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For some algorithms, cross-edge synchronization is required.   More details will be provided later.

Design Details

The model operator is supposed to run as a separate binary, fully decoupled from the KubeEdge platform code. It leverages the KubeEdge platform to schedule work on edge nodes. Here is the high level design diagram for the work flow:

Image Added

There are generally two phases for machine learning model development, i.e. training and inference. Model behaviors are quite different depending on whether it is used for training or for inference. So we might as well define two different types of model CRDs: 

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languagecpp
titleInferenceModel CRD
// InferenceModelSpec defines the desired state of an InferenceModel.
// Two ways of deployment are provided. The first is through a docker image.
// The second is through a data store, with a manifest of model files.
// If image is provided, manifest and targetVersion will be ignored.
type InferenceModelSpec struct {
	ModelName     string               `json:"modelName"`
	DeployToLayer string               `json:"deployToLayer"`
	FrameworkType string               `json:"fraemworkType,omitemptyframeworkType"`

	// +optional
	NodeSelector  map[string]string    `json:"nodeSelector,omitempty"`

	Image         string               // +optional
	NodeName string `json:"nodeName,omitempty"`

	// +optional
	Image string `json:"image,omitempty"`

	// +optional
	Manifest      []InferenceModelFile `json:"manifest,omitempty"`

	// +optional
	TargetVersion string               `json:"targetVersion,omitempty"`

	// +optional
	Replicas      *int32               // +kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=0
	ServingPort int32 `json:"servingPort"`

	// +optional
	// +kubebuilder:validation:Minimum=0
	Replicas *int32 `json:"replicas,omitempty"`
}

// InferenceModelFile defines an archive file for a single version of the model
type InferenceModelFile struct {
	Version     string `json:"version,omitempty"`
	DownloadURL string `json:"downloadURL,omitempty"`
	Sha256sum   string `json:"sha256sum,omitempty"`
}

// InferenceModelStatus defines the observed state of InferenceModel
type InferenceModelStatus struct {
	URL            string `json:"url,omitempty"`
	ServingVersion string `json:"servingVersion,omitempty"`
}


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languageyml
titleSample inferencemodel instance
apiVersion: ai.kubeedge.io/v1alpha1
kind: InferenceModel
metadata:
  name: facialexpression
spec:
  modelName: facialexpression
  deployToLayer: edge
  frameworkType: tensorflow
  image:
  nodeSelector:
    kubernetes.io/hostname: precision-5820
  nodeName: precision-5820
  manifest:
    - version: '3'
      downloadURL: http://192.168.1.13/model_emotion_3.tar.gz
      sha256sum: dec87e2f3c06e60e554acac0b2b80e394c616b0ecdf878fab7f04fd414a66eff
    - version: '4'
      downloadURL: http://192.168.1.13/model_emotion_4.tar.gz
      sha256sum: 108a433a941411217e5d4bf9f43a262d0247a14c35ccbf677f63ba3b46ae6285
  targetVersion: '4'
  servingPort: 8080
  replicas: 1


An instance of the InferenceModel specifies a single serving service for the provided model.

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Just create an instance of InferenceModel with "DeployToLayer == edge"

Joint Inference by edge and cloud

Create three resources:

  • An instance of InferenceModel to the cloud
  • An instance of InferenceModel to the edge
  • A pod running on the edge for serving customer traffic. It contains the logic for deciding whether or not to call cloud model serving API.

Joint inference by device, edge and cloud

We can have three models, with different size and accuracies, running on device, edge, and cloud respectively.