IMPLEMENTATION OF A SERVICE THAT COORDINATES THE PLACEMENT AND EXECUTION OF CONTAINERS

摘要

Organizations are constantly looking for faster and less expensive computer systems to manage businesses; however, the current standard in virtualization techniques includes using virtual machines, which require a long period of time to be instantiated before handling requests and are resource intensive. Using Domain Name System (DNS) queries to a DNS server as an indicator to initiate a virtual resource, such as containers, enables the system to instantiate the container prior to an end user transmitting their first request for a resource stored in that container. Containers can be initialized upon indication of a request, terminated at the end of the request process and initialized again for a next request as they can be activated at very fast speeds as needed. Additionally, using DNS queries as indicators to warm a cache of a network component enables the system components to be imminently used, to be pre-loaded with requested resources.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for instantiating a container, comprising:
under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,
receiving, from a Domain Name System (DNS) service, a message indicating a DNS request, made by a client device, to resolve a uniform resource locator (URL) to an Internet Protocol (IP) address;as a result of receiving the message, instantiating the container thereby enabling the instantiated container to process requests transmitted to the IP address;receiving, from the client device, a request directed to the IP address; andsending the received request to the instantiated container.