US 11,985,107 B2
Microservice visibility and control
Thomas Szigeti, Vancouver (CA); David John Zacks, Vancouver (CA); Akram Ismail Sheriff, San Jose (CA); Guy Keinan, Kfar-Saba (IL); and Walter T. Hulick, Jr., Pearland, TX (US)
Assigned to CISCO TECHNOLOGY, INC., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/163,979.
Application 18/163,979 is a continuation of application No. 17/493,099, filed on Oct. 4, 2021, granted, now 11,601,393.
Prior Publication US 2023/0188496 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 61/4511 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 61/4511 (2022.05) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
9. An apparatus comprising:
a memory;
a network interface configured to enable network communications; and
a processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform operations comprising:
obtaining a lookup request for information about a source of a traffic flow being transmitted to a network resource external of a service cluster;
performing, based on the lookup request, a lookup operation for a microservice that is the source of the traffic flow, among a plurality of microservices of the service cluster; and
providing information about the microservice based on the lookup operation for external visibility of the microservice.