Unified and persistent network configuration

• US 9,762,436 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2014
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Puimedon, Antoni Segura
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Le H
• Application Number:
  US14/189,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20150244569A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,295 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44536 Selecting among different versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0843 based on generic templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0859 by keeping history of different configuration generations or by rolling back to previous configuration versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0863 by rolling back to previous configuration versions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration

Abstract

A system and a method are disclosed to configure networking components, including in response to a first configuration command, creating a running configuration for a host computer, saving the running configuration in a configuration file stored in a temporary directory, and in response to receiving a second configuration command to make the running configuration persistent, copying the configuration file to a persistent directory.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a first command to create a first running configuration associated with a host computer executing a virtual machine;

in response to receiving the first command, generating a first configuration file comprising the first running configuration associated with the host computer executing the virtual machine;

storing the first configuration file in a temporary directory associated with the host computer;

receiving a second command to make the first running configuration persistent over a reboot of the host computer;

in response to receiving the second command, executing an atomic copy of the first configuration file from the temporary directory to a persistent directory associated with the host computer;

executing the third command to create a second running configuration for the host computer;

storing the second running configuration in a second configuration file in the temporary directory; and

responsive to detecting a rollback event relating to the second running configuration, reverting the second running configuration back to the running configuration using the first configuration file stored in the temporary directory.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

in response to detecting a reboot of the host computer, executing a fourth command to set up a network configuration of the host computer using the first configuration file stored in persistent directory.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the third command to set up network configurations for the host computer.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to detecting a second rollback event relating to the first running configuration, reverting the first running configuration back to the running configuration using the first configuration file stored in the persistent directory.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first configuration file of the first running configuration comprise an address and an identifier of a networking component of the host computer.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprises:

building the first running configuration in a memory associated with the host computer from the first configuration file stored in the temporary directory and from data indicating networking changes received in the first command; and

storing the built first running configuration in the temporary directory.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the atomic copy is an atomic operation with respect to the first configuration file.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a storage device; and

a processing device, communicably coupled to the storage device, to;

receive a first command to create a first running configuration associated with a host computer executing a virtual machine;

in response to receiving the first command, generate a first configuration file comprising the first running configuration associated with the host computer executing the virtual machine;

store the first configuration file in a temporary directory associated with the host computer;

receive a second command to make the running configuration persistent over a reboot of the host computer;

in response to receiving the second command, execute an atomic copy of the first configuration file from the temporary directory to a persistent directory associated with the processing device;

execute the third command to create a second running configuration for the host computer;

store the second running configuration in a second configuration file in the temporary directory; and

responsive to detecting a rollback event relating to the second running configuration, revert the second running configuration back to the running configuration using the first configuration file stored in the temporary directory.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processing device is further to:

in response to detecting a reboot of the processing device, execute a fourth command to set up a network configuration of the processing device using the first configuration file stored in persistent directory.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processing device is further to:

receive the third command to set up network configurations for the processing device.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein responsive to detecting a second rollback event relating to the first running configuration, the processing device is further to

revert the first running configuration back to the running configuration using the first configuration file stored in the persistent directory.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the first configuration file of the first running configuration comprise an address and an identifier of a networking component of the processing device.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

building the first running configuration in a memory associated with the processing device from the first configuration file stored in the temporary directory and from data indicating networking changes received in the first command; and

store the built first running configuration in the temporary directory.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the atomic copy is an atomic operation with respect to the first configuration file.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device of a host computer, cause the processing device of the host computer to:

receive a first command to create a first running configuration associated with a host computer executing a virtual machine;

in response receiving the first command, generate a first configuration file comprising the first running configuration associated with the host computer executing the virtual machine;

store, by the processing device, the first configuration file in a temporary directory associated with the host computer;

receive a second command to make the running configuration persistent over a reboot of the host computer;

in response to receiving the second command, execute an atomic copy of the first configuration file from the temporary directory to a persistent directory associated with the host computer;

execute the third command to create a second running configuration for the host computer;

store the second running configuration in a second configuration file in the temporary directory; and

responsive to detecting a rollback event relating to the second running configuration, revert the second running configuration back to the running configuration using the first configuration file stored in the temporary directory.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the processing device is further to:

in response to detecting a reboot of the host computer, execute a fourth command to set up a network configuration of the host computer using the first configuration file stored in persistent directory.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the processing device is further to:

receive the third command to set up network configurations for the host computer.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first configuration file of the first running configuration comprise an address and an identifier of a networking component of the host computer.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise:

building the first running configuration in a memory associated with the host computer from the first configuration file stored in the temporary directory and from data indicating networking changes received in the first command; and

store the built first running configuration in the temporary directory.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the atomic copy is an atomic operation with respect to the first configuration file.