Dynamic allocation of computational resources to application micro-services

A method comprising:

• receiving, by an agent executed on a server of a cloud computing environment, a request to provision a container for a micro-service of an application;
• provisioning, by the agent, the container for the micro-service on the worker server with an allocated resource amount;
• detecting, by the agent, a resource consumption amount of the micro-service;
• increasing, by the agent in response to the resource consumption amount exceeding an upper resource consumption threshold value, the allocated resource amount by a resource increment;
• and
• reducing, by the agent in response to the resource consumption amount exceeding a lower resource consumption threshold value, the allocated resource amount by the resource increment.

A server comprising:

• a controller including circuitry configured to:
• receive, by an agent executed on a server of a cloud computing environment, a request to provision a container for a micro-service of an application;
• provision, by the agent, the container for the micro-service on the worker server with an allocated resource amount;
• detect, by the agent, a resource consumption amount of the micro-service;
• increase, by the agent in response to the resource consumption amount exceeding an upper resource consumption threshold value, the allocated resource amount by a resource increment;
• and
• reduce, by the agent in response to the resource consumption amount exceeding a lower resource consumption threshold value, the allocated resource amount by the resource increment.