System and method for distributed orchestration management in network function virtualization

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium containing program instructions for orchestrating distributed operations to be executed in a distributed computing system with multiple virtual infrastructures, wherein execution of the program instructions by one or more processors of a computer system causes the one or more processors to perform steps comprising:

• receiving a request to execute a distributed operation at a central orchestrator;
• in response to the request, retrieving a distributed operation descriptor for the distributed operation from a distributed operation catalog;
• parsing the distributed operation descriptor to find any Cloud-Native Network Function (CNF) entry specified in the distributed operation descriptor;
• and
• for each CNF entry found in the distributed operation descriptor:
• retrieving a CNF descriptor for the CNF entry from a CNF catalog;
• parsing the CNF descriptor to find an overridable property for a CNF described in the CNF descriptor;
• defining a property override for the overridable property;
• selecting a target virtual infrastructure from the multiple virtual infrastructures of the distributed computing system to perform a lifecycle management operation of the CNF;
• and
• transmitting instructions to a local operator in the target virtual infrastructure with the property override so that information regarding the CNF is transmitted to a local orchestrator of the target virtual infrastructure in order for the local orchestrator to perform the lifecycle management operation of the CNF at the target virtual infrastructure using the property override.

A system comprising:

• memory;
• and
• at least one processor configured to:
• receive a request to execute a distributed operation at a central orchestrator;
• in response to the request, retrieve a distributed operation descriptor for the distributed operation from a distributed operation catalog;
• parse the distributed operation descriptor to find any Cloud-Native Network Function (CNF) entry specified in the distributed operation descriptor;
• and
• for each CNF entry found in the distributed operation descriptor:
• retrieve a CNF descriptor for the CNF entry from a CNF catalog;
• parse the CNF descriptor to find an overridable property for a CNF described in the CNF descriptor;
• define a property override for the overridable property;
• select a target virtual infrastructure from multiple virtual infrastructures of a distributed computing system to perform a lifecycle management operation of the CNF;
• and
• transmit instructions to a local operator in the target virtual infrastructure with the property override so that information regarding the CNF is transmitted to a local orchestrator of the target virtual infrastructure in order for the local orchestrator to perform the lifecycle management operation of the CNF at the target virtual infrastructure using the property override.