Techniques for automatically provisioning a database over a wide area network

A system comprising:

• a plurality of computing devices coupled by a first network;
• one or more database storage devices storing data on behalf of a plurality of subscribers;
• one or more database systems implemented by the plurality of computing devices, the one or more database systems including one or more database servers and the one or more database storage devices;
• a management server, executing at at least a first computing device of the plurality of computing devices, configured to perform management tasks with respect to the one or more database systems;
• wherein the plurality of computing devices are further configured to execute one or more database services, supported by the one or more database servers, that include one or more services for storing and managing data provided by the subscribers in one or more tables on the one or more database storage devices;
• and
• a web server, executing at at least a second computing device of the plurality of computing devices, configured to:
• receive, over a wide-area network that is different than the first network, information describing a subscription to the one or more database services;
• examine the information describing the subscription to identify one or more database resources of the one or more database systems to allocate in accordance with the subscription to the one or more database services;
• and
• based on the examining of the information describing the subscription, trigger performance of reconfiguring the one or more database systems, the reconfiguring comprising at least allocating the one or more database resources of the one or more database systems in accordance with the subscription;
• wherein the one or more database servers are configured to receive one or more commands to insert data provided over the wide area network into at least a first table of the one or more tables stored in the one or more database storage devices;
• wherein one or more computing devices of the plurality of computing devices are configured to receive requests over the wide area network, the requests requiring access to the one or more database services associated with the subscription;
• wherein one or more computing devices of the plurality of computing devices are configured to respond to the requests using the allocated one or more database resources, wherein responding to the requests comprises a database server of the one or more database systems executing a database command to retrieve at least a portion of the data provided over the wide area network from the first table.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors at one or more computing devices, cause:

• receiving, over a wide area network, information describing a subscription to one or more database services supported by one or more database systems, the one or more database systems comprising one or more database servers and one or more database storage devices;
• examining the information describing the subscription to identify one or more database resources of the one or more database systems to allocate in accordance with the subscription to the one or more database services;
• based on the examining of the information describing the subscription, automatically configuring the one or more database systems by at least allocating the one or more database resources of the one or more database systems in accordance with the subscription;
• wherein the one or more database services include one or more services for storing and managing data provided over the wide area network in one or more tables on the one or more database storage devices;
• receiving requests over the wide area network, the requests requiring access to the one or more database services associated with the subscription;
• responding to the requests using the allocated one or more database resources, wherein responding to the requests comprises a database server of the one or more database systems executing a database query to retrieve at least a portion of the data provided over the wide area network from a table stored in the one or more database storage devices.