Granted Patent B2

US 12,530,245 · App. 17/953,886 · Granted Jan 20, 2026

Inventors: Paolo Antinori (Milan, IT); Rishab Prasad (Bangalore, IN); Leigh Griffin (Waterford, IE)

Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.

G06F9/5088G06F8/63G06F9/5077

Abstract

Claims (53)

1 . A method comprising:

performing, by a first computing device, a first pull operation for a first container image, wherein the first container image was generated using a first container management tool that is incompatible with the first computing device;

sending, by a daemon executing on the first computing device, first data indicating the first container image to at least one remote computing device configured to read a first binary representation of the first container image, the first binary representation being associated with the first container management tool;

receiving, by the daemon and from the at least one remote computing device, a second binary representation of the first container image that corresponds to a second container management tool associated with the first computing device, the first binary representation being translated into the second binary representation;

receiving, by the daemon and from the at least one remote computing device, second data including instructions effective to cause the first computing device to store the second binary representation in a file location associated with the second container management tool; and

executing, by the first computing device, a first container by the second container management tool using the second binary representation.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one remote computing device is configured to:

generate the second binary representation;

send the second binary representation of the first container image to the first computing device; and

send the instructions to the first computing device to store a first layer of the first container image in a first location in a local file system of the first computing device, wherein the first location is associated with the second container management tool.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a first number of layers of the first container image; and

storing the first number of layers of the first container image at a first location in a file repository that is associated with the first container management tool, wherein the second binary representation comprises instructions to store pointer data at a second location in the file repository that is associated with the second container management tool.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the pointer data points to the first location in the file repository.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that the first container image is open container initiative (OCI) compliant and that the first container management tool is associated with a different set of file repository locations than the second container management tool.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

scanning the first computing device to determine a set of container management tools being executed by the first computing device; and

translating the first binary representation into a respective modified binary representation for each container management tool of the set of container management tools.

7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

determining a set of file locations associated with each container management tool of the set of container management tools; and

generating instructions effective to cause the first computing device to store each of the respective modified binary representations in a corresponding one of the file locations associated with the respective container management tool.

8 . A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

non-transitory computer-readable memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, are effective to:

perform, by a first computing device, a first pull operation for a first container image, wherein the first container image was generated using a first container management tool that is incompatible with the first computing device;

send, by a daemon executing on the first computing device, first data indicating the first container image to at least one remote computing device configured to read a first binary representation of the first container image, the first binary representation being associated with the first container management tool;

receive, by the daemon and from the at least one remote computing device, a second binary representation of the first container image that corresponds to a second container management tool associated with the first computing device, the first binary representation being translated into the second binary representation;

receive, by the daemon and from the at least one remote computing device, second data including instructions effective to cause the first computing device to store the second binary representation in a file location associated with the second container management tool; and

execute, by the first computing device, a first container by the second container management tool using the second binary representation.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one remote computing device is configured to:

generate the second binary representation;

send the second binary representation of the first container image to the first computing device; and

send the instructions to the first computing device to store a first layer of the first container image in a first location in a local file system of the first computing device, wherein the first location is associated with the second container management tool.

10 . The system of claim 8 , the non-transitory computer-readable memory storing further instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, are further effective to:

determine a first number of layers of the first container image; and

store the first number of layers of the first container image at a first location in a file repository that is associated with the first container management tool, wherein the second binary representation comprises instructions to store pointer data at a second location in the file repository that is associated with the second container management tool.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the pointer data points to the first location in the file repository.

12 . The system of claim 8 , the non-transitory computer-readable memory storing further instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, are further effective to:

determine that the first container image is open container initiative (OCI) compliant and that the first container management tool is associated with a different set of file repository locations than the second container management tool.

13 . The system of claim 8 , the non-transitory computer-readable memory storing further instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, are further effective to:

scan the first computing device to determine a set of container management tools being executed by the first computing device; and

translate the first binary representation into a respective modified binary representation for each container management tool of the set of container management tools.

14 . The system of claim 13 , the non-transitory computer-readable memory storing further instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, are further effective to:

determine a set of file locations associated with each container management tool of the set of container management tools; and

generate instructions effective to cause the first computing device to store each of the respective modified binary representations in a corresponding one of the file locations associated with the respective container management tool.

15 . A non-transitory computer-readable memory storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, are effective to perform operations comprising:

performing, by a first computing device, a first pull operation for a first container image, wherein the first container image was generated using a first container management tool that is incompatible with the first computing device;

sending, by a daemon executing on the first computing device, first data indicating the first container image to at least one remote computing device configured to read a first binary representation of the first container image, the first binary representation being associated with the first container management tool;

receiving, by the daemon and from the at least one remote computing device, a second binary representation of the first container image that corresponds to a second container management tool associated with the first computing device, the first binary representation being translated into the second binary representation;

receiving, by the daemon and from the at least one remote computing device, second data including instructions effective to cause the first computing device to store the second binary representation in a corresponding file location associated with the second container management tool; and

executing, by the first computing device, a first container by the second container management tool using the second binary representation.

16 . The non-transitory computer-readable memory of claim 15 , storing further instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, are effective to perform operations further comprising:

determining that the first container image is open container initiative (OCI) compliant and that the first container management tool is associated with a different set of file repository locations than the second container management tool.

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