Integrated program code marketplace and service provider network

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereupon, when executed by the apparatus, cause the apparatus to:
• receive program code and an associated execution environment definition, the associated execution environment definition defining a suitable execution environment for the program code by providing configuration information for the suitable execution environment;
• perform one or more first tests on the program code;
• determine that the program code passed the one or more first tests;
• include the program code in a program code marketplace;
• receive a request from a user to deploy the program code from the program code marketplace to a service provider network;
• in response to receiving the request, utilize the associated execution environment definition to create the suitable execution environment for the program code in the service provider network;
• deploy the program code from the program code marketplace to the suitable execution environment in the service provider network;
• cause the program code to execute in the suitable execution environment created in the service provider network;
• perform one or more second tests of the program code in the suitable execution environment created in the service provider network;
• determine that the program code in the suitable execution environment passed the one or more second tests;
• and
• provide, to the user, access to the program code in the suitable execution environment.

A computer-implemented method comprising:

• receiving program code and an associated execution environment definition, the associated execution environment definition defining a suitable execution environment for the program code by providing configuration information for the suitable execution environment;
• performing one or more first tests on the program code;
• determining that the program code passed the one or more first tests;
• including the program code in a program code marketplace;
• receiving a request from a user to deploy the program code from the program code marketplace to a service provider network;
• in response to receiving the request, utilizing the associated execution environment definition to create the suitable execution environment for the program code in the service provider network;
• deploying the program code from the program code marketplace to the suitable execution environment in the service provider network;
• causing the program code to execute in the suitable execution environment created in the service provider network;
• performing one or more second tests of the program code in the suitable execution environment created in the service provider network;
• determining that the program code in the suitable execution environment passed the one or more second tests;
• and
• providing, to the user, access to the program code in the suitable execution environment.