US 12,261,748 B2
Dynamic modification of traffic monitoring policies for a containerized environment
Saritha Palnati, Fremont, CA (US); and Naveed Cochinwala, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Gigamon, Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed by Gigamon Inc., Santa Clara, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,250.
Prior Publication US 2024/0275680 A1, Aug. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. H04L 41/0894 (2022.01); H04L 41/0816 (2022.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0894 (2022.05) [H04L 41/0816 (2013.01); H04L 41/40 (2022.05)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
accessing a plurality of traffic monitoring policies for acquiring and monitoring data traffic transmitted between one or more components of a containerized environment, the containerized environment including a plurality of worker nodes including a plurality of software-implemented containers;
causing the plurality of traffic monitoring policies to be applied to one or more components in the containerized environment, so that each policy of the plurality of policies is applied by a containerized tap within at least one worker node of the plurality of worker nodes;
detecting a change to a configuration of the containerized environment, by receiving a message from a tap controller within one of the worker nodes of the plurality of worker nodes; and
in response to detecting the change to the configuration of the containerized environment, automatically
identifying one or more containers of the plurality of software-implemented containers, as containers affected by the change,
determining a modification of a traffic monitoring policy of the plurality of traffic monitoring policies, based on a result of the identifying, to produce a modified traffic monitoring policy, and
causing the modified traffic monitoring policy to be applied to one or more components in the containerized environment, by sending a message to the tap controller within the one of the worker nodes of the plurality of worker nodes, to cause the containerized tap within one or more of the worker nodes to apply the modified traffic monitoring policy.