Distributed authentication and authorization for rapid scaling of containerized services

A computer-implement method comprising:

• associating a first service type with a set of micro service pods;
• detecting deployment of a first micro service on a first host, wherein the first micro service is associated with the first service type;
• receiving an authentication state from a first virtual network edge (VNE) of the first host;
• and
• distributing the authentication and authorization state to a second virtual network edge (VNE) on a second host, wherein the authentication state is configured to facilitate authentication of one or more subsequent microservices instantiated on the second host by the second VNE.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored therein, which when executed by one or more processors, cause the processors to perform operations comprising:

• associating a first service type with a set of microservice pods;
• detecting deployment of a first microservice on a first host, wherein the first microservice is associated with the first service type;
• receiving an authentication state from a first virtual network edge (VNE) of the first host;
• and
• distributing the authentication state to a second virtual network edge (VNE) on a second host, wherein the authentication state is configured to facilitate authentication of one or more subsequent microservices instantiated on the second host by the second VNE.