Event-based Configuration of Virtual Network Interfaces For Use by a Container System

A system comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• and
• one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to perform a process comprising:
• detecting an event that occurs within a container system comprising a plurality of nodes;
• determining that the event has a potential to impact, by more than a threshold amount, performance of a first virtual network interface used by the nodes;
• and
• transmitting, based on the determining that the event has the potential to impact the performance of the first virtual network interface by more than the threshold amount, a request to a network provider system for the network provider system to provide a second virtual network interface for use by one or more of the nodes.

A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

• detecting an event that occurs within a container system comprising a plurality of nodes;
• determining that the event has a potential to impact, by more than a threshold amount, performance of a first virtual network interface used by the nodes;
• and
• transmitting, based on the determining that the event has the potential to impact the performance of the first virtual network interface by more than the threshold amount, a request to a network provider system for the network provider system to provide a second virtual network interface for use by one or more of the nodes.