Communications framework for multi-cluster management systems

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon program code executable by a computer system running a multi-cluster management (MCM) system, the program code embodying a method for facilitating communication between the MCM system and a cluster managed by the MCM system, the method comprising:

• transmitting an object watch list to the cluster, the object watch list identifying objects maintained by the cluster that are of interest to the MCM system;
• receiving a stream of events from the cluster, the stream of events identifying state changes to the objects;
• and
• for each event in the stream:
• determining a partition key for the event comprising an identifier of the cluster and a resource type of an object to which the event pertains;
• and
• storing the event in one of a plurality of partitions of a data platform of the MCM system based on the event's partition key, a first resource type from a first cluster being stored at a first partition, a second resource type from the first cluster being stored at a second partition to preserve relative ordering of events at the time the events are added to respective partitions in a streaming data platform.

A computer system executing a multi-cluster management (MCM) system, the computer system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon program code that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to:
• transmit an object watch list to the cluster, the object watch list identifying objects maintained by the cluster that are of interest to the MCM system;
• receive a stream of events from the cluster, the stream of events identifying state changes to the objects;
• and
• for each event in the stream:
• determine a partition key for the event comprising an identifier of the cluster and a resource type of an object to which the event pertains;
• and
• store the event in one of a plurality of partitions of a data platform of the MCM system based on the event's partition key, a first resource type from a first cluster being stored at a first partition, a second resource type from the first cluster being stored at a second partition to preserve relative ordering of events at the time the events are added to respective partitions in a streaming data platform.