Patent ID: 8799898
Filing Date: 2014-08-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a request to execute an application within a virtual computing instance generated within a cloud computing environment; in response to receiving the request, loading a kernel-level component that is user-inaccessible within the virtual computing instance, wherein access is denied to the virtual computing instance after the virtual computing instance has been generated and is in an operable state, and while the kernel-level component is being loaded, and wherein at least some functionality of the application is enabled by the kernel-level component and at least some other functionality of the application is enabled independent of the kernel-level component; in response to receiving the request, loading the application within the virtual computing instance; allowing access the virtual computing instance to the application with the at least some functionality enabled by the kernel-level component, in response to completion of the kernel-level component being loaded; and enabling the application to be copied to another virtual computing instance such that copying the application does not copy the kernel-level component so that the copy of the application does not have the at least some functionality enabled.