Software container recommendation service

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9720709-B1
Application number	US-201514822753-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Aug 10, 2015
Priority date	Jun 19, 2014
Publication date	Aug 1, 2017
Grant date	Aug 1, 2017

Abstract

A technology is described for a software container recommendation service. An example method may include collecting utilization metrics for an application hosted on a computing instance. The utilization metrics may be a measure of computing resources used by the application. The utilization metrics may be analyzed to determine a level of computing resources for the computing instance used by the application. A software container configuration for the application may be determined based at least in part on the utilization metrics when analysis of the utilization metrics indicates an underutilization of computing resources by the application. The specifications of the software container configuration may then be provided to a customer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, the instructions when executed by a processor:
monitor utilization metrics measuring computing resources for a computing device used to execute an application over a predetermined time period;
analyze the utilization metrics to determine a level of capacity utilization of the computing resources used to execute the application using a defined capacity utilization level to determine whether the computing resources are underutilized in executing the application;
determine a software container configuration for the application using the utilization metrics as a result of underutilization of the computing resources by the application, the software container providing an isolated environment for the application in a virtual container in which the application and application dependencies are contained; and
create the software container for the application according to the software container configuration for the application on a host computing device selected to host the software container.

2. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium as in claim 1 , further comprising instructions that when executed by the processor determine a minimal amount of computing resources used to execute the software container configuration, based at least in part on the utilization metrics that provide a measure of computing resources used to execute the application.

3. A non-transitory machine readable storage medium as in claim 1 , wherein the host computing device selected to host the software container hosts multiple software containers.

4. A computer implemented method, comprising:
analyzing utilization metrics, using a processor, to determine a level of computing resources used by an application executing on a computing instance;
determining a software container configuration for the application, using the processor, when analysis of the utilization metrics indicates an underutilization of computing resources by the application based at least in part on the utilization metrics, a software container providing an isolated environment for an application on a computing instance by creating a virtual container in which the application and application dependencies are contained;
providing specifications of the software container configuration; and
creating the software container for the application according to the software container configuration for the application on a computing device selected to host the software container.

5. A method as in claim 4 , further comprising generating a software container script used to create the software container for the application when executed on the computing device selected to host the software container.

6. A method as in claim 4 , further comprising transmitting a software container script to the computing device selected to host the software container, wherein executing the software container script on the computing device creates the software container.

7. A method as in claim 6 , further comprising transmitting the software container script to the computing device selected to host the software container using a cryptographic network protocol.

8. A method as in claim 4 , further comprising collecting utilization metrics by a daemon on the computing instance executing the application, where the computing instance interfaces with a data collection service to receive utilization metrics and store the utilization metrics in a data store.

9. A method as in claim 8 , further comprising collecting utilization metrics using the daemon for a defined period of time.

10. A method as in claim 4 , wherein determining the software container configuration further comprises determining a sizing specification for the software container, the sizing specification indicating a constraint on computing resources used to execute an application contained in the software container.

11. A method as in claim 4 , further comprising determining sizing specifications for the computing device to host the software container where the sizing specifications indicate an amount of computing resources available on the computing device to execute the software container.

12. A method as in claim 4 , further comprising placing a plurality of software containers on the computing device where sizing specifications of the plurality of software containers are used to determine a sizing specification of the computing device.

13. A method as in claim 4 , further comprising providing a software container template configured for a first customer to a second customer, wherein the software container template is transmitted to the computing device owned by the second customer.

14. A method as in claim 4 , further comprising transmitting the software container generated according to the software container configuration to the computing device using a network protocol.

15. A method as in claim 4 , further comprising receiving modifications to the software container configuration submitted by a customer.

16. A method as in claim 4 , further comprising receiving a selection of the computing device to host the software container created using the software container configuration.

17. A system comprising:
a processor;
a data store for utilization metrics;
a memory device including instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to:
monitor utilization metrics for a computing device used to execute an application and store the utilization metrics in the data store, wherein the utilization metrics measure computing resources used to execute the application;
analyze the utilization metrics to determine a level of capacity utilization of the computing device used to execute the application;
determine a software container configuration based at least in part on the utilization metrics when analysis of the utilization metrics indicates an underutilization of the computing resources by the application, a software container providing an isolated environment for an application on a computing device by creating a virtual container in which the application and application dependencies are contained; and
create the software container for the application according to the software container configuration for the application on a host computing device selected to host the software container, wherein the host computing device hosts multiple software containers.

18. A system as in claim 17 , wherein the memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to receive capacity utilization data for the application collected from the computing device executing the application and calculate utilization metrics used to determine specifications of the software container for the application.

19. A system as in claim 17 , wherein the memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to receive modifications to the software container configuration from a customer.

20. A system as in claim 17 , wherein the memory device includes instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the system to receive a request to create the software container according to the software container configuration and transmit the software container to a specified computing device.

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Stickle Thomas Charles

Classifications

• 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

• G06F9/44505 Primary

  Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files · CPC title

• G06F11/301

  where the computing system is a virtual computing platform, e.g. logically partitioned systems (virtual machines G06F9/45533; logical partitioning of resources G06F9/5077) · CPC title

• G06F11/3409

  for performance assessment · CPC title

• G06F11/3442

  for planning or managing the needed capacity · CPC title