Decentralized control plane for a computing system

A computer system, comprising:

• a hardware platform having a processor and memory;
• a software platform executing on the hardware platform;
• a service host process executing within the software platform, the service host process including a framework that provides a plurality of functionalities, the service host process configured to:
• create a service instance as an object in the service host process based on a specification of a service, the service instance including a representational state transfer (REST) application programming interface (API), the specification defining declared options for the service;
• selectively enable one or more of the plurality of functionalities provided by the framework for use by the service instance based on the declared options for the service;
• and
• process requests for the service through the REST API of the service instance, the service instance using one or more of the enabled functionalities provided by the framework in response to the requests.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed in a computer system, causes the computer system to carry out a method of implementing a control plane for services in a computer system, comprising:

• executing a service host process on a software platform of a host computer, the service host process including a framework that provides a plurality of functionalities;
• creating a service instance as an object in the service host process based on a specification of a service, the service instance including a representational state transfer (REST) application programming interface (API), the specification defining declared options for the service;
• selectively enabling one or more of the plurality of functionalities provided by the framework for use by the service instance based on the declared options for the service;
• and
• processing requests for the service through the REST API of the service instance, the service instance using one or more of the enabled functionalities provided by the framework in response to the requests.