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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
May. 04, 2012
Nathaniel Friedman, Munich, DE;
Nathaniel Friedman, Munich, DE;
Novell, Inc., Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
A system and method for efficiently building virtual appliances in a hosted environment is provided. In particular, a plurality of image archives may be stored in a build database, with each image archive including a file system having a directory structure and a plurality of files installed within the directory structure. In response to a build request containing an image description, a build engine may create a file system layout defining a directory structure for an image. The build engine may then copy the file system from one of the image archives to the file system layout of the image, wherein the copied file system may provide a subset of the file system for the image. The build engine may then build the image, which may include a file system having various files installed within various directories in accordance with the directory structure defined for the image.