1. A computer-implemented method comprising: selecting a first microservice of a first hierarchy; configuring the microservices of a second lower-level hierarchy to remove the first microservice from load balancing decisions to the first hierarchy; moving the first microservice to another server; configuring data plane connectivity to the first microservice to reflect a change in server; and configuring the microservices of the second hierarchy to include the first microservice in load balancing decisions to the first hierarchy.