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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2023

Filed:

May. 12, 2020
Applicant:

Vmware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yanping Cao, San Carlos, CA (US);

Tan Jiang, Beijing, CN;

Michal Adam Jankowski, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Assignee:

VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); G06F 8/60 (2018.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/0815 (2013.01); G06F 8/60 (2013.01); G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 21/45 (2013.01); H04L 63/102 (2013.01); G06F 2009/45587 (2013.01);
Abstract

An example method of logging in an automation user to a container image registry in a virtualized computing system is described, the container image registry managing container images for deploying containers in the virtualized computing system. The method includes: receiving, at a credential manager in the container image registry, a login request from a service executing in the virtualized computing system representing the automation user, the login request for image access to the container image registry and including an automation token; authenticating the automation token as credentials of a robot account in the container image registry corresponding to the automation user; and authorizing the automation user as identified in the automation token of the login request in response to the robot account having privilege for the image access.


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