a virtualized computing system

    公开(公告)号:US12155718B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-11-26

    申请号:US18185784

    申请日:2023-03-17

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: An example method of distributed load balancing in a virtualized computing system includes: configuring, at a logical load balancer, a traffic detector to detect traffic to a virtual internet protocol address (VIP) of an application having a plurality of instances; detecting, at the traffic detector, a first request to the VIP from a client executing in a virtual machine (VM) supported by a hypervisor executing on a first host; sending, by a configuration distributor of the logical load balancer in response to the detecting, a load balancer configuration to a configuration receiver of a local load balancer executing in the hypervisor for configuring the local load balancer to perform load balancing for the VIP at the hypervisor using the load balancer configuration.

    Virtual tunnel endpoint (VTEP) learning based on transport protocol information

    公开(公告)号:US11533386B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-12-20

    申请号:US17191729

    申请日:2021-03-04

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: Example methods and systems for virtual tunnel virtualized computing instance (VTEP) learning based on transport protocol information are described. In one example, a computer system may learn first mapping information and second mapping information. The first mapping information may associate (a) a first VTEP with (b) first transport protocol information and inner address information associated with a first virtualized computing instance. The second mapping information may associate (a) a second VTEP with (b) second transport protocol information and inner address information associated with a second virtualized computing instance. The computer system may detect an egress packet that is addressed to the inner address information. In response to determination that the egress packet specifies the first transport protocol information, a first encapsulated packet may be generated and sent towards the first VTEP. Otherwise, a second encapsulated packet may be generated and sent towards the second VTEP.

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