Automated infrastructure configuration

• US 10,382,275 B1
• Filed: 01/17/2018
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Stickle, Thomas Charles, Wittkopf, Kevin James
• Primary Examiner(s): Srivastava, Vivek
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kunwar, Binod J
• Application Number:
  US15/873,349
• Time in Patent Office: 573 Days
• Field of Search: 709220, 717106
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5055 considering software capabilities, i.e. software resources associated or available to the machine
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5077 Logical partitioning of resources; Management or configuration of virtualized resources specific details on emulation or internal functioning of virtual machines G06F9/455
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0883 Semiautomatic configuration, e.g. proposals from system
• 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 41/40 using virtualisation of network functions or resources, e.g. SDN or NFV entities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5048 Automatic or semi-automatic definitions, e.g. definition templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5051 Service on demand, e.g. definition and deployment of services in real time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5096 wherein the managed service relates to distributed or central networked applications

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to, among other things, performing automated configuration of infrastructure components associated with a software system. In some examples, configuration information associated with an infrastructure component of a software system may be received. Additionally, a set of instructions configured to enable configuration of the software system may be generated. Based at least in part on execution of the set of instructions, remote feedback associated with the software system may be received. Additionally, in some examples, the infrastructure component may be configured based at least in part on the received remote feedback.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving, by one or more computer systems, a request for a software system;

implementing, at least in response to the request, a workflow engine configured to collect configuration information associated with the software system requested, wherein the implementation of the workflow engine is based at least in part on a type associated with the software system requested, the workflow engine executing instructions for;

determining a first configuration question associated with a first subsystem or a second subsystem of the software system based at least in part on historical configuration data;

providing the first configuration question associated with the first subsystem or the second subsystem;

receiving a first response to the first configuration question;

determining, based at least in part on the first response and the historical configuration data, a second configuration question associated with implementing the first subsystem or the second subsystem; and

receiving a second response to the second configuration question;

based at least in part on the first response and the second response, obtaining a template that identifies first virtual machine images associated with the first subsystem and second virtual machine images associated with the second subsystem, wherein the template further identifies first configuration instructions associated with the first virtual machine images and second configuration instructions associated with the second virtual machine images;

launching, by the one or more computer systems and based at least in part on the template, first virtual machines that correspond to the first virtual machine images and second virtual machines that correspond to the second virtual machine images, wherein launching the first virtual machines and the second virtual machines includes configuring rules between the first virtual machines and the second virtual machines;

causing, by the one or more computer systems and based at least in part on the template, the first configuration instructions to be executed to configure the first virtual machines; and

causing, by the one or more computer systems and based at least in part on the template, the second configuration instructions to be executed to configure the second virtual machines.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the template further identifies first deployment instructions associated with deploying the first virtual machines and second deployment instructions associated with deploying the second virtual machines.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the first deployment instructions of the template identify a first application programming interface for deploying the first virtual machines, and wherein the second deployment instructions of the template identify a second application programming interface for deploying the second virtual machines.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the historical configuration data comprises a set of previously-generated templates.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the historical configuration data comprises historical user data associated with other software system configurations.

6. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the system to;

receive, from a user computing device, a request for a software system;

implement, in response to the request, a workflow engine configured to collect configuration information associated with the software system requested, wherein the implementation of the workflow engine is based at least in part on a type associated with the software system requested, the workflow engine executing instructions to;

determine a first configuration question associated with a first subsystem or a second subsystem of the software system based at least in part on historical configuration data;

provide the first configuration question associated with the first subsystem or the second subsystem;

receive a first response to the first configuration question;

determine, based at least in part on the first response and the historical configuration data, a second configuration question associated with implementing the first subsystem or the second subsystem; and

receive a second response to the second configuration question;

based at least in part on the first response and the second response, obtain a template that identifies first virtual machine images associated with the first subsystem and second virtual machine images associated with the second subsystem, wherein the template further identifies first configuration instructions associated with the first virtual machine images and second configuration instructions associated with the second virtual machine images;

launch, based at least in part on the template, first virtual machines that correspond to the first virtual machine images and second virtual machines that correspond to the second virtual machine images, wherein launching the first virtual machines and the second virtual machines includes configuring rules between the first virtual machines and the second virtual machines;

cause, based at least in part on the template, the first configuration instructions to be executed to configure the first virtual machines; and

cause, based at least in part on the template, the second configuration instructions to be executed to configure the second virtual machines.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the first virtual machine images or the second virtual machine images implement a database, an application server, a web server, an identity server, a management server, or a threat protection system.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the template defines deployment instructions for the first virtual machines and the second virtual machines.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein execution of the computer-executable instructions, further cause the system to:

identify one or more systems running on a user computing device from which the request is received, wherein obtaining the template is further based at least in part on the one or more systems identified as running on the user computing device.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the template includes instructions for utilizing one or more artifacts, the one or more artifacts comprising at least one of a machine image or a disk volume.

11. The system of claim 6, wherein the first virtual machines and the second virtual machines of the software system are hosted by the system and configured to be deployed on behalf of a user of the user computing device.

12. The system of claim 6, wherein the first virtual machines are configured using a first application programming interface identified in the template, and the second virtual machines are configured using a second application programming interface identified in the template.

13. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computer systems, configure the one or more computer systems to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request for a software system;

implementing, at least in response to the request, a workflow engine configured to collect configuration information associated with the software system requested, wherein the implementation of the workflow engine is based at least in part on a type associated with the software system requested, the workflow engine executing instructions for;

determining a first configuration question associated with a first subsystem or a second subsystem of the software system based at least in part on historical configuration data;

providing the first configuration question associated with the first subsystem or the second subsystem;

receiving a first response to the first configuration question;

determining, based at least in part on the first response and the historical configuration data, a second configuration question associated with implementing the first subsystem or the second subsystem; and

receiving a second response to the second configuration question;

based at least in part on the first response and the second response, obtaining a template that identifies first virtual machine images associated with the first subsystem and second virtual machine images associated with the second subsystem, wherein the template further identifies first configuration instructions associated with the first virtual machine images and second configuration instructions associated with the second virtual machine images;

launching, by the one or more computer systems and based at least in part on the template, first virtual machines that correspond to the first virtual machine images and second virtual machines that correspond to the second virtual machine images, wherein launching the first virtual machines and the second virtual machines includes configuring rules between the first virtual machines and the second virtual machines;

causing, by the one or more computer systems and based at least in part on the template, the first configuration instructions to be executed to configure the first virtual machines; and

causing, by the one or more computer systems and based at least in part on the template, the second configuration instructions to be executed to configure the second virtual machines.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the template further identifies a first application programming interface for configuring the first virtual machines and a second application programming interface for configuring the second virtual machines.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the first virtual machines and the second virtual machines individually implement one or more web-based services.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein obtaining the template comprises generating the template based at least in part on the first response and the second response.

17. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 16, wherein the template is generated further based at least in part on historical user input related to configuration of previous software systems of the type associated with the software system requested.

18. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the software system comprises a web application software solution, a consumer application software solution, or a business application software solution.

19. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein the template further identifies first deployment instructions for deploying the first virtual machines and second deployment instructions for deploying the second virtual machines, and wherein executing the computer-executable instructions further configure the one or more computer systems to perform operations comprising:

deploying the first virtual machines according to the first deployment instructions of the template; and

deploying the second virtual machines according to the second deployment instructions of the template.

20. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 13, wherein configuring the first virtual machines and the second virtual machines comprises implementing a state machine, the state machine being implemented to utilize the template to configure the first virtual machines and the second virtual machines.