Provisioning and debugging system in a cloud environment

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a request from a support user device for debug access to an application;
• identifying a predetermined time period for which to provision a set of computing resources responsive to the request;
• provisioning the set of computing resources, associated with the request, into a pod on a server;
• generating a first container within the pod comprising a new instance of the application;
• generating a second container within the pod comprising a debugger program that provides access to code of the application;
• determining that less than a first threshold amount of time is remaining prior to an expiration of the predetermined time period:
• enabling a request for an extension of the predetermined time period after the determination that less than the first threshold amount of time is remaining;
• receiving an extension request of the predetermined time period;
• extending the predetermined time period responsive to receiving the extension request;
• determining that the predetermined time period has expired;
• revoking access to the provisioned set of computing resources based on the determination that the predetermined time period has expired;
• and
• releasing the provisioned set of computing resources to be made available for other processes of the server.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one computing device, cause the at least one computing device to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a request from a support user device for debug access to an application;
• identifying a predetermined time period for which to provision a set of computing resources responsive to the request;
• provisioning the set of computing resources, associated with the request, into a pod on a server;
• generating a first container within the pod comprising a new instance of the application;
• generating a second container within the pod comprising a debugger program that provides access to code of the application;
• determining that less than a first threshold amount of time is remaining prior to an expiration of the predetermined time period;
• enabling a request for an extension of the predetermined time period after the determination that less than the first threshold amount of time is remaining;
• receiving an extension request of the predetermined time period;
• extending the predetermined time period responsive to receiving the extension request;
• determining that the predetermined time period has expired;
• revoking access to the provisioned set of computing resources based on the determination that the predetermined time period has expired;
• and
• releasing the provisioned set of computing resources to be made available for other processes of the server.