Instance configuration on remote platforms

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8966025-B2
Application number	US-201313747190-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 22, 2013
Priority date	Jan 22, 2013
Publication date	Feb 24, 2015
Grant date	Feb 24, 2015

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for instance configuration on remote platforms are disclosed. A storage medium comprises program instructions to implement a control server configured to, in response to an instance configuration request directed to a network-accessible service implemented using resource instances whose configuration is managed from within the provider network, determine whether configuration operations corresponding to the request are to be performed at a remote platform external to the provider network. In response to determining that configuration operations are to be performed at a remote platform, the control server issues commands to a selected remote platform; otherwise, it issues commands to an instance host of the provider network. Based on results of the commands, the control server provides a response to the request.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a provider network supporting remote configuration of resources of a network-accessible service, a platform approval request comprising an indication of one or more candidate platforms for hosting virtualized resources;
performing, in response to the platform approval request, a capability determination operation on a particular candidate platform of the one or more candidate platforms;
designating, based at least in p…

Assignees

• Amazon Tech Inc

Inventors

• Kowalski Marcin Piotr
• Paterson-Jones Roland
• Greenfield James Alfred Gordon

Classifications

• H04L41/0896 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L41/0895

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L47/78 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic