Service placement techniques for a cloud datacenter

A method comprising:

• determining a plurality of container sets, each container set specifying a non-functional architectural concern associated with deployment of a service within at least one data center;
• determining a decision table specifying relative priority levels of the container sets relative to one another with respect to the deployment;
• determining an instance of an application placement model (APM), based on the plurality of container sets and the decision table;
• determining an instance of a data center placement model (DPM) representing the at least one data center;
• and
• generating a placement plan for the deployment, based on the APM instance and the DPM instance.

A computer program product including instructions recorded on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and configured to cause at least one processor to:

• determine a plurality of container sets, each container set specifying a non-functional architectural concern associated with deployment of a service within at least one data center;
• determine a decision table specifying relative priority levels of the container sets relative to one another with respect to the deployment;
• determine an instance of an application placement model (APM), based on the plurality of container sets and the decision table;
• determine an instance of a data center placement model (DPM) representing the at least one data center;
• and
• generate a placement plan for the deployment, based on the APM instance and the DPM instance.