Patent ID: 9535794
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of monitoring computer components of a hierarchical container-based software system executing on computer hardware, the computer components including at least one of, one or more application programs and one or more operating systems, the hierarchical container-based software system including a network of data flows being routed through the hierarchy of computer components, the method comprising: a computer receiving an aggregation of single reset and network flow heartbeat messages from each level of the hierarchy indicating whether computer components at each respective hierarchy level are functioning correctly, the aggregation of single reset and network heartbeat messages including both computer component reset information and network data flow information; the computer determining if the aggregation of single reset and network heartbeat messages includes a first single reset and network heartbeat message indicating that a first computer component at a first level of the hierarchy is functioning correctly; responsive to the determination that the first single reset and network heartbeat message includes the indication that the first computer component is functioning correctly, the computer routing network data flows to the first computer component; responsive to the determination that the first single reset and network heartbeat message does not include the indication that the first computer component is functioning correctly, the computer determining that the first computer component has failed; and the computer initiating restart of all computer components in hierarchal levels below the first hierarchical level.