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Edge Computing Systems with Kubernetes

By : Sergio Méndez
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Edge Computing Systems with Kubernetes

By: Sergio Méndez

Overview of this book

Edge computing is a way of processing information near the source of data instead of processing it on data centers in the cloud. In this way, edge computing can reduce latency when data is processed, improving the user experience on real-time data visualization for your applications. Using K3s, a light-weight Kubernetes and k3OS, a K3s-based Linux distribution along with other open source cloud native technologies, you can build reliable edge computing systems without spending a lot of money. In this book, you will learn how to design edge computing systems with containers and edge devices using sensors, GPS modules, WiFi, LoRa communication and so on. You will also get to grips with different use cases and examples covered in this book, how to solve common use cases for edge computing such as updating your applications using GitOps, reading data from sensors and storing it on SQL and NoSQL databases. Later chapters will show you how to connect hardware to your edge clusters, predict using machine learning, and analyze images with computer vision. All the examples and use cases in this book are designed to run on devices using 64-bit ARM processors, using Raspberry Pi devices as an example. By the end of this book, you will be able to use the content of these chapters as small pieces to create your own edge computing system.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1: Edge Computing Basics
7
Part 2: Cloud Native Applications at the Edge
13
Part 3: Edge Computing Use Cases in Practice

Upgrading your cluster

Sometimes, you want to be up to date with the new versions and features of K3s. The next sections explain how to perform these upgrading processes.

Upgrading using K3s Bash scripts

To perform an upgrade in your nodes, you have to follow these steps:

  1. First, you have to stop K3s on your device with the following command:
    $ /usr/local/bin/k3s-killall.sh
  2. Now, you have to choose the version which you want to upgrade to. In general, there are three options – choose the latest or most stable channel, or pick a specific version. The next command will update your cluster to the latest stable version available:
    $ curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | sh -
  3. Now, if you want to update to the latest version, which is not so stable, you can execute the following command:
    $ curl -sfL https://get.k3s.io | INSTALL_K3S_CHANNEL=latest sh -
  4. The last option is to pick a specific version. For this, you have to execute the following command:
    $ curl -sfL https:...