Methods and apparatuses for responding to requests for network resources implemented in a cloud computing infrastructure

A proxy server comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores code, which when executed by the one or more processors causes the proxy server to perform the following operations:
• receiving from first client device a first request for a first network resource;
• determining that a first state of a first origin instance associated with the first network resource indicates that the first origin instance is executing in a cloud computing infrastructure, wherein the first origin instance is part of one or more a plurality of origin instances that form an origin server that serves the first network resource, and responsive to this determination, performing the following:
• transmitting, to the first origin instance, a second request for the first network resource,
• receiving, from the first origin instance, a first response including the first network resource, and
• transmitting, to the first client device, a second response including the first network resource;
• receiving from a second client device a third request for a second network resource;
• and
• determining that a second state of a second origin instance associated with the second network resource indicates that the second origin instance is offline, and responsive to this determination, performing the following:
• transmitting, to the cloud computing infrastructure, a fourth request to start execution of the second origin instance, and
• transmitting, to the second client device, a third response that causes the client device to transmit a fifth request for the second network resource.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium that stores instructions which when executed by one or more processors of a proxy server cause said processors to perform operations comprising:

• receiving from a first client device a first request for a first network resource;
• determining that a first state of a first origin instance associated with the first network resource indicates that the first origin instance is executing in a cloud computing infrastructure, wherein the first origin instance is part of a plurality of origin instances that form an origin server that serves the first network resource, and responsive to this determination, performing the following:
• transmitting, to the first origin instance, a second request for the first network resource,
• receiving, from the first origin instance, a first response including the first network resource, and
• transmitting, to the first client device, a second response including the first network resource;
• receiving from a second client device a third request for a second network resource;
• and
• determining that a second state of a second origin instance associated with the second network resource indicates that the second origin instance is offline, and responsive to this determination, performing the following:
• transmitting, to the cloud computing infrastructure, a fourth request to start execution of the second origin instance, and
• transmitting, to the second client device, a third response that causes the client device to transmit a fifth request for the second network resource.