Dynamically pinning micro-service to uplink port

A virtual networking switch of a host computing device, comprising:

• one or more computer processors;
• and
• a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more computer processors, cause the virtual networking switch to:
• receive a first data packet of a micro-service data flow from a virtual machine running on the host computing device, wherein the virtual machine is hosting a set of one or more container instances providing micro-services and the first data packet includes micro-service flow data identifying a first container instance from the set of one more container instances that transmitted the first data packet;
• provide at least a first subset of the micro-service flow data to a container orchestrator, wherein the container orchestrator utilizes the first subset of the micro-service flow data to assign a label to the first micro-service data flow;
• and
• pin the first micro-service data flow to a first uplink port of the host computing device based on the label assigned to the first micro-service data flow, causing data packets received from the virtual machine as part of the first micro-service data flow to be forwarded to their intended recipient via the first uplink port.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a virtual networking switch, cause the virtual networking switch to:

• receive a first data packet of a micro-service data flow from a virtual machine running on the host computing device, wherein the virtual machine is hosting a set of one or more container instances providing micro-services and the first data packet includes micro-service flow data identifying a first container instance from the set of one more container instances that transmitted the first data packet;
• provide at least a first subset of the micro-service flow data to a container orchestrator, wherein the container orchestrator utilizes the first subset of the micro-service flow data to assign a label to the first micro-service data flow;
• and
• pin the first micro-service data flow to a first uplink port of the host computing device based on the label assigned to the first micro-service data flow, causing data packets received from the virtual machine as part of the first micro-service data flow to be forwarded to their intended recipient via the first uplink port.