Computing devices

One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions for being executed by a server system, the server system being usable in association with at least one remote cloud-based computer system, management-related circuitry, at least one processing resource, and at least one network, the server system comprising non-volatile storage hardware, hardware circuit, computing hardware, and network hardware, the instructions, when executed, by the server system resulting in the server system being configured to perform operations comprising:

• decrypting/encrypting, based upon at least one encryption key (EK), one or more respective portions of data as the one or more respective portions of the data are read from and written to, respectively, the non-volatile storage hardware, the data, as stored in the non-volatile storage hardware being encrypted based upon the at least one EK, the data comprising operating system code, the at least one EK being associated with the non-volatile storage hardware and being encrypted with at least one key encryption key (KEK);
• executing, by the computing hardware, at least one boot operation based upon at least one portion of the operating system code to be read from the non-volatile storage hardware;
• executing, by the computing hardware, at least one workload associated with at least one operating system instantiation;
• and
• using the network hardware to communicate, via secure data exchange, with the at least one remote cloud-based computer system and the management-related circuitry via the at least one network;
• wherein:
• the at least one KEK is to be obtained for use in generating the at least one EK, in response, at least in part, to at least one request to the at least one processing resource;
• the at least one processing resource is hardware and/or software isolated, at least in part, from execution of the operating system code;
• the management-related circuitry is for use in association with patching, and installing, at least in part, at least one software update to the server system and the at least one remote cloud-based computer system;
• the server system and/or the at least one remote cloud-based computer system are configurable to provide diagnostic-related and/or log-related data to the management-related circuitry for use, in association with application programming interfaces (API), in monitoring and/or managing the server system and/or the at least one remote cloud-based computer system;
• and
• the at least one remote cloud-based computer system is configurable to execute at least one virtual machine-related and/or container-related workload.

Networked computing system for use in association with at least one network, the networked computing system comprising:

• at least one remote cloud-based computer system;
• management-related circuitry;
• at least one processing resource;
• and
• at least one server system comprising:
• non-volatile storage hardware associated with at least one encryption key (EK) that is encrypted with at least one key encryption key (KEK), the non-volatile storage hardware to store data, the data, as stored in the non-volatile storage hardware being encrypted based upon the at least one EK, the data comprising operating system code;
• hardware circuit to decrypt/encrypt, based upon the at least one EK, one or more respective portions of the data as the one or more respective portions of the data are read from and written to, respectively, the non-volatile storage hardware;
• computing hardware to execute at least one boot operation based upon at least one portion of the operating system code to be read from the non-volatile storage hardware, the computing hardware also to execute at least one workload associated with at least one operating system instantiation;
• and
• network hardware to communicate, via secure data exchange, with the at least one remote cloud-based computer system and the management-related circuitry via the at least one network;
• wherein:
• the at least one KEK is to be obtained for use in generating the at least one EK, in response, at least in part, to at least one request to the at least one processing resource;
• the at least one processing resource is hardware and/or software isolated, at least in part, from execution of the operating system code;
• the management-related circuitry is for use in association with patching, and installing, at least in part, at least one software update to the at least one server system and the at least one remote cloud-based computer system;
• the at least one server system and/or the at least one remote cloud-based computer system are configurable to provide diagnostic-related and/or log-related data to the management-related circuitry for use, in association with application programming interfaces (API), in monitoring and/or managing the at least one server system and/or the at least one remote cloud-based computer system;
• and
• the at least one remote cloud-based computer system is configurable to execute at least one virtual machine-related and/or container-related workload.