Abstract: A method, computer program product, and computer system for generating and using a layering resource representation of a resource in a container orchestration platform. An owner controller creates a base layer of the layering resource representation. The base layer is a resource field tree of the entire resource. After the base layer is created, one or more collaborator controllers create respective one or more overlay layers of the layering resource representation. Each overlay layer is a sub-tree of the resource field tree. Each collaborator controller is authorized to update each field of the sub-tree created by each collaborator controller and is not authorized to update any other field of the resource field tree. Any field of the sub-tree that is updated by the collaborator controller that created the sub-tree replaces any previous updating of any field by the owner controller.

Abstract: Methods, computer program products, and systems are presented. The method computer program products, and systems can include, for instance: obtaining workload characterizing data, wherein the workload characterizing data characterizes a plurality of workloads of a cluster; assessing workloads of the plurality of workloads with use of characterizing data of the workload characterizing data; generating prompting data in dependence on the assessing of the workloads of the plurality of workloads, wherein the prompting data prompts for merging of identified workloads of the plurality of workloads; and presenting the prompting data to a user.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product that are configured to: create a resource dependency graph that defines dependencies between resources created in an installation of a cloud native application, wherein the resource dependency graph includes a respective time range of each respective one of the resources; for each respective one of the resources, determine a condition of the respective one of the resources based on the respective time range of the respective one of the resources, a success condition of the respective one of the resources, and one or more failure conditions of the respective one of the resources; and create a cause analysis resource that includes the determined condition of each respective one of the resources.

Abstract: Capability orchestration in a cloud-native environment includes one or more new combined capability definitions generated by one or more processing units based on existing capability definitions and a combined capability manifest to form a hierarchy of capability definitions. A capability request directed to one or more capabilities can be received by the one or more processing units. One or more capability definitions corresponding to the one or more capabilities can be determined from the hierarchy of capability definitions by the one or more processing units based on the capability request. Deployable resources can be derived by the one or more processing units based on the determined one or more capability definitions. The one or more capabilities can be generated by the one or more processing units based on the derived deployable resources.

Abstract: A method for storing metadata and a configuration schema for each of a plurality of capabilities, and storing a plurality of catalogs, each catalog identifying the metadata and configuration schema associated with at least one of the plurality of capabilities. The method also includes receiving a request for implementation of one of the plurality of capabilities on a pluggable system, and associating, by a lifecycle manager and based on a catalog of the plurality of catalogs related to the request, the metadata and configuration schema related to the requested one of the plurality of capabilities with a domain specific capabilities controller compatible with the pluggable system.