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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

Multi-node ARM overlay installation

An overlay installation replaces some parts of your current OS installation or some parts of your system. In this case, when you use the rootfs k3OS file to perform this kind of installation, you will overwrite the /sbin/init file. Then, when you reboot your ARM device, the user space will be initialized and k3OS will be loaded. This kind of installation is supported for ARMv7 and ARM64 devices. One important thing is that you can customize this installation using the config YAML files, which must be stored on /k3os/system/config.yaml.

Before performing this overlay installation, you need the following:

  • An ARMv7 or ARM64 device, such as a Raspberry PI with Ubuntu 20.04 LTS installed (you can use Raspberry PI Imager or balenaEtcher; check Chapter 3, K3s Advanced Configurations and Management, for reference)
  • A network device connection with access to the internet and Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to auto-assign an IP to...