Techniques for dynamic network resiliency

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11018927-B2
Application number	US-202016744946-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 16, 2020
Priority date	May 10, 2019
Publication date	May 25, 2021
Grant date	May 25, 2021

Abstract

Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for dynamic network resiliency, such as by monitoring and controlling the configuration of one or more network components to ensure proper endpoint alignment, for instance. Some embodiments are particularly directed to a tool (e.g., resiliency agent) that can automatically recognize symptoms of issues with a network component, such as autoscaling, latency, traffic spikes, resource utilization spikes, etcetera, and respond appropriately to ensure continued and optimized operation of the network component. In many embodiments, the tool may dynamically reroute endpoint traffic, perform traffic balancing, and/or drive autoscaling to optimize operation of the network component in response to recognizing symptoms.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
monitor operation of a plurality of components implemented by a set of networked resources;
detect an issue with a first component in the plurality of components based on monitored operation of the first component;
access a component registry corresponding to the first component, the component registry located in a configuration registry for the plurality of components implemented by the set of networked resources, and the component registry comprising one or more configurations for the first component and one or more dependency configurations for a second component wherein the second component is dependent to the first component:
analyze the issue with the first component to select a configuration of the one or more configurations for the first component and a dependency configuration of the one or more dependency configurations:
apply the configuration to resolve the issue with the first component; and
apply the dependency configuration to prevent issues with the second component.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , the memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
monitor traffic flow of the first component; and
detect the issue with the first component based on a spike in the traffic flow of the first component.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , the memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
monitor a log of the first component; and
detect the issue with the first component based on an indication of an error in the log of the first component.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , the component registry comprising one or more dependency sets for the first component, and one or more dependency configurations corresponding to the one or more dependency sets of the first component, wherein at least one of the one or more dependency sets comprises the second component and at least a portion of the one or more dependency configurations corresponding to the one or more dependency sets of the first component comprises a plurality of dependency configurations for the second component.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , the memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to:
identify a dependency set of the one or more dependency sets and a dependency configuration of the one or more dependency configurations based on the configuration of the one or more configurations selected to resolve the issue with the first component; and
apply the dependency configuration to the dependency set to prevent dependency issues resulting from application of the configuration to resolve the issue with the first component.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 , the set of networked resources comprising a first region and a second region, and application of the configuration to resolve the issue with the first component comprising relocation of the first component from the first region to the second region.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , application of the dependency configuration of the dependency set to prevent dependency issues resulting from application of the configuration to resolve the issue with the first component comprising configuration of the second component implemented by the set of networked resources to communicate with the first component in the second region instead of the first region.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , the first component comprising a first application program interface (API) implemented by a first portion of the set of networked resources and the second component comprising a second API implemented by a second portion of the set of networked resources.

9. At least one non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising a set of instructions that, in response to being executed by a processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to:
monitor operation of a plurality of components implemented by a set of networked resources;
detect an issue with a first component in the plurality of components based on monitored operation of the first component;
access a component registry corresponding to the first component, the component registry located in a configuration registry for the plurality of components implemented by the set of networked resources, and the component registry comprising one or more configurations for the first component and one or more dependency configurations for a second component wherein the second component is dependent to the first component;
analyze the issue with the first component to select a configuration of the one or more configurations for the first component and a dependency configuration of the one or more dependency configurations;
apply the configuration to resolve the issue with the first component; and
apply the dependency configuration to prevent issues with the second component.

10. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , comprising instructions that, in response to being executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to:
monitor traffic flow of the first component; and
detect the issue with the first component based on a spike in the traffic flow of the first component.

11. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , comprising instructions that, in response to being executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to:
monitor a log of the first component; and
detect the issue with the first component based on an indication of an error in the log of the first component.

12. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , the component registry comprising one or more configurations for the first component, one or more dependency sets for the first component, and one or more dependency configurations corresponding to the one or more dependency sets of the first component, wherein at least one of the one or more dependency sets comprises the second component and at least a portion of the one or more dependency configurations corresponding to the one or more dependency sets of the first component comprises a plurality of dependency configurations for the second component.

13. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 12 , comprising instructions that, in response to being executed by the processor circuit, cause the processor circuit to:
identify a dependency set of the one or more dependency sets and a dependency configuration of the one or more dependency configurations based on the configuration of the one or more configurations selected to resolve the issue with the first component; and
apply the dependency configuration to the dependency set to prevent dependency issues resulting from application of the configuration to resolve the issue with the first component.

14. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 13 , the set of networked resources comprising a first region and a second region, and application of the configuration to resolve the issue with the first component comprising relocation of the first component from the first region to the second region.

15. The at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , application of the dependency configuration of the dependency set to prevent dependency issues resulting from application of the configuration to resolve the issue with the first component comprising configuration of the second component implemented by the set of networked resources to communicate with the fir

Assignees

• Capital One Services Llc

Inventors

• Helbing Lindsay
• Pinos Bryan
• Barnum Eric

Classifications

• H04L41/0894

  Policy-based network configuration management · CPC title

• H04L41/0661 Primary

  by reconfiguring faulty entities · CPC title

• H04L43/0894

  Packet rate · CPC title

• H04L41/0816

  the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events · CPC title

• H04L41/0859

  by keeping history of different configuration generations or by rolling back to previous configuration versions · CPC title