Path selection of edge devices in distributed environments

A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored therein, which when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations for managing a deployment, the operations comprising:

• obtaining a request for performance of a service, the service being performed by edge devices of the deployment;
• attempting to identify at least one path map for the service;
• in a first instance of the attempting where no path maps are available for the service:
• establishing a new path map for the service, wherein the establishing the new path map for the service comprises:
• performing the request, the request being passed to at least one edge device of the edge devices, the request comprising an instruction for the performance of the service and further comprising a trace identifier;
• obtaining a response from the trace identifier to identify the at least one edge device;
• and
• generating the new path map for the service using identification of the at least one edge device;
• in a second instance of the attempting where the at least one path map for the service is available:
• filtering the at least one path map using health states of the edge devices to obtain at least one filtered path map;
• selecting one of the at least one filtered path maps;
• and
• initiating performance of the service by issuing a command based on the selected one of the at least one filtered path maps to provide a desired computer implemented service using the deployment.

A data processing system, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor to store instructions, which when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations managing a deployment, the operations comprising:
• obtaining a request for performance of a service, the service being performed by edge devices of the deployment;
• attempting to identify at least one path map for the service;
• in a first instance of the attempting where no path maps are available for the service:
• establishing a new path map for the service, wherein the establishing the new path map for the service comprises:
• performing the request, the request being passed to at least one edge device of the edge devices, the request comprising an instruction for the performance of the service and further comprising a trace identifier;
• obtaining a response from the trace identifier to identify the at least one edge device;
• and
• generating the new path map for the service using identification of the at least one edge device;
• in a second instance of the attempting where the at least one path map for the service is available:
• filtering the at least one path map using health states of the edge devices to obtain at least one filtered path map;
• selecting one of the at least one filtered path maps;
• and
• initiating performance of the service by issuing a command based on the selected one of the at least one filtered path maps to provide a desired computer implemented service using the deployment.