Red Hat, Inc.

Ansible, Inc.

Matthew W Jones

Michael P DeHaan

Christopher S Church

Christopher L Houseknecht

Jesse H Jaggars

William E Nottingham

Alan S Rominger

Joshua Ginsberg

Steven S McDonald

Ryan Petrello

In some implementations, a method is provided. The method includes receiving at an origin controller node, a task and determining a destination work node where the task is to be executed, wherein the origin controller node and the destination work node each comprise a receptor node among a plurality of receptor nodes forming a receptor network, and each of the plurality of receptor nodes functions as one or more of a router node, a controller node, and a work node. The method further includes determining a first router node comprising a first hop on an optimal path to the destination work node, the first router node determined from among a set of receptor nodes functioning at least as router nodes. The method further includes transmitting the task to the destination work node via the first router node and performing the task via the destination work node.

Relaying network management tasks using a multi-service receptor network

Configuration of computing devices via containers is disclosed. A container image is accessed from a container image storage. A first container is initiated, into a container environment, from the container image with a first runtime variable. The first runtime variable identifies a first operational script of a first plurality of operational scripts, the first operational script identifying configuration actions to be performed on a plurality of managed computing devices. The container image comprises an execution layer that causes execution of a configurator. The configurator is configured to receive the first runtime variable, access the first operational script of the first plurality of operational scripts identified by the first runtime variable, perform the configuration actions identified in the first operational script on at least some of the plurality of managed computing devices, and communicate, outside of the first container, output results that identify an outcome of the configuration actions.

Configuration of computing devices via containers

Mechanisms for controlling access to credentials are disclosed. A computing device receives, at a first time, a request associated with a user to initiate a plurality of actions against a computing resource of a plurality of computing resources, the request including a credential identifier that identifies a credential. A memory is accessed, based on the credential identifier, to retrieve the credential identified by the credential identifier that was stored in the memory at a time prior to the first time, the credential comprising authentication information configured to authenticate the plurality of actions to the computing resource. The computing device communicates the request and the authentication information to an orchestration engine for execution of the plurality of actions against the computing resource.

Methods and apparatus for using credentials to access computing resources

Mechanisms for controlling access to a computing resource are disclosed. A request to initiate an action against a computing resource of a plurality of computing resources is received from a user. A plurality of permission definitions that identify a plurality of corresponding permissions that grant access to the plurality of computing resources is accessed. Based on a set of permissions comprising at least one permission associated with the user and at least one permission associated with a team of which the user is a member, it is determined that at least one permission in the set of permissions grants the user access to the computing resource. The request to initiate the action against the computing resource is processed.

Role-based permissions for accessing computing resources

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