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System and method for managing a virtual appliance lifecycle

  • US 8,868,608 B2
  • Filed: 06/01/2009
  • Issued: 10/21/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for managing a virtual appliance lifecycle, comprising:

  • one or more physical processors programmed to execute one or more computer executable instructions which, when executed, cause the one or more physical processors to;

    receive a request to create a software appliance, wherein the create request includes information identifying an image format for the software appliance;

    identify a plurality of software components of the software appliance;

    identify one or more source repositories containing the plurality of software components;

    receive, from the one or more source repositories, one or more files corresponding to the plurality of software components;

    create an image description for the software appliance that identifies the plurality of software components and the one or more source repositories;

    build, on a first virtual machine, an image of the software appliance, wherein building the image comprises;

    creating, in a physical extend of a space allocated to the first virtual machine, a file system layout for the image, wherein the file system layout includes a directory structure for the plurality of software components;

    storing the one or more files to the file system layout in accordance with the directory structure;

    identifying a conflict between, at least two of the plurality of software components;

    resolving the conflict by removing one of the at least two of the plurality of software components from the image; and

    formatting the image of the software appliance in accordance with the image format; and

    transmit the image over a network to one or more devices configured to execute the image on a second virtual machine.

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