International Business Machines Corporation

Yan Song Liu

Da Li Liu

Qi Feng Huo

Lei Li

Yuan Wang

Shu Chao Wan

Dan Qing Huang

Xiaojing Liu

Cdl Lei Li

Tian Xiaoyi

A computer-implemented method to limit access to sensitive information by filtering log files. The method includes deploying a first pod on a node of a cloud computing system, where the first pod includes a first container configured to run an application. The method also includes generating a first log file for the first container, where the first log file includes a set of actions performed by the application for a period of time. The method further includes filtering, by a filter, the first log file wherein the filter is configured to remove a type of sensitive data from the first log file. The method includes exporting, in response to the filtering, the first log file to the node. Advantageously, this can prevent various parties from accessing sensitive data that is contained in log files.

Filtering sensitive data in cloud native application logs

Virtual machine management is provided. A virtual machine is started automatically based on a custom resource definition of the virtual machine in response to the receiving the custom resource definition of the virtual machine. A container is generated to run an application workload in the virtual machine based on a container configuration file in response to the virtual machine starting. The application workload is deployed on the container automatically based on a container image corresponding to the container. The application workload is run on the container automatically in accordance with a definition of the application workload.

Virtual machine management

An approach is provided for securing a secret for usage by an application utilizing a client to retrieve secrets. A request is sent from a client in a workload container within a trusted execution environment (TEE) to retrieve an encrypted secret from an application programming interface (API) server outside the TEE. The request is hooked and sent to the API server by a proxy or a secret proxy plugin within the TEE. The secret is received from the API server by the proxy or secret proxy plugin. An agent within the TEE is called to request a private key. The agent obtains the private key. The secret is decrypted by using the private key. The decrypted secret is returned to the client by the proxy or secret proxy plugin, which ensures that a plain text version of sensitive information in the decrypted secret is not accessible outside the TEE.

Securing sensitive data in a container management system

Embodiments are directed to using remote pods. An intermediary software is instantiated in a worker node virtual machine and is used to cause a pod virtual machine to be created, the pod virtual machine being remote from the worker node virtual machine. An overlay network is established between the intermediary software in the worker node virtual machine and a pod space in the pod virtual machine. The overlay network is used to cause containers to be created in the pod virtual machine, where the worker node virtual machine is configured to use the overlay network to manage communications with the pod virtual machine.

Using a remote pod in kubernetes

Embodiments are directed to a container storage system in remote pods. A worker node virtual machine determines that a volume is available for attachment to the worker node virtual machine. An intermediary software of the worker node virtual machine causes a pod container storage interface to attach the volume to a pod virtual machine. in response to attaching the volume to the pod virtual machine, the intermediary software of the worker node virtual machine causes the pod container storage interface to mount the volume to the pod virtual machine such that the volume is available for use by the pod virtual machine.

Container storage system in remote pods in Kubernetes

In a method for encryption of sensitive data, an encrypted user private key is received in a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) in a worker node in a container management system, the encrypted user private key being an encrypted version of a user private key for decrypting a message from a user in the container management system. The user private key is obtained in the TEE, and the encrypted user private key being decrypted into the user private key with a provider private key that is received from an encryption manager for managing the container management system. With these embodiments, the user private key may be transmitted to the worker node safely, such that the worker node may use the user private key to decrypt messages from the user. Therefore, the security level of the container management system may be increased.

Sensitive data encryption

A system may include a memory and a processor in communication with the memory. The processor may be configured to perform operations that include generating a key pair and encrypting a data credential with a public key to make a data credential secret. The operations may further include storing the data credential secret in a cluster on a host and deploying a workload on the cluster. The operations may also include establishing an empty bundle in the host and generating a pod trusted execution environment.

Open-source container data management

Embodiments are directed to deploying a workload on the best/highest performance node. Nodes configured to accommodate a request for a workload are selected. Information is collected on each of the selected nodes and the workload. Predicted response times expected for the workload running on each of the selected nodes are determined. The workload is deployed on a node of the selected nodes, the node having a corresponding predicted response time for the workload, the workload being deployed on the node based at least in part on the corresponding predicted response time.

Cognitive scheduler for Kubernetes

A process deployment controller creates an updated image for an intermediary engine in order to execute one or more applications on a host infrastructure. The process deployment controller generates a partial image by executing source code from a template repository. The partial image provides a structure used to create an intermediary engine used with a container, which includes an application, as well as binaries and libraries required to execute the application in an infrastructure via the intermediary engine. The process deployment controller transmits an identifier of the infrastructure to a component registry; receives a component description of the infrastructure from the component registry; and uses the component description to create an updated image of the partial image. The process deployment controller, upon receiving a request for the application to run on the infrastructure, utilizes the updated image and intermediary engine to execute the application on the infrastructure.

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Yan Song Liu