Provisioning multiple network resources

• US 9,178,766 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2010
• Issued: 11/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kramer, Reto, Osiecki, Daniel Lee, Shankaran, Nishanth, Balakrishnan, Venkates P., Pare, Geoffrey Scott, Meike, Blake, Whitaker, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): JOSHI, SURAJ M
• Application Number:
  US12/824,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20110320605A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,954 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0843 based on generic templates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A resource provisioning service allows users to provision multiple, different network resources in an atomic manner and with a single call to a resource provisioning service. In some instances, the multiple, different network resources comprise individual types of resources that form a portion of one or more cloud-computing platforms. For instance, one or more entities may host and operate a cloud-computing platform that includes different types of network resources, such a storage service, a load balancing service, a compute service, a security service, or any other similar or different type of network-accessible service.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

receiving over a network, from a computing device of an external user of a resource provisioning service comprising multiple, different network resources, a template comprising pre-populated instructions effective at least in part to provision a stack of different types of the multiple, different network resources according to one or more parameters associated with each of the multiple, different network resources, wherein the one or more parameters are specified in the template received from the computing device of the external user;

storing the template at least partly in response to the receiving;

receiving, from the computing device of the external user, a request to provision the stack of multiple, different network resources with use of the template;

retrieving and parsing the template to identify each of the multiple, network resources requested for provisioning and each of the associated one or more parameters; and

at least partly in response to the parsing, attempting to provision each of the multiple, different network resources according to the associated one or more parameters on behalf of the user, wherein the attempt to provision each of the multiple, different network resource is based at least in part on the template received from the computing device of the external user.

2. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the different types of network resources comprise a storage service, a load balancing service, a compute service, or a security service.

3. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the multiple, different network resources form at least a portion of a cloud-computing platform.

4. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein each of the one or more parameters associated with a respective one of the multiple, different network resources specifies one of a requested size, a capability, or a characteristic of the respective network resource.

5. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the template identifies at least one of the multiple, different network resources by a logical name specified by the user.

6. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the template specifies a particular version of multiple different versions for at least one of the multiple, different network resources.

7. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the attempting to provision each of the multiple, different network resources comprises attempting to provision at least two of the multiple, different network resources in parallel.

8. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the attempting to provision each of the multiple, different network resources comprises attempting to provision each of the multiple, different network resources in an order based at least in part on specified dependencies between a portion of the multiple, different network resources.

9. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the specified dependencies comprise implicit dependencies, and wherein the parsing of the template is effective to identify the implicit dependencies between the portion of the multiple, different network resources.

10. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 8, wherein the specified dependencies comprise explicit dependencies specified by the user.

11. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, further storing computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform an act comprising notifying the user the stack has been provisioned at least partly in response to successfully provisioning each of the multiple, different network resources.

12. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, further storing computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

receiving an indication provisioning of one of the multiple, different network resources has failed; and

rolling back each successfully provisioned one of the multiple, different network resources at least partly in response to the receiving of the indication.

13. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media as recited in claim 12, further storing computer-executable instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform an act comprising notifying the user provisioning of the stack has failed at least at least partly in response to the receiving of the indication.

14. A method, comprising:

under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,

receiving over a network, from a computing device of an external user of a resource provisioning service comprising multiple, different network resources, a template, wherein the template includes pre-populated instructions for requesting to provision a stack of at least two different types of the multiple, different network resources according to one or more parameters associated with each of the at least two different types of the multiple, different network resources, wherein the one or more parameters are specified in the template received from the computing device of the external user;

parsing the template to identify each of the multiple, different network resources requested for provisioning;

attempting to provision each of the at least two different types of the multiple, different network resources at least partly in response to the parsing, wherein said attempting is based at least in part on the template received from the computing device of the external user;

in response to a case in which each of the at least two different types of the multiple, different network resources were successfully provisioned for the external user in accordance with the template, notifying the external user the stack has been successfully provisioned; and

in response to a case in which one or more of the at least two different types of the multiple, different network resources were not successfully provisioned, notifying the external user the stack has not been successfully provisioned.

15. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein each of the multiple, different network resources reside on a cloud-computing platform.

16. A method as recited in claim 14, further comprising maintaining a user account associated with the user, and wherein the attempting to provision the multiple, different network resources comprises attempting to provision the multiple, different network resources on behalf of the user, wherein a cost associated with a successful provisioning of a network resource is charged to the user account associated with the user.

17. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the template comprises a text file comprising text-based instructions including calls to each of the multiple, different network resources.

18. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the template specifies a particular version of multiple different versions for at least one of the multiple, different network resources.

19. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the template specifies a logical name selected by the user for a component of one of the multiple, different network resources.

20. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the parsing of the template comprises parsing the template to identify implicit dependencies amongst the multiple, different network resources, and wherein the attempting to provision the multiple, different network resources comprises attempting to provision the multiple, different network resources in an order based at least in part on the implicit dependencies.

21. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the request explicitly specifies a dependency between at least two of the multiple, different network resources, and wherein the attempting to provision the multiple, different network resources comprises attempting to provision the multiple, different network resources in an order based at least in part on the dependency.

22. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the attempting to provision the multiple, different network resources comprises attempting to provision at least some of the multiple, different network resources in parallel.

23. A method as recited in claim 14, further comprising tearing down those ones of the multiple, different network resources successfully provisioned when one or more of the multiple, different network resources is not successfully provisioned.

24. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein each of the one or more parameters associated with a respective one the at least two of the multiple, different network resources specifies one of a requested size, a capability, or a characteristic of the respective network resource.

25. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein the different types of network resources comprise a storage service, a load balancing service, a compute service, or a security service.

26. An apparatus, comprising:

one or more processors;

memory, accessible by the one or more processors; and

a template-based stack builder stored in the memory and executable on the one or more processors to;

receive over a network, from an external user of a resource provisioning service comprising distinct network resources, a template comprising prepopulated instructions effective at least in part to provision a stack of different types of the distinct network resources based at least in part on a template, the template comprising pre-populated instructions for creating the stack including the distinct network resources according to one or more parameters specified in the template received from a computing device of the external user;

parse the template to identify each of the distinct network resources; and

attempt to provision each of the distinct network resources on behalf of the external user, wherein the attempt to provision each of the distinct network resource is based at least in part on the template received from the computing device of the external user.

27. An apparatus as recited in claim 26, wherein the template-based stack builder is further executable on the one or more processors to:

notify the user the stack has been successfully provisioned when the template-based stack builder has successfully provisioned each of the distinct network resources on behalf of the user; and

notify the user the stack has not been successfully provisioned when the template-based stack builder fails to successfully provision at least one of the distinct network resources on behalf of the user.

28. An apparatus as recited in claim 27, wherein the template-based stack builder is further executable on the one or more processors to:

roll back each of the distinct network resources the template-based stack builder has successfully provisioned when the template-based stack builder fails to successfully provision the at least one of the distinct network resources on behalf of the user.

29. An apparatus as recited in claim 26, wherein the template-based stack builder is further executable on the one or more processors to receive a request to create the stack for a web application, and wherein the distinct network resources comprise a cloud-based load balancing service, a cloud-based compute service, and a cloud-based storage service.

30. An apparatus as recited in claim 26, wherein the distinct network resources form at least a portion of a cloud-computing platform managed by a single entity.

31. An apparatus as recited in claim 26, wherein one of the distinct network resources forms at least a portion of a cloud-computing platform managed by a first entity and another of the distinct network resources forms at least a portion of a cloud-computing platform managed by a second entity independent of the first entity.

32. An apparatus as recited in claim 26, further comprising a database storing or having access to multiple different templates, each of the multiple different templates comprising pre-populated instructions for creating a stack including distinct network resources.

33. An apparatus as recited in claim 32, wherein at least a portion of the multiple different templates have been provided by a community of independent users.

34. An apparatus as recited in claim 26, wherein each of the one or more parameters associated with a respective one the distinct network resources specifies one of a requested size, a capability, or a characteristic of the respective network resource.

35. The apparatus as recited in claim 26, wherein the distinct types of network resources comprise a storage service, a load balancing service, a compute service, or a security service.