Resource orchestration for multiple services

An apparatus comprising:

• a memory;
• a network interface configured to enable network communications;
• and
• a processor, wherein the processor is configured to perform operations comprising:
• obtaining a request, from a first service of a plurality of services, for use of a physical/hardware resource that connects a container running on the apparatus to a network, wherein the request from the first service has a priority and the plurality of services execute within the container;
• determining whether to connect the first service to the network via the physical/hardware resource based on the priority and an availability status of the physical/hardware resource;
• and
• establishing, at a kernel level, a connection between the first service from among the plurality of services executing in the container and the physical/hardware resource based on determining.

One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations including:

• obtaining a request, from a first service of a plurality of services, for use of a physical/hardware resource that connects a container running on a network device to a network, wherein the request from the first service has a priority and the plurality of services execute within the container;
• determining whether to connect the first service to the network via the physical/hardware resource based on the priority and an availability status of the physical/hardware resource;
• and
• establishing, at a kernel level, a connection between the first service from among the plurality of services executing in the container and the physical/hardware resource based on the determining.