US 12,261,917 B2
Dynamic geo-based computing host identification for automatic provisioning
Adam Miller, Austin, TX (US); and Pierre-Yves Chibon, Puteaux (FR)
Assigned to Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed by Red Hat, Inc., Raleigh, NC (US)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/448,776.
Prior Publication US 2025/0055925 A1, Feb. 13, 2025
Int. Cl. H04L 67/00 (2022.01); H04L 67/52 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/34 (2013.01) [H04L 67/52 (2022.05)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a computing system, a first geographic area indication that corresponds to a first geographic area of a plurality of different geographic areas, and provisioning information indicative of a first set of tasks to be performed on each computing host in the first geographic area;
dynamically generating, by the computing system based on the first geographic area indication, a first computing host list that identifies a first set of computing hosts in the first geographic area, wherein dynamically generating the first computing host list comprises:
accessing computing host metadata associated with a plurality of computing hosts, the computing host metadata identifying, for each respective computing host, a particular geographic area of the plurality of different geographic areas with which the respective computing host is associated, and wherein the computing host metadata associated with a particular computing host of the plurality of computing hosts comprises credentials for provisioning the particular computing host; and
sending, by the computing system to a first provisioning node of a plurality of provisioning nodes, instructions to implement the first set of tasks on the first set of computing hosts identified in the first computing host list, the first provisioning node being associated with the first geographic area.