Dynamic network device selection for containerized application deployment

A system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory having instructions stored thereon, wherein execution of the instructions by the processor, cause the processor to:
• in a network, obtain one or more end-point and access-point information associated with one or more end-point computing devices connected to a plurality of access points, wherein at least one of the one or more end-point information includes an identifier associated with an end-point function of each end-point computing device;
• obtain, from the network, one or more policies each associated with deployment of containerized applications at access points in the network;
• select a first access point of the plurality of access points based on a policy of the one or more policies to execute a containerized application deployment of a plurality of containerized application deployments, wherein the selection comprises a match of criteria of the policy to at least the end-point function, wherein the containerized application deployment comprises one or more gateway interfaces and one or more associated edge computing gateway applications to interface with a plurality of end-point computing devices based on the obtained one or more end-point information;
• direct the first access point to execute the containerized application deployment to provide access in the network for the one or more end-point computing devices;
• select a second access point of the plurality of access points based on the policy to execute the containerized application deployment, wherein the selection comprises a match of criteria of the policy to at least the end-point function;
• direct the second access point to execute the containerized application deployment to provide access in the network for the one or more end-point computing devices;
• and
• direct the first access point to remove the containerized application deployment.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, wherein execution of the instructions by a processor, cause the processor to:

• in a network, obtain one or more end-point and access-point information associated with one or more end-point computing devices connected to a plurality of access points, wherein at least one of the one or more end-point information includes an identifier associated with an end-point function of each end-point computing device;
• obtain, from the network, one or more policies each associated with deployment of containerized applications at access points in the network;
• select a first access point of the plurality of access points based on a policy of the one or more policies to execute a containerized application deployment of a plurality of containerized application deployments, wherein the selection comprises a match of criteria of the policy to at least the end-point function, wherein the containerized application deployment comprises one or more gateway interfaces and one or more associated edge computing gateway applications to interface with a plurality of end-point computing devices based on the obtained one or more end-point information;
• direct the first access point to execute the containerized application deployment to provide access in the network for the one or more end-point computing devices;
• select a second access point of the plurality of access points based on the policy to execute the containerized application deployment, wherein the selection comprises a match of criteria of the policy to at least the end-point function;
• direct the second access point to execute the containerized application deployment to provide access in the network for the one or more end-point computing devices;
• and
• direct the first access point to remove the containerized application deployment.

A method comprising:

• in a network, obtaining, by a processor, one or more end-point and access-point information associated with one or more end-point computing devices connected to a plurality of access points, wherein at least one of the one or more end-point information includes an identifier associated with an end-point function of each end-point computing device;
• obtaining, by the processor, one or more policies each associated with deployment of containerized applications at access points in the network from the network;
• selecting, by the processor, a first access point of the plurality of access points based on a policy of the one or more policies to execute a containerized application deployment of a plurality of containerized application deployment, wherein the selection comprises a match of criteria of the policy to at least the end-point function, wherein the containerized application deployment comprises one or more gateway interfaces and one or more associated edge computing gateway applications to interface with a plurality of end-point computing devices based on the obtained one or more end-point information;
• direct, by the processor, the first access point to execute the containerized application deployment to provide access in the network for the one or more end-point computing devices;
• selecting, by the processor, a second access point of the plurality of access points based on the policy to execute the containerized application deployment, wherein the selection comprises a match of criteria of the policy to at least the end-point function;
• direct, by the processor, the second access point to execute the containerized application deployment to provide access in the network for the one or more end-point computing devices;
• and
• direct, by the processor, the first access point to remove the containerized application deployment.