Annotation of Resources in a Distributed Execution Environment

摘要

A distributed execution environment includes various resources, such as instances of computing resources, hardware resources, software resources, and others. A resource state viewing tool executing in conjunction with the distributed execution environment provides access to data regarding the state of each resource in the form of a resource page associated with the resource. The resource page for a resource might also include one or more annotations assigned to the resource by a user or by a component within the distributed execution environment. The annotations might have associated expiration data, such as an expiration time or event, which may be utilized to expire the annotations. The annotations might also have a namespace assigned thereto that is utilized when responding to requests to retrieve the annotations. The annotations might also have permissions assigned thereto that identify the rights of one or more users and/or components to read, modify, or delete the annotations.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for annotating a resource in a distributed execution environment, the method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for:
receiving a request to store an annotation associated with a resource in the distributed execution environment, the request comprising a resource identifier for the resource, the annotation, a namespace, and expiration data for the annotation; storing the resource identifier, the annotation, the namespace, and the expiration data in response to receiving the request; utilizing the expiration data to periodically expire stored annotations; receiving a request for the annotations associated with a resource, the request comprising a resource identifier for the resource and a namespace; and returning annotations in response to the request that have been associated with the resource identifier and that have an associated namespace that matches the namespace specified in the request.