Provided are an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a computer program each processing an application or a program included in an application. The information processing apparatus includes: a starting section that starts a second container separated from a first container where a first node operates to start a second node in the second container; and a proxy managing section that starts a proxy node performing data communication with the first node in the first container on the basis of a predetermined communication model, and performing data communication with the second node in the second container on the basis of the predetermined communication model.