EdgeNet: A Multi-Tenant and Multi-Provider Edge Cloud

Berat Can Senel, Maxime Mouchet, Justin Cappos, Olivier Fourmaux, Timur Friedman, Rick McGeer

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    Abstract

    EdgeNet is a public Kubernetes cluster dedicated to network and distributed systems research, supporting experiments that are deployed concurrently by independent groups. Its nodes are hosted by multiple institutions around the world. It represents a departure from the classic Kubernetes model, where the nodes that are available to a single tenant reside in a small number of well-interconnected data centers. The free open-source EdgeNet code extends Kubernetes to the edge, making three key contributions: multi-Tenancy, geographical deployments, and single-command node installation. We show that establishing a public Kubernetes cluster over the internet, with multiple tenants and multiple hosting providers is viable. Preliminary results also indicate that the EdgeNet testbed that we run provides a satisfactory environment to run a variety of experiments with minimal network overhead.

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Title of host publicationEdgeSys 2021 - Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking, Part of EuroSys 2021
    PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
    Pages49-54
    Number of pages6
    ISBN (Electronic)9781450382915
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Apr 26 2021
    Event4th International Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking, EdgeSys 2021, in conjunction with ACM EuroSys 2021 - Virtual, Online, United Kingdom
    Duration: Apr 26 2021 → …

    Publication series

    NameEdgeSys 2021 - Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking, Part of EuroSys 2021

    Conference

    Conference4th International Workshop on Edge Systems, Analytics and Networking, EdgeSys 2021, in conjunction with ACM EuroSys 2021
    Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
    CityVirtual, Online
    Period4/26/21 → …

    Keywords

    • Distributed Systems
    • Edge Cloud
    • Edge Computing
    • Kubernetes

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Networks and Communications
    • Computer Science Applications

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