Infrastructure-delegated orchestration backup using networked processing units

A device, comprising:

• a network processing unit connected to a network of at least one orchestrated edge computing environment;
• and
• a storage medium including instructions embodied thereon, wherein the instructions, which when executed by the network processing unit, configure the network processing unit to deploy remedial actions for failure scenarios occurring in the at least one orchestrated edge computing environment, with operations to:
• retrieve an orchestration configuration of a controller entity and a worker entity, wherein both the controller entity and the worker entity include:
• (i) respective compute processing units to execute at least one service and (ii) respective network processing units to process network communication between the controller entity and the worker entity, and wherein the controller entity is responsible for orchestration of the worker entity to provide the at least one service;
• determine a failure scenario of the orchestration of the worker entity, based on network data received at the network processing unit, the network processing unit located in the network between the controller entity and the worker entity;
• and
• cause a remedial action to resolve the failure scenario and modify the orchestration configuration, wherein the remedial action includes replacing functionality of the controller entity or the worker entity with functionality at a replacement entity, wherein the remedial action is performed by at least one of the respective network processing units of the controller entity or the worker entity.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising information representative of instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a network processing unit having processing circuitry, cause the processing circuitry to:

• obtain data for an orchestration configuration of a controller entity and a worker entity, wherein both the controller entity and the worker entity include:
• (i) respective compute processing units to execute at least one service and (ii) respective network processing units to process network communication between the controller entity and the worker entity, and wherein the controller entity is responsible for orchestration of the worker entity to provide the at least one service;
• determine a failure scenario of the orchestration of the worker entity, based on network data received at the network processing unit in a network established between the controller entity and the worker entity;
• and
• cause a remedial action to resolve the failure scenario and modify the orchestration configuration, wherein the remedial action includes replacing functionality of the controller entity or the worker entity with functionality at a replacement entity, wherein the remedial action is performed by at least one of the respective network processing units of the controller entity or the worker entity.