Zero configuration registration of services in cloud compute environment

An apparatus operating in association with a network-accessible infrastructure that hosts one or more services on behalf of an enterprise, wherein a service is required to be registered with an authority, comprising:

• a processor;
• computer memory storing computer program instructions configured as a network-based automated bootstrap mechanism to:
• respond to a determination that a new service instance is required to be brought up in the network-accessible infrastructure, to determine whether a peer service instance has an existing registration with the authority and is active;
• upon a determination that the peer service instance has an existing registration with the authority and is active, and without requiring manual intervention, leverage the existing registration on behalf of the new service instance to automatically register the new service instance with the authority;
• and
• responsive to registration of the new service instance, execute the new service instance in the network-accessible infrastructure.

A computer program product in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions configured as program code and executable in one or more hardware processors in association with a network-accessible infrastructure that hosts one or more services on behalf of an enterprise, wherein a service is required to be registered with an authority, the program code comprising:

• a network-based automated bootstrap mechanism configured to:
• respond to a determination that a new service instance is required to be brought up in the network-accessible infrastructure, to determine whether a peer service instance has an existing registration with the authority and is active;
• upon a determination that the peer service instance has an existing registration with the authority and is active, and without requiring manual intervention, leverage the existing registration on behalf of the new service instance to automatically register the new service instance with the authority;
• and
• responsive to registration of the new service instance, execute the new service instance in the network-accessible infrastructure.