Data Plane API in a Distributed Computing Network
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsJames Ernest Johnson, Guhan Suriyanarayanan, Luis Irun-Briz
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Abstract
Embodiments are directed to a distributed computing system comprising a plurality of compute nodes for providing resources to users and a hierarchy of two or more layers of controllers coupling the compute nodes to a user interface via a control plane, wherein at least one compute node receives a local application program interface (API) call from an application running on the at least compute node, the local API call causing the at least one compute node to configure a local resource without requiring commands from the control plane.
Claims20
A distributed computing system, comprising:
- a plurality of compute nodes for providing resources to users;
- and
- a hierarchy of two or more layers of controllers coupling the compute nodes to a user interface via a control plane;
- wherein at least one compute node receives a local application program interface (API) call from code executing on the at least compute node, the API call causing the at least one compute node to configure a local resource without requiring commands from the control plane.
A computer-implemented method for controlling resources in a distributed computing system, comprising:
- receiving, at a compute node in the distributed computing system, a local application program interface (API) call from an application running on the compute node;
- and
- configuring a local resource in response to the local API call without requiring commands from a control plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.