Configuration of a cluster of hosts in virtualized computing environments

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that includes a set of instructions which, in response to execution by a processor of a management entity, cause the processor to perform a method of configuring a cluster of hosts in a virtualized computing environment, wherein the method comprises:

• obtaining a configuration specification that specifies multiple features associated with the cluster of hosts;
• identifying whether there is an inter-task dependency between a first configuration task and a second configuration task from multiple configuration tasks, wherein the first configuration task is to configure a first feature from the multiple features, and the second configuration task is to configure a second feature from the multiple features;
• identifying whether there is a state dependency associated with a first state associated with the cluster of hosts and the first configuration task, wherein an order in which the first configuration task and the second configuration task are executed depends on the first state, and the first state is updated by execution of the second configuration task;
• based on the identifying whether there is the inter-task dependency and the identifying whether there is the state dependency, determining a configuration workflow that defines the order in which the first configuration task and the second configuration task are executed;
• and
• orchestrating execution of the first configuration task and the second configuration task according to the configuration workflow.

A computing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon program code that, upon being executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
• obtain a configuration specification that specifies multiple features associated with a cluster of hosts in a virtualized computing environment;
• identify whether there is an inter-task dependency between a first configuration task and a second configuration task from multiple configuration tasks, wherein the first configuration task is to configure a first feature from the multiple features and the second configuration task is to configure a second feature from the multiple features;
• identify whether there is a state dependency associated with a first state associated with the cluster of hosts and the first configuration task, wherein an order in which the first configuration task and the second configuration task are executed depends on the first state, and the first state is updated by execution of the second configuration task;
• based on identification of whether there is the inter-task dependency and identification of whether there is the state dependency, determine a configuration workflow that defines the order in which the first configuration task and the second configuration task are executed;
• and
• orchestrate execution of the first configuration task and the second configuration task according to the configuration workflow.