Persistent data storage for a microservices application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10963235-B2
Application number	US-201916438907-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 12, 2019
Priority date	Mar 17, 2017
Publication date	Mar 30, 2021
Grant date	Mar 30, 2021

Abstract

A device can receive a specification identifying information associated with a stateful microservices application. The device can provide a request for storage information associated with the stateful microservices application based on the information included in the specification. The device can receive the storage information based on providing the request. The device can execute a storage installation procedure to provide the stateful microservices application with a storage volume based on receiving the storage information. The storage volume can be capable of providing persistent data storage. The device can provide a notification that the stateful microservices application is available for deployment on the device based on executing the storage installation procedure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device in a microservices management platform, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors to:
generate, at a client manager or client-side data manager, a request for storage information, including a microservices application identifier associated with a stateful microservices application, based on information that is included in a specification and is associated with the stateful microservices application;
provide the request based on the information included in the specification,
the request to cause a server-side data manager to determine that the stateful microservices application is requesting the storage information for a first time based on a comparison of the microservices application identifier with a data structure comprising a plurality of microservices application identifiers,
the storage information including information associated with a storage volume, and
the server-side data manager obtaining the storage information from a storage node;

execute a storage installation procedure to provide the stateful microservices application with the storage volume based on receiving the storage information; and
provide a notification that the stateful microservices application is available for deployment on the device based on executing the storage installation procedure.

2. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors are further to:
receive, from the server-side data manager, the storage information,
the storage volume including a shared directory that is accessible by one or more containers that host the stateful microservices application.

3. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when receiving the specification, are to:
receive the specification from the stateful microservices application via an application programming interface enabled by a plugin.

4. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when executing the storage installation procedure, are to:
configure the device to support traffic to flow from the device to the storage node.

5. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors, when executing the storage installation procedure, are to:
attach the storage volume using the storage information, and
generate a file system based attaching the storage volume.

6. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors are further to:
receive an indication that the stateful microservices application has been deployed;
receive traffic associated with a client device writing data to the storage volume;
determine that the traffic does not satisfy a threshold; and
receive additional storage based on determining that the traffic does not satisfy the threshold.

7. The device of claim 1 , where the one or more processors are further to:
receive the specification identifying the information associated with the stateful microservices application.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device in a microservices management platform, cause the one or more processors to:
generate, at a client manager or client-side data manager, a request for storage information, including a microservices application identifier associated with a stateful microservices application, based on information that is included in a specification and is associated with the stateful microservices application;
provide the request based on the information included in the specification,
the request to cause a server-side data manager to determine that the stateful microservices application is requesting the storage information for a first time based on a comparison of the microservices application identifier with a data structure comprising a plurality of microservices application identifiers,
the storage information including information associated with a storage volume, and
the server-side data manager obtaining the storage information from a storage node;

execute a storage installation procedure to provide the stateful microservices application with the storage volume based on receiving the storage information; and
provide a notification that the stateful microservices application is available for deployment on the device based on executing the storage installation procedure.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
receive, from the server-side data manager, the storage information,
the storage volume including a shared directory that is accessible by one or more containers that host the stateful microservices application.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to receive the specification, cause the one or more processors to:
receive the specification from the stateful microservices application via an application programming interface enabled by a plugin.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to execute the storage installation procedure, cause the one or more processors to:
configure the device to support traffic to flow from the device to the storage node.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to execute the storage installation procedure, cause the one or more processors to:
attach the storage volume using the storage information, and
generate a file system based attaching the storage volume.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
receive an indication that the stateful microservices application has been deployed;
receive traffic associated with a client device writing data to the storage volume;
determine that the traffic does not satisfy a threshold; and
receive additional storage based on determining that the traffic does not satisfy the threshold.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 8 , where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:
receive the specification identifying the information associated with the stateful microservices application.

15. A method comprising:
generating, at a client manager or client-side data manager on a device, a request for storage information, including a microservices application identifier associated with a stateful microservices application, based on information that is included in a specification and is associated with the stateful microservices application;
providing the request based on the information included in the specification,
the request to cause a server-side data manager to determine that the stateful microservices application is requesting the storage information for a first time based on a comparison of the microservices application identifier with a data structure comprising a plurality of microservices application identifiers,
the storage information including information associated with a storage volume, and
the server-side data manager obtaining the storage information from a storage node;

executing a storage installation procedure to provide the stateful microservices application with the storage volume based on receiving the

Assignees

• Verizon Patent & Licensing Inc

Inventors

• Holman Candace
• Apte Aniket
• Jain Kapil
• Chugtu Manish
• Tahir Rehan

Classifications

• G06F8/60 Primary

  Software deployment · CPC title

• G06F9/5077

  Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources (specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455) · CPC title

• G06F9/5072

  Grid computing · CPC title

• G06F9/5011

  the resources being hardware resources other than CPUs, Servers and Terminals · CPC title

• G06F8/61 Primary

  Installation · CPC title