Patent ID: 8887227
Filing Date: 2014-11-11
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for selecting a network implementation using network policies within a virtualization environment, the method comprising: receiving, by a control program executing within a virtualization environment on a computing device, an event notification generated by a virtual machine responsive to a lifecycle event; invoking, by the control program responsive to receiving the event notification, a policy engine; identifying, by the policy engine, virtual interface objects of the virtual machine that generated the lifecycle event; identifying, by the policy engine, network objects connected to the identified virtual interface objects; identifying one or more network configurations comprising the virtual interface objects and the network objects, wherein identifying the one or more network configurations further comprises parsing metadata of a tool stack of the control program; and selecting, by the policy engine, based on the identified virtual interface objects and the identified network objects, a network policy that satisfies an existing network configuration between the network objects and virtual interface objects.