Hosted network management

• US 9,264,339 B2
• Filed: 09/12/2014
• Issued: 02/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Johnston, Simon K.
• Primary Examiner(s): NANO, SARGON N
• Application Number:
  US14/485,411
• Publication Number:
  US 20150067159A1
• Time in Patent Office: 522 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45595 Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0866 Checking the configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/12 Network monitoring probes

Abstract

Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate the evaluation of hosted computing devices in accordance with target patterns. A set of target patterns can be developed for elements common to a plurality of hosted computing networks. The set of target patterns can be defined utilizing a detailed pattern language to describe elements of a hosted computing device network and relationships between the elements. Thereafter, a hosted computing device network management component can utilize the set of target patterns to verify and validate a deployed hosted computing network or to process purposed modifications/configurations to a deployed hosted computing network.

Claims

1. A method for managing hosted computing networks, comprising:

generating, by an interface component, a user interface for display of network topology information associated with an existing hosted computing network, wherein the network topology information identifies relationships and attributes of components within the existing hosted computing network, wherein the user interface comprises at least one control to modify the network topology information associated with at least one component of the existing hosted computing network;

obtaining, by a hosted network management component, a request for a proposed modification of at least a subset of the network topology information associated with the existing hosted computing network, wherein the request is based, at least in part, on input received from the at least one control;

obtaining, by the hosted network management component, one or more patterns, wherein each of the one or more patterns defines at least one attribute or relationship associated with a component of the existing hosted computing network;

determining, by the hosted network management component, whether the one or more patterns match the proposed modification of at least a subset of the network topology information associated with the existing hosted computing network; and

if at least one pattern of the one or more patterns matches the requested modification of the existing hosted computing network, transmitting, by the hosted network management component, a notification that the proposed modification of at least a subset of the network topology information associated with the existing hosted computing network has been approved.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more patterns are specified in accordance with a pattern language.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining whether the one or more patterns match the proposed modification includes determining a partial match of the one or more patterns.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the notification indicates the components of the proposed modification that were the cause of the partial match.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising implementing the proposed modification to the existing hosted computing network.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising identifying components of the proposed modification that caused a pattern matching failure if at least one pattern fails to match the requested modification of the existing hosted computing network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification includes an identification of the at least one pattern that matches the proposed modification.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface provides a graphical representation of the network topology comprising representations of components and relationships between the components for at least a portion of the existing hosted computing network.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein a user can select components and modify the configuration of the network topology.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface provides selectable network configuration options based on patterns that may be utilized to request a modification the existing hosted computing network.

11. A system for managing hosted computing networks comprising:

a computing device, having a processor and memory, the computing device configured to execute computer-executable instructions to at least;

obtain a request for a proposed modification of an existing hosted computing network, wherein the proposed modification modifies at least one component of the existing hosted computing network;

obtain network topology information associated with the existing hosted computing network, wherein the network topology information identifies relationships and attributes of components within the existing hosted computing network;

obtain one or more patterns, wherein each of the one or more patterns defines at least one attribute or relationship associated with a component of the existing hosted computing network;

determine whether the one or more patterns match the proposed modification of the hosted computing network; and

based, at least in part, on the determination that at least one pattern matches the proposed modification of the existing hosted computing network, transmit a notification that the proposed modification of the existing hosted computing network has been approved.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the determination of whether the one or more patterns match includes determining a partial match of the one or more patterns.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the notification indicates the components of the proposed modification that were the cause of the partial match.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the computing is further configured to implement the proposed modification to the existing hosted computing network.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the computing device is further configured to implement an interface component to generate a user interface for display of the network topology information associated with the existing hosted computing network.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein at least a portion of the network topology information is received from one or more physical computing devices associated with the hosted computing environment via polling.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein each of the at least one patterns that match the network topology information is independently evaluated.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed in one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to:

obtain a request for a proposed modification of an existing hosted computing network, wherein the proposed modification modifies at least one component of the existing hosted computing network;

obtain network topology information associated with the existing hosted computing network, wherein the network topology information identifies relationships and attributes of components within the existing hosted computing network;

obtain one or more patterns, wherein each of the one or more patterns defines at least one attribute or relationship associated with a component of the existing hosted computing network; and

based on a determination that the one or more patterns match the proposed modification of the existing hosted computing network, transmit a notification that the proposed modification of the existing hosted computing network has been approved.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the computer-executable instructions further configure the one or more processors to generate a user interface for display of the network topology information associated with the existing hosted computing network.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein each of the at least one patterns that match the network topology information is independently evaluated.