Generating a software release based on controller metadata

The system of claim 21, wherein each controller of the plurality of controllers is configured to manage a respective software component of the plurality of software components, and wherein the plurality of software components are microservices configured to implement different aspects of the software application.

The system of claim 21, wherein the distributed computing environment includes a container orchestration platform, the plurality of controllers are operators of the container orchestration platform, and an Operator Lifecycle Manager (OLM) of the container orchestration platform is configured to deploy the plurality of controllers in accordance with the deployment details in the combined metadata.

The system of claim 21,

• wherein the software release includes (i) a first set of image files for deploying the plurality of software components, (ii) a second set of image files for deploying the plurality of controllers configured to manage the plurality of software components, and (iii) an image file including the combined metadata.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising program code that is executable by a processor for causing the processor to:

• receive combined metadata forming part of a software release for a software application, the combined metadata including deployment details for deploying a plurality of controllers that are configured to manage a plurality of software components collectively forming the software application;
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• provide the combined metadata to a controller lifecycle manager, the controller lifecycle manager being configured to receive the combined metadata and responsively deploy the plurality of controllers in a distributed computing environment in accordance with the deployment details specified in the combined metadata.