Method for deploying an application workload on a cluster

A cluster management system, the cluster management system comprising:

• a. a plurality of computing nodes, wherein each computing node is connected to other computing nodes via one or more network devices;
• b. a controller connected to the plurality of computing nodes, the controller for:
• i. federating a cluster from a plurality of computing nodes, wherein each computing node is connected to other computing nodes from the plurality of computing node by one or more network devices and wherein the cluster comprises two or more computing nodes from the plurality of computing nodes;
• ii. defining a network overlay policy based on an application policy associated with the application workload, wherein the application workload comprises a plurality of micro-service instances and wherein application policy is indicative of one or more relationships between the plurality of the micro-service instances;
• iii. configuring one or more virtual networks in accordance with defined network overlay policy, wherein the each virtual network from one or more virtual networks connects one or more computing nodes from the two or more computing nodes of the cluster for providing layer 2 adjacency;
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• iv. deploying the plurality of micro-service instances on the two or more computing nodes in accordance with the network overlay policy, for executing the application workload.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:

• a. federate a cluster from a plurality of computing nodes, wherein each computing node is connected to other computing nodes from the plurality of computing node by one or more network devices and wherein the cluster comprises two or more computing nodes from the plurality of computing nodes;
• b. define a network overlay policy based on an application policy associated with the application workload, wherein the application workload comprises a plurality of micro-service instances and wherein application policy is indicative of one or more relationships between the plurality of the micro-service instances;
• c. configure one or more virtual networks in accordance with defined network overlay policy, wherein the each virtual network from one or more virtual networks connects one or more computing nodes from the two or more computing nodes of the cluster for providing layer 2 adjacency;
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• d. deploy the plurality of micro-service instances on the two or more computing nodes in accordance with the network overlay policy, for executing the application workload.