Managing Container Pause And Resume

A system in a computing device, the system comprising:

• a container scheduler configured to schedule processes in multiple containers of the computing device for execution;
• a host compute service configured to receive, from a command interface, an indication of a request to pause a particular container of the multiple containers, the host compute service being further configured to communicate a first notification to the container scheduler to cease scheduling processes of the particular container for execution in response to the request to pause the particular container;
• the container scheduler being further configured to cease scheduling processes in the particular container for execution in response to the first notification from the host compute service;
• the host compute service further configured to receive, after receipt of the indication of the request to pause the particular container, from the command interface an indication of a request to resume the particular container, the host compute service being further configured to communicate a second notification to the container scheduler to resume scheduling processes of the particular container for execution in response to the request to resume the particular container;
• and
• the container scheduler being further configured to resume scheduling processes in the particular container for execution in response to the second notification from the host compute service.

A computing device comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon multiple instructions that, responsive to execution by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• receive a first request to pause one of multiple containers of the computing device;
• suspend, in response to the first request, the container by ceasing scheduling processes in the container for execution;
• receive, after suspending the container, a second request to resume the container;
• and
• resume, in response to the second request, scheduling of processes in the container for execution.