Resource configuration testing service

A system to test changes to computing resources of a network-based computing service, the system comprising:

• at least one computing device comprising at least one processor;
• and
• a computing resource test service application executable in the at least one computing device, the computing resource test service application configured to:
• establish a test computing environment in the network-based computing service, the computing environment having a plurality of computing resources wherein each of the plurality of computing resources is configured to a configuration state;
• simulate, in the computing environment, an operational computing environment associated with a policy comprising one or more rules governing configuration states of computing resources of the operational computing environment;
• receive a proposed change to a configuration state of a computing resource of the operational computing environment;
• introduce the proposed change to the configuration state of a first computing resource of the plurality of computing resources of the test computing environment;
• assess the impact of the change of configuration state on the plurality of computing resources in the test computing environment;
• determine that the impact on the plurality of computing resources complies with the rules of the policy;
• and
• responsive to determining that the impact on the plurality of computing resources complies with the rules of the policy, introduce the proposed change to a configuration state of the computing resource of the operational computing environment.

A method to test changes to a policy governing configurations of computing resources of a network-based computing environment, the method comprising:

• establishing a test environment in the network-based computing environment, the test environment having a plurality of computing resources wherein each of the plurality of computing resources is configured to a configuration state;
• simulating, in the test environment, an operational computing environment associated with a policy comprising one or more rules governing configuration states of computing resources of the operational computing environment;
• receiving a proposed change to the policy;
• implementing the proposed change to the policy with respect to at least one aspect of the configuration state for at least one of the plurality of computing resources in the test environment;
• assessing the impact of the change to the policy on the configuration states of the plurality of computing resources in the test environment;
• determining whether the configuration state of a first computing resource complies with the changed policy;
• and
• initiating an action when the configuration state of the first computing resource does not comply with the changed policy, the action comprising at least one of reconfiguring the first computing resource and deactivating the first computing resource.