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A simplified reliable distributed (and ideally scalable) version of a thing somewhat akin to heat and warm, but really not either.

1. Receive user request to build X via REST (applying typical OpenStack authn/z and such to make this happen); if not authorized blow up and return typical error.
2. Parse build X request into some useful internal structure Y (at the same time validate it); if request is invalid, blow up and return typical error.
3. Drop internal structure Y into a per-build zookeeper Z directory and return back a identifier (an encoded version of the directory Z per-say) that can be sent back in to see the current status of whatever was requested to build.
4. Worker (one of many) watching zookeeper takes ownership of build directory Z and progresses build through needed steps (updating zookeeper with status so that user can request status of build X and get back useful information); if worker dies, another worker takes over and continues, if build is not possible due to runtime issue, fail build and leave note that can be fetched by future user request with details on why/what failed.
5. Build X finishes, profit! Now either delete build directory Z in zookeeper or leave it and prune it at a later date (via a mechanism akin to cache eviction or garage collection).