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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

Flux and its architecture

The Flux website, https://fluxcd.io, says: “Flux is a set of continuous and progressive delivery solutions for Kubernetes that are open and extensible.” Flux gives you the ability to have your Kubernetes clusters in sync with the source that contains declarative definitions of your applications, commonly stored in Git repositories.

Flux also uses the Kubernetes API to manage its objects. It also uses its own GitOps Toolkit, which gives you the tools to build a CD system on top of Kubernetes. You can see how Flux works in the following diagram:

Figure 7.2 – Flux architecture

This diagram reflects a typical workflow for GitOps, starting with a commit and a GitOps tool that is constantly checking for changes in the application’s definitions—in this case, YAML files. When Flux detects this change, it automatically provisions for the reconciliation of your applications, based on declarative definitions...