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Managing updates to container images

  • US 10,324,708 B2
  • Filed: 11/14/2017
  • Issued: 06/18/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a processing device, an alert for a piece of software;

    in response to receiving the alert, determining, by the processing device, that a first container-image comprises the piece of software;

    in response to determining that the first container-image comprises the piece of software, monitoring, by the processing device, a repository configured to store one or more versions of the first container-image for an updated version of the first container-image;

    while monitoring the repository, detecting, by the processing device, the updated version of the first container-image, wherein the first container-image is updated subsequent to a second container-image being built;

    determining, by the processing device, that the second container-image depends on the first container-image by analyzing a database that indicates a dependency relationship between the second container-image and the first container-image; and

    in response to (i) detecting the updated version of the first container-image and (ii) determining that the second container-image depends on the first container-image, automatically rebuilding, by the processing device, the second container-image using the updated version of the first container-image to create an updated version of the second container-image.

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