ORGANIZING DATA IN A VIRTUAL COMPUTING INFRASTRUCTURE

摘要

Organizing data in a cloud computing environment having a plurality of computing nodes is described. An authorization to service a request is received. The request may be from a user for launching an instance. In response to receiving the authorization and based on the request, an image list is determined. The image list includes information corresponding to a plurality of machine images. At least one machine image is identified from the image list associated with a functional requirement of the request. The instance is launched at the at least one computing node. The at least one machine image is updated after the instance has been launched.

主权项

1. A method of determining a computing node to run an instance in a cloud computing environment having a plurality of computing nodes, the method comprising:
receiving an authorization to service a launch plan, the launch plan being from a user, wherein the launch plan identifies an image list but not any individual machine image within the image list; selecting, automatically, from the image list, a machine image to be used to launch the instance; in response to receiving the authorization, identifying, based on the machine image selected, at least one tag or attribute constraining the computing nodes on which the instance may be launched; searching the plurality of computing nodes based on the at least one tag to identify at least one computing node having one or more computing resources that matches at least one attribute required by the instance launch; assigning the launch of the instance to the at least one computing node based on the match; and launching the instance on the assigned computing node.