SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL ASSEMBLY PATCHING IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT

摘要

Described herein is a system and method for virtual assembly patching in a cloud environment. In accordance with an embodiment, a virtual assembly builder can be used to virtualize installed components in a reference environment, and then deploy those components into another destination environment. A user can capture the configuration and binaries of software components into software appliance artifacts, which can be grouped and their relationships defined as software assembly artifacts. In accordance with an embodiment, assemblies stored as disk images in a repository can be patched by creating replacement images, importing the replacement images into the virtualization environment, and then performing a replacement or swap of an instance's existing virtual disks, with patched versions of those disks.

主权项

1. A system for virtual assembly patching, comprising:
one or more computers including a virtualization environment executing thereon; a virtual assembly builder, which provides access to a repository of assembly images, which can be used to virtualize installed components in a reference environment, and then deploy those components into another destination environment as software assemblies; and wherein the virtual assembly builder enables one or more assembly images within the repository to be patched, including creating replacement images, importing the replacement images into the virtualization environment, and replacing an assembly instance's existing virtual disks, with patched versions of those disks.