Akraino's Scope covers everything related to Edge, as outlined in the below picture:
Akraino scope includes:
Develop Edge API and framework for interoperability with 3rd party Edge providers & hybrid cloud models
Collaborate with upstream community(CI/CD& upstream process support)
Create Blueprints (integrated stack) to address Edge use cases:
(Telco/Hosted) Edge: e.g. include ONAP, OpenStack, Airship, etc (e.g. large/medium POD)
(Telco/hosted) Remote edge: Stack scale from single node to Enterprise use cases (e.g. IOT)
(OTT/Enterprise/Telecom) Stack for remote edge locations (1000s) with disaggregated hardware
(OTT/IIOT/Enterprise) Develop a lightweight stack for low latency remote edge and IOT gateway
Key principles
Edge computing requires significant efforts associated with seamless integration and user experience. Also, Edge computing solutions require large-scale deployment, typically covering 1000 plus locations. Keeping these challenges in mind, the key requirement for the Akraino project is to keep the cost low and ensure it supports large-scale deployments via automation. The Akraino community to work with multiple upstream open source communities such as Airship, OpenStack, ONAP, etc., to deliver a fully integrated stack. The Akraino Edge Stack will supply a fully integrated solution that supports Zero-touch provisioning, and Zero-touch lifecycle management of the integrated stack.
The Akraino Edge stack will follow the key principles with respect to design, build and run.
Akraino Edge Stack will follow a holistic design with respect to availability, capacity, security, and continuity.
The Akraino Edge Stack will be built to scale in a cost-effective way and will evolve to ensure that costs are optimized.
The Akraino Edge Stack will adhere to the following run principles:
Zero-touch provisioning, operations, and lifecycle – reduce OpEx