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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2019
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Raymond Strode, Jr., Westford, MA (US);
Alexander Larsson, Stockholm, SE;
Matthias Clasen, Westford, MA (US);
Debarshi Ray, Brno, CZ;
Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US);
Abstract
Aspects of the disclosure provide for mechanisms for managing containers across operating systems in a computer system. A method of the disclosure includes: running a first container corresponding to a first operating system, wherein the first container is created in view of a container image; receiving a user request to switch from the first operating system to a second operating system; in response to receiving the user request, switching, by a processing device, from the first container to a second container corresponding to the second operating system, wherein the second container is created in view of the container image, wherein switching from the first container to the second container comprises: configuring the second container in view of a plurality of configurations of the first container; and running the configured second container.