Containerized application extensions in distributed storage systems

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when executed by a processor perform a set of acts comprising:

• maintaining a distributed virtualization system comprising a plurality of nodes connected over a network, the distributed virtualization system having a first node comprising a virtualized controller and a virtualized container service machine, the virtualized controller managing a storage pool that aggregates a first storage device locally attached to the first node and a second storage device locally attached to a second node;
• receiving, at the virtualized controller, a command to invoke a containerized application extension from a graphical user interface, wherein the containerized application extension extends capabilities afforded to the distributed virtualization system by adding application features to an existing application;
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• executing, at the virtualized container service machine, the containerized application extension, wherein the containerized application extension is invoked and accessed using the graphical user interface and the virtualized container service machine operates the containerized application extension by at least accessing data on the storage pool through the virtualized controller.

A system comprising:

• a storage medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions;
• and
• one or more processors that execute the sequence of instructions to cause the one or more processors to perform a set of acts, the set of acts comprising:
• maintaining a distributed virtualization system comprising a plurality of nodes connected over a network, the distributed virtualization system having a first node comprising a virtualized controller and a virtualized container service machine, the virtualized controller managing a storage pool that aggregates a first storage device locally attached to the first node and a second storage device locally attached to a second node;
• receiving, at the virtualized controller, a command to invoke a containerized application extension from a graphical user interface, wherein the containerized application extension extends capabilities afforded to the distributed virtualization system by adding application features to an existing application;
• and
• executing, at the virtualized container service machine, the containerized application extension, wherein the containerized application extension is invoked and accessed using the graphical user interface and the virtualized container service machine operates the containerized application extension by at least accessing data on the storage pool through the virtualized controller.