US 12,137,154 B2
Managing deployment of cloud-native network functions (CNFs)
Vipin Balachandran, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/156,555.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/301,872, filed on Jan. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0239374 A1, Jul. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/958 (2019.01); H04L 67/5682 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 67/5682 (2022.05) [G06F 16/972 (2019.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
identifying a committed change in one or more files associated with a cloud-native network function (CNF) in a first repository;
determining whether the committed change is permitted based on one or more policies associated with the CNF; and
when the committed change is permitted, updating at least one file in a second repository based on the committed change, wherein the second repository provides a single source of truth for deploying the CNF, a change in the second repository being relied upon for updating deployments of the CNF, the change in the second repository includes an updated parameter associated with a requirement for deploying the CNF.