US 12,014,162 B2
Controlled updates of containers in a distributed application deployment environment
Mayank Kumar, Freemont, CA (US)
Assigned to Salesforce, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by salesforce.com, inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/462,888.
Prior Publication US 2023/0065431 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 9/445 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) [G06F 9/445 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a computer system, a request to update a target container of a plurality of containers within a computing unit deployed in a distributed application deployment environment, wherein the target container was deployed in accordance with a current configuration object defining a first version of the target container;
identifying, by the computer system, an updated configuration object to be applied to the target container based on the request, wherein the updated configuration object defines a second version of the target container;
determining, by the computer system, a health indicator representative of performance of other containers, of a same type as the target container, to which the updated configuration object has already been applied, wherein the other containers are included in respective computing units deployed in the distributed application deployment environment; and
in response to the health indicator indicating that the other containers are functional, the computer system assigning the updated configuration object to the target container such that, for a subsequent deployment of the computing unit, the target container is deployed in accordance with the updated configuration object.