System and method for distributed management of hardware using intermediate representations of systems to satisfy user intent

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing services provided using data processing systems, the operations comprising:

• obtaining intent data from a client, the intent data indicating a desired use of the data processing systems;
• obtaining, using the intent data, an intermediate representation of roles to facilitate the desired use;
• obtaining, using a local control plane for a portion of the data processing systems, self-reported role fit data from the portion of the data processing systems, the self-reported role fit data indicating estimates of an ability of each of the portion of the data processing systems to fulfill each of the roles;
• establishing, based on the role fit data, a proposed deployment plan for services to be provided by each of the portion of the portion of the data processing systems;
• negotiating, with the portion of the data processing systems and using the proposed deployment plan, agreements with the portion of the data processing systems to implement at least one of the roles;
• instantiating, based on the agreements, subscriptions the data processing systems to implement the roles to facilitate the desired use to obtain subscribed data processing systems;
• and
• providing the desired use of the data processing systems to the client using the subscribed data processing systems.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing services provided using data processing systems comprising the data processing system, the operations comprising:
• obtaining intent data from a client, the intent data indicating a desired use of the data processing systems;
• obtaining, using the intent data, an intermediate representation of roles to facilitate the desired use;
• obtaining, using a local control plane for a portion of the data processing systems, self-reported role fit data from the portion of the data processing systems, the self-reported role fit data indicating estimates of an ability of each of the portion of the data processing systems to fulfill each of the roles;
• establishing, based on the role fit data, a proposed deployment plan for services to be provided by each of the portion of the portion of the data processing systems;
• negotiating, with the portion of the data processing systems and using the proposed deployment plan, agreements with the portion of the data processing systems to implement at least one of the roles;
• instantiating, based on the agreements, subscriptions the data processing systems to implement the roles to facilitate the desired use to obtain subscribed data processing systems;
• and
• providing the desired use of the data processing systems to the client using the subscribed data processing systems.