Capture and execution of provider network tasks

A method, comprising:

• performing, by one or more computing devices comprising one or more hardware processors and memory:
• receiving a plurality of task inputs from a client of a provider network via a network-based interface for the provider network;
• based at least in part on the received plurality of task inputs, capturing a plurality of task actions performed with respect to a set of one or more network-based resources, comprising one or more virtual machines, implemented at the provider network for the client to generate a recorded task for subsequent execution, wherein the plurality of task actions modify the set of network-based resources, and wherein the plurality of task inputs received from the client cause, at least in part, the plurality of task actions to be both performed and captured;
• storing the recorded task for subsequent execution;
• providing, to the client of the provider network, a graphical user interface comprising graphical elements for a plurality of available recorded tasks, including the recorded task, and one or more graphical elements for graphically selecting and adding one or more of the available recorded tasks to a recorded task workflow;
• selecting, based on input received from the client via the graphical user interface, a plurality of recorded tasks, task execution events for at least some of the plurality of recorded tasks, and at least some links between at least some of the plurality of recorded tasks, to create a recorded task workflow comprising a plurality of linked recorded tasks, wherein at least one of the plurality of recorded tasks is selected based at least in part on the client's interaction, received in the input, with one or more of the graphical elements for the plurality of available recorded tasks, and one or more of the graphical elements for graphically selecting and adding one or more of the available recorded tasks to a recorded task workflow, wherein the plurality of linked recorded tasks comprise the recorded task comprising the plurality of task actions, wherein the task execution events comprise a particular task execution event for the recorded task, and wherein individual recorded tasks of the recorded task workflow comprise a plurality of task actions that are separately recorded from other recorded tasks of the plurality of linked recorded tasks;
• performing a search for a published recorded task to add to the recorded task workflow according to one or more search filters received via the graphical user interface;
• selecting the published recorded task from among results of the search to add to the recorded task workflow according to user selection received via the graphical user interface;
• executing the recorded task as part of the recorded task workflow, wherein the execution of the recorded task comprises:
• detecting the particular task execution event for the recorded task during execution of the recorded task workflow;
• and
• in response to detecting the particular task execution event for the recorded task during the execution of the recorded task workflow, accessing the recorded task, and performing the plurality of task actions of the recorded task in order to execute the recorded task with respect to the one or more network-based resources implemented at the provider network;
• and
• executing at least another recorded task of the plurality of linked recorded tasks of the recorded task workflow, wherein the execution of the other recorded task is triggered by the performance of one or more of the plurality of task actions of the recorded task, and wherein the other recorded task comprises a plurality of separately recorded task actions.

A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium, storing program instructions that when executed by one or more computing devices, comprising one or more hardware processors and memory, cause the one or more computing devices to implement:

• receiving a plurality of task inputs from a client of a provider network via a network-based interface for the provider network;
• based at least in part on the received plurality of task inputs, recording a plurality of task actions performed with respect to a set of one or more network-based resources, comprising one or more virtual machines, implemented at the provider network for the client to generate a recorded task for subsequent execution, wherein the plurality of task actions modify the set of network-based resources, and wherein the plurality of task inputs received from the client cause, at least in part, the plurality of task actions to be both performed and recorded;
• storing the recorded task for subsequent execution;
• providing, to the client of the provider network, a graphical user interface comprising graphical elements for a plurality of available recorded tasks, including the recorded task, and one or more graphical elements for graphically selecting and adding one or more of the available recorded tasks to a recorded task workflow;
• selecting, based on input received from the client via the graphical user interface, a plurality of recorded tasks, task execution events for at least some of the plurality of recorded tasks, and at least some links between at least some of the plurality of recorded tasks, to create a recorded task workflow comprising a plurality of linked recorded tasks, wherein at least one of the plurality of recorded tasks is selected based at least in part on the client's interaction, received in the input, with one or more of the graphical elements for the plurality of available recorded tasks, and one or more of the graphical elements for graphically selecting and adding one or more of the available recorded tasks to a recorded task workflow, wherein the plurality of linked recorded tasks comprise the recorded task comprising the plurality of task actions, wherein the task execution events comprise a particular task execution event for the recorded task, and wherein individual recorded tasks of the recorded task workflow comprise a plurality of task actions that are separately recorded from other recorded tasks of the plurality of linked recorded tasks;
• performing a search for a published recorded task to add to the recorded task workflow according to one or more search filters received via the graphical user interface;
• selecting the published recorded task from among results of the search to add to the recorded task workflow according to user selection received via the graphical user interface;
• executing the recorded task as part of the recorded task workflow, including, detecting the particular task execution event for the recorded task during execution of the recorded task workflow, and in response to detecting the particular task execution event for the recorded task during execution of the recorded task workflow:
• accessing the recorded task;
• and
• performing the plurality of task actions recorded in the recorded task in order to execute the recorded task with respect to the one or more network-based resources implemented at the provider network;
• and
• executing at least another recorded task of the plurality of linked recorded tasks of the recorded task workflow, wherein the execution of the other recorded task is triggered by the performance of one or more of the plurality of task actions of the recorded task, and wherein the other recorded task comprises a plurality of separately recorded task actions.