Hosting architecture

摘要

A service provider can maintain one or more host computing devices which may be utilized as bare metal instances by one or more customers of the service provider. Illustratively, each host computing device includes hardware components that are configured in a manner to allow the service provider to implement one or more processes upon a power cycle of the host computing device and prior to access of the host computing device resources by customers. In one aspect, a hosting platform includes components arranged in a manner to limit modifications to software or firmware on hardware components. In another aspect, the hosting platform can implement management functions for establishing control plane functions between the host computing device and the service provider that is independent of the customer. Additionally, the management functions can also be utilized to present different hardware or software attributes of the host computing device.

主权项

1. A hosting platform comprising:
a baseboard management controller for initiating a power cycle of a computing device associated with the baseboard management controller; and a management component, implemented on a processor, wherein the management component is configured to:
prior to implementation of a boot process associated with the computing device, cause a first manipulation of one or more hardware latches, the one or more hardware latches configured to permit modifications to at least one of software code or software configurations associated with one or more components of the hosting platform;implement at least one management function corresponding to the one or more components of the hosting platform; andprior to execution of untrusted boot code associated with the boot process, cause a second manipulation of the one or more hardware latches to prevent modifications to the at least one of software code or software configurations associated with the one or more components of the hosting platform.