Red Hat, Inc.

Todd Brian Sanders

Wes Hayutin

John Matthews

Christopher Duryee

James Slagle

Jason Edward Dobies

Chris Morgan

A client system maintains a source list comprising an ordered sequence of a plurality of content delivery servers. The ordered sequence indicates a sequence of the plurality of content delivery servers for the client system to send a request to obtain a mirror list. Each of the plurality of content delivery servers maintains a cluster membership list identifying the content delivery servers in a cluster, wherein the source list is configured in view of a cluster membership list. The client system determines that a first content delivery server in the ordered sequence of the source list is unavailable. A mirror list request is sent to a next content delivery server listed on the source list. The client system receives, from the next content delivery server in the source list, an updated mirror list including an updated load balanced ordered sequence of the plurality of content delivery servers in view of an availability associated with remaining content delivery servers of the plurality of content delivery servers for the client system to contact to obtain an update package comprising information relating to a computing resource associated with the client system.

Update package distribution using load balanced content delivery servers

A high availability and load balanced content delivery system and method. A cloud computing content delivery system is provided including multiple content delivery servers (CDSs) configured to deliver content to multiple client devices. The client devices are configured to maintain a source list identifying the multiple CDSs and a primary CDS. The client devices send requests (e.g., yum requests) to the CDS for the mirror list. The client device then uses the mirror list and sends content requests to a first entry on the mirror list. Each CDS is configured to update the mirror list by applying a load balancing algorithm and provide the mirror list to a client device in the event that one or more CDSs are unavailable.

Load balancing content delivery servers

A method and system for a content provider to enable the consumption of content by properly entitled consumers (e.g., end-users, clients, customers) within a cloud provider network. A first certificate checkin service (CCS) executed by a processing device deployed in the cloud provider network receives a first set of usage data relating to content of a content provider consumed by a client of the cloud provider network. The first CCS provides the usage data to a communicatively coupled parent CCS. The first CCS provides the parent CCS with a request for entitlement data relating to the cloud provider, and stores the entitlement data received from the parent CCS. The entitlement data may be used by the first CCS to determine if the client is entitled to consume the content.

Certificate checkin service

Systems and methods for managing digital content entitlements in distributed computer systems. An example method may comprise: receiving, by a processor, a request comprising an identity certificate and a digital content identifier; validating an entitlement of a requestor identified by the identity certificate to consume, over an entitlement period of time, the digital content identified by the digital content identifier; determining that a pre-defined authorization period of time does not exceed the entitlement period of time; and transmitting, to the requestor, a response comprising at least one of: a status code and a content certificate authorizing to consume the digital content for the pre-defined authorization period of time.

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