Container-based system administration

A computing facility, comprising:

• multiple computers configured to communicate over a network, wherein a first given computer is configured:
• to define a first multiple of software container configurations and a second number of permission sets,
• to receive a request to perform a service operation on a second given computer having multiple resources,
• to identify one or more of the resources that are required for the service operation,
• to select, based on the identified one or more resources, a given software container configuration and a given permission set, and
• to convey the given software container configuration and the given permission set to the second given computer.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code executing on a first computer and comprising:
• computer readable program code configured to define a first multiple of software container configurations and a second multiple of permission sets;
• computer readable program code configured to receive a request to perform a service operation on a second computer having multiple resources;
• computer readable program code configured to identify one or more of the resources that are required for the service operation;
• computer readable program code configured to select, based on the identified one or more resources, a given software container configuration and a given permission set;
• and
• computer readable program code configured to convey the given software container configuration and the given permission set to the second computer.