Methods and systems for dynamically managing requests for computing capacity

A system configured to dynamically manage requests for computing capacity of a computing service, the system comprising:

• a computer memory configured to store one or more program modules for dynamically managing requests for computing capacity of a computing service, the computing service comprising a plurality of computing nodes;
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• an interactive request manager configured to communicate with the computer memory and to execute the one or more program modules stored in the computer memory, the program modules configured to:
• receive a request from a user to generate a virtualization environment for execution of a user application during a usage period, the request comprising information associated with the user application that permits the computing service to execute a program based at least in part on the user application;
• generate the virtualization environment, the virtualization environment including one or more program services comprising:
• (1) a load balancer configured to distribute workload across one or more of the plurality of computing nodes or one or more instances of the virtualization environment, (2) a monitoring interface configured to allow the user to monitor execution of the program, (3) a load scaler configured to scale computing resources in response to variations in demand for execution of the program, and (4) a plurality of database management services;
• execute one or more instances of the virtualization environment on a group of one or more of the plurality of computing nodes during the usage period;
• receive from the user a request to make at least one change to the virtualization environment or to the one or more instances executing the virtualization environment on the group of one or more of the plurality of computing nodes during the usage period;
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• implement the at least one change during the usage period.

A computing system configured to manage execution of programs for users, the system comprising:

• an interactive request manager component that is configured to manage execution of programs for users of a program execution service, the interactive request manager component configured to:
• receive from a user of the program execution service a request to generate a virtualization environment for execution of a user application during a usage period, the request comprising information associated with the user application that permits the program execution service to execute a program based at least in part on the user application, the program execution service providing a plurality of computing nodes configurable to execute programs of multiple users of the program execution service;
• generate the virtualization environment, the virtualization environment including one or more program services comprising:
• (1) a load balancer configured to distribute workload across computing resources of the virtualization environment, (2) a monitoring interface configured to allow the user to monitor execution of the program, (3) a load scaler configured to scale computing resources in response to variations in demand for execution of the program, and (4) a plurality of database management services;
• execute one or more instances of the virtualization environment on a group of one or more computing nodes;
• determine at least one change to the virtualization environment or to the one or more instances executing the virtualization environment on the group of one or more of the computing nodes during execution of the one or more instances of the virtualization environment;
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• implement the at least one change during the execution of the one or more instances of the virtualization environment.

A computing system configured to manage execution of programs for users, the system comprising:

• an interactive request manager component that is configured to manage execution of programs for users of a program execution service, the interactive request manager component configured to:
• receive a request from a first user to share, with users of the program execution service, a first virtualization environment generated for the first user;
• update a list of virtualization environments available for selection by users of the program execution service to provide an updated list of virtualization environments that includes information related to the first virtualization environment;
• provide the updated list of virtualization environments to users of the program execution service;
• receive a selection of the first virtualization environment that is included in the updated list from a second user of the program execution service;
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• generate a second virtualization environment for the second user, the second virtualization environment based at least in part on the first virtualization environment.