Server-management microservice storehouse for baseboard management controllers

A method comprising:

• obtaining, at a microservice management platform, a request for a BMC-microservice for a baseboard management controller (BMC) of a server of a communications network, wherein the BMC of the server has one or more processors that operate independently from a motherboard of the server, wherein the microservice management platform is supported by on one or more computing devices that are remote from the server;
• and
• delivering, from the microservice management platform and over the communication network, the BMC-microservice to the server that includes the BMC for the BMC to load and execute thereon,
• wherein:
• the BMC being configured to have a BMC operating system (BMC-OS) executing thereon, wherein the BMC-OS facilitates loading and execution of the BMC-microservice on the BMC,
• the BMC-microservice being a modularized application that is configured to interact with the BMC-OS while the BMC-microservice executes on the BMC, and
• the BMC-microservice includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the BMC, cause management of operations of the server or monitoring of status of the server.

A server comprising:

• a host system configured to manage access to resources or services in a communication network, the host system includes:
• one or more processors, and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute a server operating system (server-OS);
• and
• a baseboard management controller (BMC) system configured to have a BMC operating system (BMC-OS) executing thereon, wherein the BMC-OS facilitates loading and execution of a BMC-microservice on the BMC, the BMC system includes:
• one or more processors, and
• one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to execute the BMC OS to:
• obtain the BMC-microservice from a microservice storehouse on the communication network;
• and
• load and execute the BMC-microservice on the one or more processors of the BMC system,
• wherein the BMC-microservice being a modularized application that is configured to interact with the BMC-OS while the BMC-microservice executes on the BMC system, and the BMC-microservice includes computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors of the BMC system, cause management of operations of the server or monitoring of status of the server.