IP Library Granted Patent US 12,248,798
Granted Patent B2
US 12,248,798 · App. 17/385,712 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Sharing templates and multi-instance cloud deployable applications

Inventors: Dan Macpherson (Brisbane, AU); Scott Wayne Seago (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
G06F9/45558G06F8/63G06F2009/45562
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Patent No.
US 12,248,798
App. No.
17/385,712
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and system determining whether the deployment has been prepared for launch on cloud. The method including receiving, by a server computer, a set of associated image templates to a template repository. The method further including receiving, in the template repository by a processing device of the server computer, a compatible deployable template that is compatible with, and distinct from, the set of associated image templates, wherein the compatible deployable template comprises information for launching the cloud server by starting the plurality of virtual machines from the plurality of virtual machine images together to create a cloud server. The method further including providing the compatible deployable.

Claims (39)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a processing device, a set of image templates to a template repository, wherein the set of image templates is for building a cloud server image that comprises a plurality of virtual machine images to launch a plurality of virtual machines in a cloud provider, and wherein each of the plurality of virtual machine images is associated with an image template of the set of image templates;

identifying, by the processing device, a compatible deployable template that is compatible with, and distinct from, the set of image templates;

tagging, based on user input, the compatible deployable template with information indicating that the compatible deployable template is associated with a firewall function;

including a parameter in the compatible deployable template to enable input of a list of modules; and

generating, by the processing device, a cloud server that uses the firewall function by modifying the set of image templates based on the compatible deployable template that includes the parameter.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, in the template repository, the compatible deployable template, wherein the compatible deployable template comprises information to launch the cloud server image.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising starting the plurality of virtual machines from the plurality of virtual machine images together to create the cloud server using the compatible deployable template.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

associating the set of image templates and the compatible deployable template with user feedback.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the user feedback comprises a rating.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of image templates is customizable.

7. A system comprising:

a memory; and

a processing device operatively coupled to the memory to:

receive a set of image templates to a template repository, wherein the set of image templates is for building a cloud server image that comprises a plurality of virtual machine images to launch a plurality of virtual machines in a cloud provider, and wherein each of the plurality of virtual machine images is associated with an image template of the set of image templates;

identify a compatible deployable template that is compatible with, and distinct from, the set of image templates;

tag, based on user input, the compatible deployable template with information indicating that the compatible deployable template is associated with a firewall function;

include a parameter in the compatible deployable template to enable input of a list of modules; and

generate a cloud server that uses the firewall function by modifying the set of image templates based on the compatible deployable template that includes the parameter.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processing device further to receive, in the template repository, the compatible deployable template, wherein the compatible deployable template comprises information to launch the cloud server image.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the processing device further to start the plurality of virtual machines from the plurality of virtual machine images together to create the cloud server using the compatible deployable template.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processing device further to associate the set of image templates and the compatible deployable template with user feedback.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the user feedback comprises a rating.

12. The system of claim 7 , wherein the set of image templates is customizable.

13. The system of claim 7 , wherein the compatible deployable template comprises instructions to install and configure the set of image templates.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:

receive, by the processing device, a set of image templates to a template repository, wherein the set of image templates is for building a cloud server image that comprises a plurality of virtual machine images to launch a plurality of virtual machines in a cloud provider, and wherein each of the plurality of virtual machine images is associated with an image template of the set of image templates;

identify, by the processing device, a compatible deployable template that is compatible with, and distinct from, the set of image templates;

tag, based on user input, the compatible deployable template with information indicating that the compatible deployable template is associated with a firewall function;

include a parameter in the compatible deployable template to enable input of a list of modules; and

generate, by the processing device, a cloud server that uses the firewall function by modifying the set of image templates based on the compatible deployable template that includes the parameter.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the processing device further to receive, in the template repository, the compatible deployable template, wherein the compatible deployable template comprises information to launch the cloud server image.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the processing device further to start the plurality of virtual machines from the plurality of virtual machine images together to create the cloud server using the compatible deployable template.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the processing device further to associate the set of image templates and the compatible deployable template with user feedback.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein the user feedback comprises a rating.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the set of image templates is customizable.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the processing device further to install and configure the set of image templates.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 3, 2026
From: RED HAT, INC.
To: RED HAT, LLC
Reel/Frame 074913/0759 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2021
From: MACPHERSON, DAN; SEAGO, SCOTT WAYNE
To: RED HAT, INC.
Reel/Frame 056988/0105 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16866021 · May 4, 2020
Continuation 13737796 · Jan 9, 2013
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