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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

Technical requirements

For this chapter, you need one of the following VM or devices:

  • A Raspberry Pi 4B model with 4 GB RAM (minimum suggested)
  • A cloud server or VM with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  • A created VM using VirtualBox or other software for virtualization

In addition, you need a cloud storage service such as Amazon S3, Google Cloud Storage, or similar, to upload the configuration file for k3OS.

With this, we are ready to learn how to install k3OS in your preferred edge device. So, let’s get started.