System and method for associating workload management definitions with computing containers

A method, comprising:

• maintaining a data container that includes a plurality of computer container definitions, a plurality of workload management definitions, and associations between said plurality of computing container definitions and said plurality of workload management definitions;
• operating a plurality of management processes for performing resource allocation operations associated with a plurality of computing containers instantiated according to said plurality of computer container definitions;
• and
• communicating changes to said plurality of workload management definitions in said data container to said plurality of management processes.