Emulation of cloud computing service regions

1. A computer-implemented method performed by a data processing apparatus, the method comprising:

receiving, at an emulation system from a system in a virtual private cloud, an Application Programming Interface (API) request comprising an indication of an endpoint associated with a target region of a cloud computing service, wherein the target region is a custom region or an air-gapped region of the cloud computing service;

extracting one or more attributes from the API request;

generating a manipulated API request from the extracted one or more attributes of the API request, wherein the manipulated API request comprises an indication of an endpoint located in a standard region of the cloud computing service, wherein the standard region is neither a custom region or an air-gapped region of the cloud computing service; and

transmitting the manipulated API request to the endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein generating a manipulated API request from the extracted one or more attributes of the API request comprises replacing the indication of the endpoint associated with the target region of the API request with the indication of the endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the emulation system, an API request response comprising an indication of an endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service;

extracting one or more attributes from the API request response;

generating a manipulated API request response from the extracted one or more attributes of the API request response, wherein the manipulated API request response comprises an indication of an endpoint located in the target region of a cloud computing service; and

transmitting the manipulated API request response to the system in the virtual private cloud.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 , wherein generating a manipulated API request response from the extracted one or more attribute of the API request response comprises replacing the indication of the endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service of the API request response with the indication of the endpoint associated with the target region.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the emulation system, from the system in the virtual private cloud, a Domain Name System (DNS) query comprising a name associated with an endpoint associated with the target region, wherein the system in the virtual private cloud is configured to send DNS queries to a DNS service of the emulation system;

resolving the DNS query to an IP address of the emulation system; and

transmitting the IP address to the system in the virtual private cloud.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing one or more tests on the API request received from the system in the virtual private cloud, wherein results of the tests are based on whether the API request is properly formed to be used with the target region of the cloud computing service; and

storing the results of the one or more tests in a database.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, at the emulation system, a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate and a query string indicating a cloud computing service account and a cloud computing service role;

authenticating, by federation service of the emulation system, a sender of the PKI certificate based on one or more attributes of the PKI certificate;

requesting, by the federation service, temporary credentials for the cloud computing service using the PKI certificate, wherein the temporary credentials comprise credentials for access to the cloud computing service account with the cloud computing service role;

receiving, by the emulation system, the temporary credentials; and

sending the temporary credentials to the sender of the PKI certificate.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising testing one or more logs generated by a region of the cloud computing service.

9. A computer-implemented system comprising:

one or more storage devices;

one or more processors that receive from a system in a virtual private cloud, an Application Programming Interface (API) request comprising an indication of an endpoint associated with a target region of a cloud computing service, wherein the target region is a custom region or an air-gapped region of the cloud computing service, extract one or more attributes from the API request, store the API request in the one or more storage devices, generate a manipulated API request from the extracted one or more attributes of the API request, wherein the manipulated API request comprises an indication of an endpoint located in a standard region of the cloud computing service, wherein the standard region is neither a custom region or an air-gapped region of the cloud computing service, and transmit the manipulated API request to the endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service.

10. The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors generate a manipulated API request from the extracted one or more attributes of the API request by replacing the indication of the endpoint associated with the target region of the API request with the indication of the endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service.

11. The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors further receive an API request response comprising an indication of an endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service, extract one or more attributes from the API request response, generate a manipulated API request response from the extracted one or more attributes of the API request response, wherein the manipulated API request response comprises an indication of an endpoint located in the target region of a cloud computing service, and transmit the manipulated API request response to the system in the virtual private cloud.

12. The computer-implemented system of claim 11 , wherein the one or more processors generate a manipulated API request response from the extracted one or more attribute of the API request response by replacing the indication of the endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service of the API request response with the indication of the endpoint associated with the target region.

13. The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors further receive, from the system in the virtual private cloud, a Domain Name System (DNS) query comprising a name associated with an endpoint associated with the target region, wherein the system in the virtual private cloud is configured to send DNS queries to a DNS service of the emulation system, resolve the DNS query to an IP address of an emulation system comprising the one or more processors, and transmit the IP address to the system in the virtual private cloud.

14. The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors further perform one or more tests on the API request received from the system in the virtual private cloud, wherein results of the tests are based on whether the API request is properly formed to be used with the target region of the cloud computing service and store the results of the one or more tests in a database in the one or more storage devices.

15. The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors further receive a Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) certificate and a query string indicating a cloud computing service account and a cloud computing service role, authenticate a sender of the PKI certificate based on one or more attributes of the PKI certificate, request temporary credentials for the cloud computing service using the PKI certificate, wherein the temporary credentials comprise credentials for access to the cloud computing service account with the cloud computing service role, receive the temporary credentials, and send the temporary credentials to the sender of the PKI certificate.

16. The computer-implemented system of claim 9 , wherein the one or more processors further test one or more logs generated by a region of the cloud computing service.

17. A system comprising: one or more computers and one or more storage devices storing instructions which are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at an emulation system from a system in a virtual private cloud, an Application Programming Interface (API) request comprising an indication of an endpoint associated with a target region of a cloud computing service, wherein the target region is a custom region or an air-gapped region of the cloud computing service;

extracting one or more attributes from the API request;

generating a manipulated API request from the extracted one or more attributes of the API request, wherein the manipulated API request comprises an indication of an endpoint located in a standard region of the cloud computing service, wherein the standard region is neither a custom region or an air-gapped region of the cloud computing service; and

transmitting the manipulated API request to the endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions which are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising generating a manipulated API request from the extracted one or more attributes of the API request further cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising replacing the indication of the endpoint associated with the target region of the API request with the indication of the endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, which are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, further cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

receiving, at the emulation system, an API request response comprising an indication of an endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service;

extracting one or more attributes from the API request response;

generating a manipulated API request response from the extracted one or more attributes of the API request response, wherein the manipulated API request response comprises an indication of an endpoint located in the target region of a cloud computing service; and

transmitting the manipulated API request response to the system in the virtual private cloud.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the instructions which are operable, when executed by the one or more computers, to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising generating a manipulated API request response from the extracted one or more attribute of the API request response further cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising replacing the indication of the endpoint located in the standard region of the cloud computing service of the API request response with the indication of the endpoint associated with the target region.