Executing Commands Within Virtual Machine Instances

摘要

Technologies are disclosed herein for executing commands within virtual machine (“VM”) instances. A public web service application programming interface (“API”) is exposed within a service provider network that includes methods relating to the execution of commands within VM instances. For example, the API might include a method for obtaining a list of the commands that can be executed within a VM instance. The API might also include a method for requesting the execution of a command within a VM instance. The API might also include a method for requesting data describing the status of the execution of a command within a VM instance. The API might also expose other methods. A software agent executing on a VM instance may be utilized to provide a list of commands that can be executed in the VM, to execute requested commands, and to provide data describing the status of execution of a command.

主权项

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon which are executable by the processor and which, when executed, cause the apparatus to
expose a public web service application programming interface (API) within a service provider network, the API comprising a method for executing a custom command within a virtual machine (VM) instance executing in the service provider network, the custom command specified in a file;receive a call to the method for executing the custom command within the VM instance; andin response to receiving the call, cause a request to execute the custom command to be transmitted to a software agent executing in the VM instance, the software agent configured to read at least a portion of the file and execute the custom command in the VM instance in response to receiving the request.