Dedicated virtual computing system servers

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving, via an application programming interface, a first web service request to provision a dedicated hardware host, the dedicated hardware host to be provisioned for exclusive use by a customer of a virtual computer system service, the first web service request corresponds to an account associated with the customer and specifies a desired hardware configuration;
• identifying, from a pool of available hardware servers, the dedicated hardware host based at least in part on the desired hardware configuration and the dedicated hardware host being dedicated for exclusive use by the account associated with the customer of the virtual computer system service;
• providing, to the account associated with the customer, a first reservation identifier corresponding to the dedicated hardware host;
• receiving, via the application programming interface, a second web service request to launch a virtual machine instance on the dedicated hardware host, the second web service request including the first reservation identifier corresponding to the dedicated hardware host;
• and
• launching the virtual machine instance on the dedicated hardware host.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon executable instructions that, as a result of being executed by one or more processors of a computer system, cause the computer system to at least:

• receive, from an application programming interface, a first web service request to provision a dedicated hardware host for exclusive use by a customer of a virtual computer system service, the first web service request:
• corresponding to an account associated with the customer;
• and
• specifying a desired hardware configuration;
• identify the dedicated hardware host from among a pool of available hardware servers based at least in part on:
• the desired hardware configuration;
• and
• the dedicated hardware host being available to be dedicated for exclusive use by the customer;
• provide, to the account associated with the customer, a reservation identifier corresponding to the dedicated hardware host;
• receive, from the application programming interface, a second web service request to launch a virtual machine instance on the dedicated hardware host, the second web service request including the reservation identifier;
• and
• cause the virtual machine instance to be launched on the dedicated hardware host.