Discover and model applications deployed in containerized platforms

A system, comprising:

• at least one processor, wherein each processor thereof is coupled to a computer memory, the computer memory comprising instructions that cause the at least one processor to perform:
• accessing a first resource from a containerized platform;
• decoding the first resource into metadata;
• parsing the metadata into related configuration items;
• and
• determining relationship links between the related configuration items to create an application model.

A system, comprising:

• means to access a first resource from a containerized platform;
• means to decode the first resource into metadata;
• means to parse the metadata into related configuration items;
• and
• means to determine relationship links between the related configuration items to create an application model.