A method, a device, and a non-transitory storage medium are described in which a lifecycle management service is provided. A network device of an application service network may use the number of requests from end devices as a basis to determine whether to terminate a virtual network device. The network device may compare the number of requests to management information that includes a threshold number of requests value. The network device may also instantiate a virtual network device based on receipt of a domain name system request and radio network information.