Provisioning multiple network resources

A method, comprising:

• under control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,
• receiving over a network, from a computing device of an external user of a resource provisioning service comprising multiple, different network resources, a template, wherein the template includes pre-populated instructions for requesting to provision a stack of at least two different types of the multiple, different network resources according to one or more parameters associated with each of the at least two different types of the multiple, different network resources, wherein the one or more parameters are specified in the template received from the computing device of the external user;
• parsing the template to identify each of the multiple, different network resources requested for provisioning;
• attempting to provision each of the at least two different types of the multiple, different network resources at least partly in response to the parsing, wherein said attempting is based at least in part on the template received from the computing device of the external user;
• in response to a case in which each of the at least two different types of the multiple, different network resources were successfully provisioned for the external user in accordance with the template, notifying the external user the stack has been successfully provisioned;
• and
• in response to a case in which one or more of the at least two different types of the multiple, different network resources were not successfully provisioned, notifying the external user the stack has not been successfully provisioned.

An apparatus, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• memory, accessible by the one or more processors;
• and
• a template-based stack builder stored in the memory and executable on the one or more processors to:
• receive over a network, from an external user of a resource provisioning service comprising distinct network resources, a template comprising prepopulated instructions effective at least in part to provision a stack of different types of the distinct network resources based at least in part on a template, the template comprising pre-populated instructions for creating the stack including the distinct network resources according to one or more parameters specified in the template received from a computing device of the external user;
• parse the template to identify each of the distinct network resources;
• and
• attempt to provision each of the distinct network resources on behalf of the external user, wherein the attempt to provision each of the distinct network resource is based at least in part on the template received from the computing device of the external user.