Resetting computing resources in a service provider network

• US 10,148,523 B1
• Filed: 09/16/2013
• Issued: 12/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Evans, Aaron Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Belousov, Andrey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jiang, Haimei
• Application Number:
  US14/027,971
• Time in Patent Office: 1,905 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0886 Fully automatic configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0895 Configuration of virtualised networks or elements, e.g. virtualised network function or OpenFlow elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0876 Network utilisation, e.g. volume of load or congestion level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/20 the monitoring system or the monitored elements being virtualised, abstracted or software-defined entities, e.g. SDN or NFV

Abstract

Functionality is disclosed for resetting the operation of computing resources, such as computing resources provided by a service provider network. In one implementation an interface is exposed for receiving requests to reset the operation of computing resources in a service provider network. Such a request may specify one or more constraints on the manner in which the computing resources are to be reset, such as constraints that define a limit on the computing resources that can be simultaneously out of service as a result of a reset operation. In response to receiving such a request, the operation of the computing resources is reset in a manner that satisfies the specified constraints.

Claims

1. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

expose an interface for resetting computing resources provided by a service provider network;

obtain data designating two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network as being resettable or not resettable by way of the interface;

receive, from a user and by way of the interface, a request for resetting the two or more computing resources, the two or more computing resources comprising two or more virtual machine instances and the request comprising one or more constraints, wherein the one or more constraints comprise a constraint specifying at least a limit on a number or a percentage of computing resources out of the two or more computing resources that can be simultaneously out of service as a result of a reset operation;

determine that the two or more computing resources have been designated as being resettable by way of the interface;

receive resource state data from the two or more computing resources that describes current operational states of the two or more computing resources; and

in response to receiving the request and determining that the two or more computing resources have been designated as being resettable and based at least in part on the resource state data of the two or more computing resources, cause the two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network to be reset in a manner that satisfies the one or more constraints specified in the request, so as to not exceed the limit on the number or the percentage of computing resources that are simultaneously out of service as a result of being reset.

2. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the one or more constraints comprise first constraints for a first type of computing resource in the service provider network and second constraints for a second type of computing resource in the service provider network.

3. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the two or more computing resources further comprise one or more of a hardware device, a software component, a service, or a storage system.

4. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, having further computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

obtain privileges for the user to reset the one or more computing resources;

determine, based upon the privileges, that the user submitting the request has sufficient privileges to reset the two or more computing resources; and

cause the two or more computing resources to be reset in response to determining that the user has sufficient privileges to reset the two or more computing resources.

5. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein causing the two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network to be reset comprises causing the two or more computing resources to be reset in an order determined based upon one or more dependencies between the two or more computing resources.

6. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, having further computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receive the request, the request further comprising;

instructions for resetting a virtual machine instance and a data storage resource, and

at least a first constraint specific to virtual machine type computing resources in the service provider network and a second constraint specific to data storage type resources in the service provider network,

wherein causing the two or more computing resources to be reset includes causing the virtual machine instance and the data storage resource to be reset in the manner that satisfies the first constraint and the second constraint specified in the request.

7. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein the one or more constraints comprise a constraint that defines a period of time during which the two or more computing resources should be reset.

8. An apparatus for resetting computing resources operating in a service provider network, the apparatus comprising:

a processor; and

a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon which are executable by the processor and which, when executed, cause the apparatus to;

expose an interface for resetting computing resources provided by the service provider network,

obtain data designating two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network as being resettable,

receive, from a user and by way of the interface, a request for resetting the two or more computing resources, the request specifying one or more constraints,

determine that the two or more computing resources have been designated as being resettable,

receive resource state data from the two or more computing resources that describes current operational states of the two or more computing resources, and

in response to receiving the request and determining that the two or more computing resources have been designated as being resettable and based at least in part on the resource state data of the two or more computing resources, cause the two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network to be reset in a manner that satisfies the one or more constraints specified in the request, so as to not exceed a limit on number or percentage of computing resources that are simultaneously out of service as a result of being reset.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the one or more constraints comprise a constraint that defines the limit on the number or the percentage of computing resources that can be simultaneously out of service as a result of a reset operation.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable storage medium has further computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:

obtain data defining a group of computing resources in the service provider network to be reset simultaneously, and wherein causing the two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network to be reset comprises causing at least two computing resources in a defined group of computing resources to be reset simultaneously and in the manner that satisfies the one or more constraints specified in the request.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable storage medium has further computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:

obtain data defining an order in which the two or more computing resources in the service provider network are to be reset, and wherein causing the two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network to be reset comprises causing the two or more computing resources to be reset in the order and in the manner that satisfies the one or more constraints specified in the request.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the computer-readable storage medium has further computer-executable instructions stored thereupon which, when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:

obtain data defining dependencies between the two or more computing resources, and wherein causing the two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network to be reset comprises causing the two or more computing resources to be reset in an order determined based upon the dependencies between the two or more computing resources and in the manner that satisfies the one or more constraints specified in the request.

13. A computer-implemented method for resetting computing resources provided by a service provider network, the method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for:

exposing an interface for resetting computing resources provided by the service provider network;

obtaining resource resettable data designating two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network as being resettable;

receiving, from a user and by way of the interface, a request for resetting the two or more computing resources, the two or more computing resources comprising two or more virtual machine instances;

determining based upon the resource resettable data that the two or more computing resources have been designated as being resettable;

receiving resource state data from the two or more computing resources that describes current operational states of the two or more computing resources; and

in response to receiving the request and determining that the two or more computing resources have been designated as being resettable by way of the interface and based at least in part on the resource state data of the two or more computing resources, causing the two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network to be reset in an order determined based upon dependencies between the two or more computing resources, so as to not exceed a limit on number or percentage of computing resources that are simultaneously out of service as a result of being reset.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the request further comprises one or more constraints, and wherein causing the two or more computing resources to be reset comprises causing the two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network to be reset in a manner that satisfies the one or more constraints specified in the request.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the one or more constraints define the limit on the number or the percentage of computing resources that can be simultaneously out of service as a result of a reset operation.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the resource state data is utilized to ensure that the two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network are reset in the manner that satisfies the one or more constraints specified in the request.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the one or more constraints comprise first constraints for a first type of computing resource in the service provider network and second constraints for a second type of computing resource in the service provider network.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the two or more computing resources further comprise one or more of a hardware device, a software component, a service, or a storage system.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising:

obtaining data defining privileges for the user to reset the two or more computing resources;

determining based upon the privileges that the user submitting the request has sufficient privileges to reset the two or more computing resources; and

causing the two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network to be reset in response to determining that the user has sufficient privileges to reset the two or more computing resources.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising obtaining data defining a group of computing resources in the service provider network to be reset simultaneously, and wherein causing the two or more computing resources operating in the service provider network to be reset comprises causing at least two computing resources in the group of computing resources to be reset simultaneously.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein the order is further defined in the request such that the user defines that computing resources of a first type of computing resource are reset before resetting computing resources of a second type of computing resource.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, wherein the one or more constraints comprise a constraint that defines a period of time during which the two or more computing resources should be reset.