VMware, Inc.
Transactions in a decentralized control plane of a computing system

Abstract:

A method of managing a transaction in a control plane executing on a computing system that manages a plurality of services includes: receiving, at the control plane from a client, a plurality of first requests for at least one target service of the plurality of services, each of the plurality of first requests including a transaction indicator identifying the transaction; executing at least one handler of the at least one target service to process the plurality of first requests; receiving, at the control plane from the client, a commit request for the transaction coordinator service, the commit request including an instruction to commit the transaction; and executing a handler of the transaction coordinator service to process the commit request and notify the at least one target service of a status of the commit request.