Abstract: Techniques are described for a location-aware service-oriented application deployment management (“SOADM”) service that abstracts the complexities of deploying distributed applications in a cloud provider network providing many possible deployment zones of one or multiple types. These deployment zone types can include traditional cloud provider regions and availability zones as well as so-called edge locations (e.g., cloud provider operated edge locations, customer-operated edge locations, third-party operated edge locations, communications service provider (CSP) associated edge locations). The SOADM service enables users to create service group configurations representing a service-oriented application, including its constituent services and dependent resources, and specify distribution strategies for deploying and/or redistributing application services and resources, among other configurations.

Abstract: Techniques for utilizing dual-stack network addressing for compute instances hosted in an edge location of a cloud provider network along with communications service provider (CSP) network addresses are described. A first network address is assigned to the compute instance from a pool of network addresses of the cloud provider network, and a second network address is associated with the compute instance that is provided by the CSP network. A gateway of the edge location is updated to direct packets addressed to the second network address to the compute instance via use of the first network address.

Abstract: Techniques are described for a location-aware service-oriented application deployment management (“SOADM”) service that abstracts the complexities of deploying distributed applications in a cloud provider network providing many possible deployment zones of one or multiple types. These deployment zone types can include traditional cloud provider regions and availability zones as well as so-called edge locations (e.g., cloud provider operated edge locations, customer-operated edge locations, third-party operated edge locations, communications service provider (CSP) associated edge locations). The SOADM service enables users to create service group configurations representing a service-oriented application, including its constituent services and dependent resources, and specify distribution strategies for deploying and/or redistributing application services and resources, among other configurations.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described to enable integrating operation of a service record system with operation of an automatically scaled service hosting system. The service hosting system can maintain a set of servers to provide a network-accessible service, and the service record system can maintain records identifying the set of servers as endpoints for the service. The service hosting system can further modify the number of servers within the set based, for example, on demand. When the service hosting system intends to remove a server from the set, it may notify the service record system. The service record system, in turn, can determine whether any valid records are predicted to exist that identify the to-be-removed server as an endpoint for the service. If such records are predicted to exist, removal of the server can be delayed until those records expire, to prevent errors resulting from client reliance on those records.

Abstract: Systems and methods are described to enable integrating operation of a service record system with operation of a hosting system. The service hosting system can maintain a set of servers to provide a network-accessible service, and the service record system can maintain records identifying the set of servers as endpoints for the service. The service record system can periodically transmit health check data to servers within the set, to verify their health status. When the service record system determines that a server is unhealthy, it can notify the hosting system. If the hosting system removes the server from the pool, it can notify the service record system, so that the service record system can halt further health checking of the server.

Abstract: In a network of intermittently-connected computers, a method and apparatus for maintaining and managing control over data objects authored, accessed, and altered by users in dynamic, distributed, and collaborative contexts. The invention method and apparatus attach to each data object an identification of a respective control policy. Each control policy comprises at least an indication of a subset of the users who may access the data object, an indication of the privileges granted to each subset of users able to access the data object, and an indication of a subset of users who may define or edit the control policy. The invention method and apparatus separate the management of the control policies of data objects from the creation and use of the data objects. The invention method and apparatus automate common policy changes, distribution of policy changes to the enforcement agents, and propagation of control policies to derivative works.

Abstract: In a network of intermittently-connected computers, a method and apparatus for maintaining and managing control over data objects authored, accessed, and altered by users in dynamic, distributed, and collaborative contexts. The invention method and apparatus attach to each data object an identification of a respective control policy. Each control policy comprises at least an indication of a subset of the users who may access the data object, an indication of the privileges granted to each subset of users able to access the data object, and an indication of a subset of users who may define or edit the control policy. The invention method and apparatus separate the management of the control policies of data objects from the creation and use of the data objects. The invention method and apparatus automate common policy changes, distribution of policy changes to the enforcement agents, and propagation of control policies to derivative works.