Method or image management in distributed cloud

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9268550-B2
Application number	US-201313852259-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 28, 2013
Priority date	Mar 28, 2013
Publication date	Feb 23, 2016
Grant date	Feb 23, 2016

Abstract

Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of managing the distribution of images in a distributed cloud network by a network management system, including: receiving, by the network management system, a request for an image for a network node; identifying, by the network management system, an image from a plurality of images compatible with the network node; and initiating, by the network management system, installation of the image on the network node.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of managing the distribution of images in a distributed cloud network by a network management system comprising a processor, the method comprising:
receiving, by the network management system, configured to manage the distribution of images in the distributed cloud network by the network management system, an image request for a cloud network node, wherein the image request specifies at least one requested image characteristic;
identifying, by the network management system and based on the image request, an image compatible with the cloud network node from a plurality of images having the at least one requested image characteristic;
determining that the identified image is installed on a second cloud network node;
initiating, by the network management system, installation of the image on the cloud network node from the second cloud network node onto the cloud network node;
validating an URL by the network management system, checking that the URL is a valid URL and checking meta-data; and
distributing the URL to the image requesting cloud network nodes, allowing each image requesting cloud network node to download the image.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of images are stored on an image storage device.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the image storage device is an image server.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the image storage device includes an image identifier (ID) table.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the image storage device includes a cloud node image ID table.

6. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
determining that the identified image is not available for retrieval from the image storage device.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprises storing the identified image from the second cloud network node on the image storage device.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of images are stored on the network management system.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating installation of the image includes sending to the cloud network node a network location identifier to the location of the image.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein initiating installation of the image includes streaming the image to the cloud network node.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one requested image characteristic is an operating system type; and
wherein the plurality of images are stored with an associated image identifier (ID) table on an image server.

12. A network management system that manages the distribution of images in a distributed cloud network, the network management system comprising:
a data storage;
a processor to manage the distribution of images in the distributed cloud network by the network management system in communication with the data storage, the processor being configured to:
receive an image request for a cloud network node, wherein the image request specifies at least one requested image characteristic;
identify, based on the image request, an image compatible with the cloud network node from a plurality of images having the at least one requested image characteristic;
determine that the identified image is installed on a second cloud network node;
initiate installation of the image on the network node from the second cloud network node onto the cloud network node;
validate an URL by the network management system, checking the URL is a valid URL and checking meta-data; and
distribute the URL to the image requesting cloud network nodes, allowing each image requesting cloud network node to download the image.

13. The network management system of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of images are stored on an image storage device.

14. The network management system of claim 13 , wherein the image storage device is an image server.

15. The network management system of claim 13 , wherein the image storage device includes an image identifier (ID) table.

16. The network management system of claim 15 , wherein the image storage device includes a cloud node image ID table.

17. The network management system of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine that the identified image is not available for retrieval from the image storage device.

18. The network management system of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to store the identified image from the second cloud network node on the image storage device.

19. The network management system of claim 12 , wherein the plurality of images are stored on the network management system.

20. The network management system of claim 12 , wherein initiating installation of the image includes sending to the cloud network node a network location identifier to the location of the image.

21. The network management system of claim 12 , wherein initiating installation of the image includes streaming the image to the cloud network node.

22. The network management system of claim 12 , wherein the at least one requested image characteristic is an operating system type; and
wherein the plurality of images are stored with an associated image identifier (ID) table on an image server.

Assignees

• Alcatel Lucent Israel Ltd
• Alcatel Lucent

Inventors

• Stolberg Inbar
• Dror Ittay
• Ben-Harush Avi
• Sinvani Assaf
• Efrat Elhay
• Bortman Limor

Classifications

• G06F8/63 Primary

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