Systems and methods for using dynamic templates to create application containers

• US 10,540,191 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2017
• Issued: 01/21/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 03/21/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Veritas Technologies, LLC (Whitehouse Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Veritas Technologies, LLC (Whitehouse Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Christensen, Aaron
• Primary Examiner(s): Aponte, Francisco J
• Application Number:
  US15/465,570
• Publication Number:
  US 20180373551A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,036 Days
• Field of Search: 717177
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/50 Allocation of resources, e.g. of the central processing unit [CPU]

Abstract

The disclosed computer-implemented method for using dynamic templates to create application containers may include (i) identifying an application that is to be deployed in a container, (ii) creating a dynamic template that comprises at least one variable parameter and that defines at least a portion of an operating environment of the container, (iii) generating a value of the variable parameter during deployment of the application, (iv) processing the dynamic template to create a configuration file that comprises the value of the variable parameter, and (v) triggering a container initialization system to create, based on the configuration file, the container such that the container isolates a user space of the application from other software on a host system while sharing a kernel space with the other software. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for using dynamic templates to create application containers, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising:

identifying a first application for deployment to a first container and a second application for deployment to a second container;

creating a first dynamic template that includes a variable parameter and a second dynamic template that includes the variable parameter;

deploying the first application to the first container comprising;

creating a first configuration file based on the first dynamic template;

generating a value of the variable parameter;

launching a resource that is external to the first container and the second container; and

including the value of the variable parameter in the first configuration file;

deploying the second application to the second container comprising;

creating a second configuration file based on the second dynamic template; and

including the value of the variable parameter in the second configuration file;

triggering a container initialization system, the triggering comprising;

creating, based on the first configuration file, the first container; and

creating, based on the second configuration file, the second container; and

enabling the first container and the second container to access the resource using the value of the variable parameter.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein generating the value of the variable parameter further comprises using a function stored in the first dynamic template to calculate the value of the variable parameter.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1,

wherein deploying the first application to the first container further comprises receiving external input about the variable parameter during the deployment of the first application;

and

wherein generating the value of the variable parameter is further based at least in part on the external input.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first configuration file comprises a default type of configuration file for the first container that further includes at least one static parameter.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying a third application for deployment to a third container;

deploying the third application to the third container comprising;

creating a third configuration file based on the first dynamic template;

generating a new value of the variable parameter different from the value of the variable parameter; and

including the new value of the variable parameter in the third configuration file; and

wherein triggering the container initialization system further comprises creating, based on the third configuration file, the third container.

6. A system for using dynamic templates to create application containers, the system comprising:

an identification module, stored in memory, that identifies a first application for deployment to a first container and a second application for deployment to a second container;

a creation module, stored in memory, that creates a first dynamic template that includes a variable parameter and a second dynamic template that includes the variable parameter;

a processing module, stored in memory, that;

creates, when deploying the first application to the first container, a first configuration file based on the first dynamic template; and

creates, when deploying the second application to the second container, a second configuration file based on the second dynamic template;

a generation module, stored in memory, that;

generates a value of the variable parameter;

launches a resource that is external to the first container and the second container; and

includes the value of the variable parameter in the first configuration file and the second configuration file;

a triggering module, stored in memory, that triggers a container initialization system to;

create, based on the first configuration file, the first container;

create, based on the second configuration file, the second container; and

enable the first container and the second container to access the resource using the value of the variable parameter; and

at least one physical processor configured to execute the identification module, the creation module, the generation module, the processing module, and the triggering module.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein generating the value of the variable parameter further comprises using a function stored in the first dynamic template to calculate the value of the variable parameter.

8. The system of claim 6,

wherein the processing module receives, when deploying the first application to the first container, external input about the variable parameter;

and

wherein generating the value of the variable parameter is further based at least in part on the external input.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the first configuration file comprises a default type of configuration file for the first container that further includes at least one static parameter.

10. The system of claim 6,

wherein the identification module identifies a third application for deployment to a third container;

wherein the processing module creates, when deploying the third application to the third container, an third configuration file based on the first dynamic template;

wherein the generation module

generates a new value of the variable parameter different from the value of the variable parameter, and

includes the new value of the variable parameter in the third configuration file; and

wherein the triggering module triggers the container initialization system to create, based on the third configuration file, the third container.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more computer-readable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

identify a first application for deployment to a first container and a second application for deployment to a second container;

create a first dynamic template that includes a variable parameter and a second dynamic template that includes the variable parameter;

deploy the first application to the first container comprising;

creating a first configuration file based on the first dynamic template;

generating a value of the variable parameter;

launching a resource that is external to the first container and the second container; and

including the value of the variable parameter in the first configuration file;

deploy the second application to the second container comprising;

creating a second configuration file based on the second dynamic template; and

including the value of the variable parameter in the second configuration file;

trigger a container initialization system, the triggering comprising;

creating, based on the first configuration file, the first container; and

creating, based on the second configuration file, the second container; and

enable the first container and the second container to access the resource using the value of the variable parameter.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the one or more computer-readable instructions cause the computing device to generate the value of the variable parameter by using a function stored in the first dynamic template to calculate the value of the variable parameter.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11,

wherein the one or more computer-readable instructions that cause the computing device to deploy the first application to the first container further cause the computing device to receive external input about the variable parameter;

and

wherein generating the value of the variable parameter is further based at least in part on the external input.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the first configuration file comprises a default type of configuration file for the first container that further includes at least one static parameter.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11,

wherein the one or more computer-readable instructions further cause the computing device to:

identify a third application for deployment to a third container; and

deploy the third application to the third container comprising;

creating a third configuration file based on the first dynamic template

generating a new value of the variable parameter different from the value of the variable parameter; and

including the new value of the variable parameter in the third configuration file; and

wherein triggering the container initialization system further comprises creating, based on the third configuration file, the third container.