HOSTING ARCHITECTURE

摘要

A service provider can maintain one or more host computing devices that can be accessed as host computing device resources by customers. A hosting platform includes components arranged in a manner to limit modifications to software or firmware on hardware components. In some aspects, the hosting platform may include a master latch that indicates whether the components may be configured, and the master latch may be set once and only reset upon completion of a power cycle. 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 hardware device comprising:
one or more computing components; one or more hardware latches configured to prevent modifications to code or data utilized with the one or more computing components based on individual states of the one or more hardware latches; a master latch component configured to control manipulation of the one or more hardware latches based, at least in part, on a master latch state; and a controller configured to detect the master latch state of the master latch component and manipulate the one or more hardware latches based, at least in part, on the master latch state.