Detecting and managing relocation of network communication endpoints in a distributed computing environment

A system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, perform an operation for managing communications between applications executing in a distributed computing environment by a first virtual machine, the operation comprising:
• detecting that an application has migrated from a source virtual machine to a destination virtual machine in the distributed computing environment such that the migrated application executes on the destination virtual machine and other applications executing on the source virtual machine prior to migration of the migrated application remain executing on the source virtual machine;
• identifying a location of the destination virtual machine in the distributed computing environment, wherein identifying the location of the destination virtual machine in the distributed computing environment comprises identifying an interface through which communications with the destination virtual machine are performed;
• and
• based on the identified location, generating routing rules for communications between applications executing on the first virtual machine and the migrated application, wherein the routing rules minimize latency and processing overhead for network communications between applications executing on the first virtual machine with the migrated application executing on the destination virtual machine in the distributed computing environment.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon which, when executed on a processor, perform an operation for managing communications between applications executing in a distributed computing environment by a first virtual machine, the operation comprising:

• detecting that an application has migrated from a source virtual machine to a destination virtual machine in the distributed computing environment such that the migrated application executes on the destination virtual machine and other applications executing on the source virtual machine prior to migration of the migrated application remain executing on the source virtual machine;
• identifying a location of the destination virtual machine in the distributed computing environment, wherein identifying the location of the destination virtual machine in the distributed computing environment comprises identifying an interface through which communications with the destination virtual machine are performed;
• and
• based on the identified location, generating routing rules for communications between applications executing on the first virtual machine and the migrated application, wherein the routing rules minimize latency and processing overhead for network communications between applications executing on the first virtual machine with the migrated application executing on the destination virtual machine in the distributed computing environment.