Method or image management in distributed cloud
View Patent ↗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.
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.