VIRTUAL MACHINE CREATION METHOD AND APPARATUS

• US 20170323105A1
• Filed: 07/27/2017
• Published: 11/09/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cloudminds (Shenzhen) Robotics Systems Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Cloudminds (Shenzhen) Robotics Systems Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Yonghui
• Granted Patent: US 10,095,870 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45562 Creating, deleting, cloning virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/4557 Distribution of virtual machine instances; Migration and load balancing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45587 Isolation or security of virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/577 Assessing vulnerabilities and evaluating computer system security
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/033 Test or assess software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects

Abstract

A virtual machine creation method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: acquiring a first installation package of a first application; determining essential environmental data corresponding to the first installation package; obtaining a simplified operating system via compilation according to the essential environmental data; packaging the simplified operating system and the first installation package to obtain a virtual machine installation package; and running the virtual machine installation package to create a virtual machine.

Claims

1. A virtual machine creation method, comprising:

acquiring a first installation package of a first application;

determining essential environmental data corresponding to the first installation package;

obtaining a simplified operating system via compilation according to the essential environmental data;

packaging the simplified operating system and the first installation package to obtain a virtual machine installation package; and

running the virtual machine installation package to create a virtual machine.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein prior to the determining essential environmental data corresponding to the first installation package, the method further comprises:

determining a security level of the first application; and

determining, according to the security level of the first application, that a virtual machine needs to be created for the first application.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein after the running the virtual machine installation package to create a virtual machine, the method further comprises:

acquiring a second installation package;

determining that the second installation package and the first installation package of the first application satisfy a predetermined condition; and

installing the second installation package to the virtual machine.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined condition comprises:

the second installation package is an updated installation package of the first application.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the predetermined condition comprises:

the second installation package is an installation package of a second application, and a security level of the second application is the same as the security level of the first application.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein prior to the installing the second installation package to the virtual machine, the method further comprises:

determining that a similarity between essential environmental data corresponding to the second installation package and the essential environmental data corresponding to the first installation package exceeds a predetermined threshold.

7. A virtual machine creation apparatus, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory communicably connected with the at least one processor and storing one or more programs executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a first acquiring module, configured to acquire a first installation package of a first application;

a compiling and packaging module, configured to determine essential environmental data corresponding to the first installation package, obtain a simplified operating system via compilation according to the essential environmental data, and package the simplified operating system and the first installation package to obtain a virtual machine installation package; and

a creating module, configured to run the virtual machine installation package to create a virtual machine.

8. The apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the one or more programs further comprises a security module,

before the compiling and packaging module determines the essential environmental data corresponding to the first installation package, the security module is configured to determine a security level of the first application, and determine, according to the security level of the first application, that a virtual machine needs to be created for the first application.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the one or more programs further comprises:

a second acquiring module, configured to acquire a second installation package after the creating module runs the virtual machine installation package to create a virtual machine;

a condition determining module, configured to determine that the second installation package and the first installation package of the first application satisfy a predetermined condition; and

an installing module, configured to install the second installation package to the virtual machine after the condition determining module determines that second installation package and the first installation package of the first application satisfy the predetermined condition.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined condition comprises:

the second installation package is an updated installation package of the first application.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined condition comprises:

the second installation package is an installation package of a second application, and a security level of the second application is the same as the security level of the first application.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein

the condition determining module is further configured to determine that a similarity between essential environmental data corresponding to the second installation package and the essential environmental data corresponding to the first installation package exceeds a predetermined threshold before the installing module installs the second installation package to the virtual machine.