Methods and apparatus for re-use of a container in an edge computing environment

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12095844-B2
Application number	US-202017069809-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2020
Priority date	Oct 13, 2020
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture for re-use of a container in an edge computing environment are disclosed. An example method includes detecting that a container executed at an edge node of a cloud computing environment is to be cleaned, deleting user data from the container, the deletion of the user data performed without deleting the container from the memory of the edge node, restoring settings of the container to a default state; and storing information identifying the container, the information including a flavor of the container, the storing of the information to enable the container to be re-used by a subsequent requestor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An apparatus for re-use of containers, the apparatus comprising:
memory including machine-readable instructions;
at least one processor to execute the machine readable instructions to at least:
detect that a container executed at an edge node of a cloud computing environment is to be cleaned;
delete user data from the container, the deletion of the user data performed without deleting the container from the memory of the edge node;
restore settings of the container to a default state; and
store information identifying the container, the information including a flavor of the container, the storing of the information to enable the container to be re-used by a subsequent requestor.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further to, in response to detection of a subsequent request to access the container:
identify the container based on a flavor identifier included in the subsequent request; and
provide access to the container.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further to, in response to the subsequent request requesting identity validation of the container, generate a proof of identity of the container.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the processor is further to, in response to the subsequent request requesting validation of data stored in the container, validate the data stored in the container.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further to detect that the container is to be cleaned in response to an indication that use of the container is complete.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further to detect that the container is to be cleaned in response to a threshold amount of time since the container was last used having elapsed.

7. At least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed, cause at least one processor to at least:
detect that a container executed at an edge node of a cloud computing environment is to be cleaned;
delete user data from the container, the deletion of the user data performed without deleting the container from a memory of the edge node;
restore settings of the container to a default state; and
store information identifying the container, the information including a configuration of the container, the storing of the information to enable the container to be re-used by a subsequent requestor.

8. The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further to, in response to detection of a subsequent request to access the container:
identify the container based on a configuration identifier included in the subsequent request; and
provide access to the container.

9. The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further to, in response to the subsequent request requesting identity validation of the container, generate a proof of identity of the container.

10. The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further to, in response to the subsequent request requesting validation of the data stored in the container, validate data stored in the container.

11. The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further to detect that the container is to be cleaned in response to an indication that use of the container is complete.

12. The at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the processor is further to detect that the container is to be cleaned in response to a threshold amount of time since the container was last used having elapsed.

13. A method for re-use of containers, the method comprising:
detecting that a container executed at an edge node of a cloud computing environment is to be cleaned;
deleting user data from the container, the deletion of the user data performed without deleting the container from a memory of the edge node;
restoring settings of the container to a default state; and
storing information identifying the container, the information including a flavor of the container, the storing of the information to enable the container to be re-used by a subsequent requestor.

14. The method of claim 13 , further including, in response to detection of a subsequent request to access the container:
identifying the container based on a flavor identifier included in the subsequent request; and
providing access to the container.

15. The method of claim 14 , further including, in response to the subsequent request requesting identity validation of the container, generating a proof of identity of the container.

16. The method of claim 14 , further including, in response to the subsequent request requesting validation of data stored in the container, validating the data stored in the container.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the detecting that the container is to be cleaned is performed in response to an indication that use of the container is complete.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the detecting that the container is to be cleaned is performed in response to a threshold amount of time since the container was last used having elapsed.

19. An apparatus for re-use of containers, the apparatus comprising:
means for detecting that a container executed at an edge node of a cloud computing environment is to be cleaned; and
means for cleaning to delete user data from the container, the deletion of the user data performed without deleting the container from a memory of the edge node, the means for cleaning to restore settings of the container to a default state, the means for cleaning to store information identifying the container, the information including a flavor of the container, the storing of the information to enable the container to be re-used by a subsequent requestor.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the means for detecting is further to, in response to detection of a subsequent request to access the container:
identify the container based on a flavor identifier included in the subsequent request; and
provide access to the container.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , further including means for attesting to, in response to the subsequent request requesting identity validation of the container, generate a proof of identity of the container.

22. The apparatus of claim 20 , further including means for attesting to, in response to the subsequent request requesting validation of data stored in the container, validate the data stored in the container.

23. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the means for detecting is to detect that the container is to be cleaned in response to an indication that use of the container is complete.

24. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the means for detecting is to detect that the container is to be cleaned in response to a threshold amount of time since the container was last used having elapsed.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Guim Bernat Francesc
• Ganesh Brinda
• Verrall Timothy
• Smith Ned
• Doshi Kshitij

Classifications

• H04L67/5682 Primary

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