Custom resources in a resource stack

• US 9,929,974 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2015
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jaisinghani, Avinash, Kramer, Reto, Jayaraman, Prashant, Whitaker, Christopher, Balakrishnan, Venkates Paramasivam
• Primary Examiner(s): Miah, Razu A
• Application Number:
  US14/739,774
• Publication Number:
  US 20150288618A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,016 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5061 Partitioning or combining of resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/827 Aggregation of resource allocation or reservation requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A resource stack managed by a resource stack provider is created based on a resource stack template that integrates a custom resource from a second provider into the resource stack using a notification system with the second provider. For example, a customer may create a template that defines a resource stack that comprises resources available from the resource stack provider and one or more custom resources provided by a second provider. When a resource stack is created, resources available from the resource stack provider may be provisioned. Custom resources may be initialized by notifying the provider of the custom resource of the requested integration of the custom resource with the resource stack and requested configuration details. The custom resource provider may respond with an indication of successful integration when the custom resource has been successfully initialized. After initializing the resources, the resource stack may be enabled for use.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

one or more computing devices having one or more processors and memory including executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement a provider computer system configured to;

create a configuration of one or more resources based at least in part on a template that specifies one or more resources of a provider service and one or more custom resources of another provider external to the provider service, the configuration of the one or more resources comprising a computing resource provisioned by the provider service and integrated with a custom resource provisioned by the other provider;

communicate with the other provider to initialize the custom resource and integrate the custom resource and the computing resource based at least on the template, wherein integrate includes configure one or more connections between the custom resource and the computing resource; and

provision the computing resource based at least in part on the template.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

additional executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to implement a workflow processing system configured to create the configuration of the one or more resources based on the template.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the workflow processing system further comprises a timer, the workflow processing system configured to cause the configuration of the one or more resources to fail in creation if the timer exceeds a timeout threshold.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein to configure the one or more connections between the custom resource and the computing resource the executable instructions cause the provider computer system to order construction of resources in the configuration of the one or more resources based at least in part on the template such that dependencies between the resources defined by the template are respected.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the custom resource does not conform to internal requirements of the provider service that provides the computing resource.

6. A method, comprising:

under control of one or more computer systems of a resource provider, the one or more computer systems executing program instructions configured to perform;

receiving, by the resource provider, a request to construct a configuration of one or more resources defined by a configuration template that specifies at least;

a computing resource selected from one or more computing resources offered by the resource provider; and

a custom resource offered by another provider external to the resourced provider;

constructing the configuration of the one or more resources by at least;

provisioning the computing resource based at least in part on the configuration template;

sending a notification to the other provider instructing the other provider to configure the custom resource for use in the configuration of the one or more resources;

receiving a response to the notification from the other provider comprising an indication of successful configuration of the custom resource; and

enabling the constructed configuration of the one or more the one or more resources for use.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving a request to modify the configuration of the one or more resources;

sending a modification notification to the other provider instructing the other provider to modify the custom resource;

receiving a response to the modification notification from the other provider comprising an indication of successful modification; and

enabling use of the modification to the configuration of the one or more resources.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

sending another notification to a different provider instructing the different provider to configure another custom resource for use in the configuration of the one or more resources; and

receiving another response to the other notification from the different provider comprising another indication of successful configuration of the other custom resource.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein sending the other notification to the different provider further comprises constructing the notification to comprise an administration section and a payload, the administration section comprising information about the configuration of the one or more resources, and the payload comprises properties defined by the different provider.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the custom resource does not conform to internal requirements of the resource provider.

11. The method of claim 6, further comprising ordering construction of resources in the configuration of the one or more resources based at least in part on the configuration template such that dependencies between the resources defined by the configuration template are respected.

12. The method of claim 6, wherein the configuration template further specifies a definition for integrating the selected computing resource and the custom resource into the configuration of the one or more resources, and wherein provisioning the computing resource based at least in part on the configuration template includes provisioning the computing resource in accordance with the definition specified by the template.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable instructions that are executed by one or more processors of a computer system to implement a resource provider configured to:

receive a request to construct a configuration of one or more resources, the one or more resources including;

a resource selected from one or more computing resources of the resource provider; and

a custom resource external to the one or more computing resources of the resource provider;

construct the configuration of the one or more resources, wherein said construct includes;

provision the resource of the resource provider;

instruct configuration of the custom resource for use in the configuration of the one or more resources; and

receive an indication of successful configuration of the custom resource that is external to the computing resources of the resource provider; and

enable the constructed configuration of the one or more resources for use.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein another provider provides the custom resource, wherein to instruct configuration of the custom resource for use in the configuration of the one or more resources, the computer-executable instructions are further executed to send a notification to the other provider of the custom resource that instructs the other provider to configure the custom resource for use in the configuration of the one or more resources, and wherein to receive the indication of successful configuration of the custom resource, the computer-executable instructions are further executed to receive a response to the notification from the other provider.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further executed to:

receive a request to modify the configuration of the one or more resources;

send a modification notification to the other provider that instructs the other provider to modify the custom resource;

receive a response to the modification notification from the other provider comprising an indication of successful modification; and

enable use of the modification to the configuration of the one or more resources.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further executed to:

send another notification to a different provider that instructs the different provider to configure another custom resource for use in the configuration of the one or more resources; and

receive another response to the other notification from the different provider comprising another indication of successful configuration of the other custom resource.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein to send another notification to the different provider, the computer-executable instructions are further executed to construct the other notification to include an administration section and a payload, wherein the administration section comprises information about the configuration of the one or more resources, and wherein the payload comprises properties defined by the different provider.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the custom resource does not conform to internal requirements of the resource provider.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising ordering construction of resources in the configuration of the one or more resources based at least in part on a configuration template such that dependencies between the resources defined by the configuration template are respected.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the received request comprises an independent portion and a payload, the payload conforming to a specification of a custom resource manager and comprising a configuration for the custom resource.