CONTAINER BASED APPLICATION REIFICATION
First Claim
1. An application reification system comprising:
- one or more computer readable storage media;
a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media; and
program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to;
preserve a version of application data at a first time, the version of application data including a copy of a state of an application at the first time, the application executing on a host system separate from the application reification system;
preserve an application configuration of the application at the first time, the application configuration including information associated with the execution of the application at the first time;
at a second time subsequent to the first time, receive, from the host system, a request to reify the application at the state corresponding to the first time in a container on the host system andin response to the request;
create a container template, the container template including information associated with instantiating the container executing the application at the state corresponding to the first time, the container template including the application configuration of the application at the first time and a pointer to the version of the application data stored in a secondary storage repository, andinstantiate, based on the created container template, the container executing the application at the state corresponding to the first time;
copy the instantiated container on the application reification system; and
provide the container template to the host system for reifying the application at the state corresponding to the first time in the container by using the application data stored in the second storage repository.
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Abstract
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer readable media for container based application reification. In a particular embodiment, an application reification system is provided including one or more computer readable storage media and a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media. The application reification system further includes program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to preserve a version of application data at a first time and a configuration of an application at the first time. At a second time subsequent to the first time, the program instructions direct the processing system to create a template for a container containing the application in the configuration and a pointer to the version of the application data in a secondary storage repository.
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19 Claims
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1. An application reification system comprising:
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one or more computer readable storage media; a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media; and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to; preserve a version of application data at a first time, the version of application data including a copy of a state of an application at the first time, the application executing on a host system separate from the application reification system; preserve an application configuration of the application at the first time, the application configuration including information associated with the execution of the application at the first time; at a second time subsequent to the first time, receive, from the host system, a request to reify the application at the state corresponding to the first time in a container on the host system and in response to the request; create a container template, the container template including information associated with instantiating the container executing the application at the state corresponding to the first time, the container template including the application configuration of the application at the first time and a pointer to the version of the application data stored in a secondary storage repository, and instantiate, based on the created container template, the container executing the application at the state corresponding to the first time; copy the instantiated container on the application reification system; and provide the container template to the host system for reifying the application at the state corresponding to the first time in the container by using the application data stored in the second storage repository. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. The reification system of claim I, wherein the program instructions further direct the processing system to:
perform data integrity checks on the version of the application data.
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6. A method of application reification, the method comprising:
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preserving a version of application data at a first time, the version of application data including a copy of a state of an application at the first time, the application executing on a host system separate from the application reification system; preserving an application configuration of the application at the first time, the application configuration including information associated with the execution of the application at the first time; at a second time subsequent to the first time, receiving, from the host system, a request to reify the application at the state corresponding to the first time in a container on the host system; and in response to the request; creating a container template, the container template including information associated with instantiating the container executing the application at the state corresponding to the first time, the container template including the application configuration of the application at the first time and a pointer to the version of the application data stored in a secondary storage repository, and instantiating, based on the created container template, the container executing the application at the state corresponding to the first time; copying the instantiated container on the application reification system; and providing the container template to the host system for reifying the application at the state corresponding to the first time in the container by using the application data stored in the second storage repository. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions which, when read by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations in a method of application reification, the method comprising:
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preserving a version of application data at a first time, the version of application data including a copy of a state of an application at the first time, the application executing on a host system separate from the application reification system; preserving an application configuration of the application at the first time, the application configuration including information associated with the execution of the application at the first time; at a second time subsequent to the first time, receiving, from the host system, a request to reify the application at the state corresponding to the first time in a container on the host system; and in response to the request; creating a container template, the container template including information associated with instantiating the container executing the application at the state corresponding to the first time, the container template including the application configuration of the application at the first time and a pointer to the version of the application data stored in a secondary storage repository, and instantiating, based on the created container template, the container executing the application at the state corresponding to the first time; copying the instantiated container on the application reification system; and providing the container template to the host system for reifying the application at the state corresponding to the first time in the container by using the application data stored in the second storage repository. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A host system comprising:
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one or more computer readable storage media; a processing system operatively coupled with the one or more computer readable storage media; and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when read and executed by the processing system, direct the processing system to; executing an application in a production environment at a first time; at a second time later than the first time, receive a user instruction to reify the application at a state corresponding to the first time in a container on the host system; request, from an application reification system, a container template, the container template including information associated with instantiating the container executing the application at the state corresponding to the first time, the container template including an application configuration of the application and a pointer to a version of application data stored on a secondary repository, the application configuration including information associated with the execution of the application at the first time and the version of application data including a copy of the state of the application at the first time, the container instantiated based on the container template; and receive the container template from the application reification system; and instantiate the container executing the application wherein the application operates on the version of the application data stored on the secondary repository. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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