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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 26, 2015
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Johan Kristiansson, Luleå, SE;
Daniel Bergström, Umeå, SE;
Jonas Lundberg, Luleå, SE;
Nicklas Sandgren, Luleå, SE;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
It is provided a method for allocating a software container executing on a server of a set of servers. The method is performed in a container allocator and comprising the steps of: receiving a request to invoke a software container for a client; calculating a lookup key associated with the software container; performing a lookup in a distributed peer-to-peer repository using the lookup key, giving a result set of active software containers; selecting one software container from the set of software containers; and connecting to the selected software container to allocate the selected software container to the client.