Improving communication protocols relating to transactions within cloud computing environments

Abstract

A coordinator module for improving communications within a cloud computing system is disclosed. The coordinator module initiates transaction requests by generating a coordination context, where the coordination context includes a transaction context, a coordination type, and an initiator supplemental address. The coordinator module includes a supplemental address handler for creating the initiator supplemental address that unique identifies the coordinator module and the associated pod. The coordinator module receives transaction responses, where the transaction response includes a coordination context. The coordinator module includes a transaction context checker to verify that the transaction response was not received in error, by comparing the received transaction context with a saved transaction context. The coordinator module includes a registration bridge that identifies an alternate coordinator module and alternate pod to process the transaction response if the transaction contexts do not match. The registration bridge compares the received initiator supplemental address with a saved supplemental address that uniquely identifies each coordinator module and associated pods in the cloud partition. The registration bridge forwards the transaction request to the alternate coordinator module if a match is found, thereby creating a communication path to successfully process the transaction. If no match is found, the coordinator module indicates that the transaction must be retried. A corresponding method and computer program product are also disclosed.