Systems and methods for deploying a containerized network function (CNF) based on information regarding the CNF

An orchestration system, comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• receive information regarding a containerized network function (CNF) to be deployed;
• obtain deployment information regarding requirements for deploying the CNF,
• wherein the requirements include one or more of a computing requirement, a memory requirement, or a network connectivity requirement;
• obtain cluster information identifying a cluster of CNFs with deployment requirements that are similar to the requirements for deploying the CNF,
• wherein the cluster information indicates schedulers that were used to deploy the cluster of CNFs and indicate capabilities of computing nodes that support the cluster of CNFs;
• determine that the schedulers, that were used to deploy the cluster of CNFs, are available;
• generate a recommendation regarding one or more schedulers, of the schedulers, based on the cluster information;
• and
• provide the recommendation regarding the one or more schedulers to a container management system,
• wherein the recommendation is provided to cause the container management system to use the one or more schedulers to deploy the CNF on one or more computing nodes that comply with the requirements.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions comprising:

• one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of an orchestration system, cause the orchestration system to:
• receive information regarding a containerized network function (CNF) to be deployed;
• obtain deployment information regarding requirements for deploying the CNF,
• wherein the requirements include one or more of a computing requirement, a memory requirement, or a network connectivity requirement;
• obtain cluster information identifying a cluster of CNFs associated with the requirements for deploying the CNF;
• determine that schedulers, configured to deploy CNFs associated with the requirements, are available;
• generate a recommendation regarding one or more schedulers, of the schedulers, based on the cluster information;
• and
• provide the recommendation regarding the one or more schedulers to a container management system,
• wherein the recommendation is provided to cause the container management system to use the one or more schedulers to deploy the CNF on one or more computing nodes that comply with the requirements,
• wherein the recommendation indicates that the one or more schedulers include a default scheduler or a custom scheduler, and
• wherein the custom scheduler is configured to deploy the CNF based on capabilities of the one or more computing nodes.