ATTACHING A PLUGGABLE AGENT TO A VIRTUAL MACHINE (VM) IN A NETWORKED COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT

Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for attaching a pluggable agent to a virtual machine (VM) in a networked computing environment. In an embodiment, a VM is provisioned with a base operating system. This base operating system is a base operating system that has a file system that i...

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Main Authors Schultz, Kristiann J, Chen, Li Long
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 05.07.2018
Subjects
CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
PHYSICS
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Summary:Aspects of the present invention provide an approach for attaching a pluggable agent to a virtual machine (VM) in a networked computing environment. In an embodiment, a VM is provisioned with a base operating system. This base operating system is a base operating system that has a file system that is adapted to run any of a plurality of agents. In response to a request for the VM to perform a service, an agent file template of an agent that is configured to perform the service on the VM is obtained. This agent is installed on the VM by modifying the file system of the provisioned base operating system to include a set of files in the agent file template.
Bibliography:Application Number: US201715396882