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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Charles D. Brant, Raleigh, NC (US);
ChunHui Y. Higgins, Raleigh, NC (US);
William P. Higgins, Durham, NC (US);
John L. Ryding, III, Quincy, MA (US);
Andrew N. Trossman, North York, CA;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Techniques provide include analyzing a first node, associated with a first version of an service, to extract first configuration metadata; analyzing the first node, associated with a second version, subsequent to the first version, of the service, to extract second configuration metadata; determining, based upon a comparison of the first configuration metadata and the second configuration metadata, that the first node has not been modified between the first version and the second version; generating a first image of the node for distribution in conjunction with the service in response to the determining that the particular node has not been modified; and caching the first image for use in conjunction with the service.