Confluent’s patent involves a method for deploying multiple clusters across various cloud computing environments using a single API. Users can specify deployment standards through a user interface, with clusters configured and deployed accordingly. The clusters include stateful sets with pods running Apache Kafka or Kafka structured query language. GlobalData’s report on Confluent gives a 360-degree view of the company including its patenting strategy. Buy the report here.
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Method for deploying clusters across cloud environments with api standards
A recently granted patent (Publication Number: US11995478B2) outlines a method for deploying clusters across multiple cloud computing environments. The method involves receiving a deployment request related to operational actions for computing devices associated with the clusters, presenting a user interface for specifying deployment standards, configuring the clusters based on these standards, and deploying them across the cloud environments. The clusters are associated with a single API, with some being multi-region clusters that may differ in network characteristics. Each cluster consists of stateful sets with pods, some running Apache Kafka or Kafka structured query language, each with its own lifecycle and state.
Furthermore, the patent describes storing the deployment standards for future use, using them as defaults for subsequent deployments, and prompting users to update them. It also includes provisions for improving performance, deploying private clusters across private cloud environments, and utilizing a declarative API. The system described in the patent includes a processor and memory storing instructions for performing the deployment operations, as well as a non-transitory machine-readable medium with executable instructions for the same. Overall, the patent details a comprehensive method and system for deploying and managing clusters across diverse cloud computing environments, ensuring consistency and efficiency in the deployment process.
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