Method for executing virtual application delivery controllers having different application versions over a computing device

摘要

A method for executing virtual application delivery controllers (vADCs) having different application versions over a computing device. The method comprises installing a virtualization infrastructure in the computing device; creating by the virtualization infrastructure a plurality of vADCs having different application versions, wherein each vADC is created from a software image maintained in a hardware infrastructure of the computing device; gathering version information associated with each of the plurality of vADCs; independently executing the plurality of vADCs over an operating system of the computing device; and controlling the execution of the plurality of the vADCs over an operating system of the computing device using the virtualization infrastructure using in part the version information. In one embodiment, each of the plurality of vADCs does not execute its own guest operating system.