US 12,169,480 B2
System to support native storage of a container image on a host operating system for a container running in a virtual machine
Junfei Wu, Beijing (CN); and Xiaodong Ye, Beijing (CN)
Assigned to VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed by VMware LLC, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 10, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/017,288.
Prior Publication US 2022/0075760 A1, Mar. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 16/188 (2019.01); G06F 9/455 (2018.01); G06F 16/13 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/188 (2019.01) [G06F 9/45558 (2013.01); G06F 16/137 (2019.01); G06F 2009/45583 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for forming a container image, the method comprising:
obtaining a first layer of a plurality of layers of the container image;
storing contents of the first layer into a directory, wherein a first disk image layer file is mounted to the directory;
obtaining a second layer of the plurality of layers;
storing contents of the second layer into the directory so that the first disk image layer file includes the contents of the first layer and the second layer;
setting a property of the first disk image layer file to configure the first disk image layer file to have case sensitive file names; and
saving the first disk image layer file, the first disk image layer file being mountable and including files of the container image.