公开(公告)号：US20240179089A1

公开(公告)日：2024-05-30

申请号：US18521936

申请日：2023-11-28

Applicant: Juniper Networks, Inc.

Inventor： Sasha Cirkovic ,  Sachchidanand Vaidya ,  AnandaVelu Thulasiram ,  Aravind Srinivas Srinivasa Prabhakar ,  Sai Prashanth Ramanathan ,  Yuvaraja Mariappan ,  Lavanya Kumar Ambatipudi ,  Vinay K Nallamothu

IPC: H04L45/586 ,  H04L45/02 ,  H04L45/748

CPC classification number: H04L45/586 ,  H04L45/02 ,  H04L45/748

Abstract: The disclosure relates to computer networking and, more specifically, to service chaining a containerized network function (CNF) using a containerized router, the CNF and containerized router both deployed to the same server. In an example, a method comprises executing, with a computing device: a containerized network function; a virtual router to implement a data plane for a containerized router; and a containerized routing protocol daemon to implement a control plane for the containerized router, wherein the containerized network function and containerized routing protocol daemon execute on the same computing device, and wherein a first virtual network interface of the computing device enables communications between the containerized network function and the virtual router; and forwarding, by the virtual router, based on a static route, traffic destined for a prefix to the first virtual network interface to send the traffic to the containerized network function.