Open Networking & Edge Summit 2020

Cloud-native architecture has been a critical component in the success of the cloud. It has made scalability possible; it has spawned a rich ecosystem of hardware and software ingredients that feed upon and contribute to its success. For edge computing to follow this pattern, attributes in addition to scalability must be solved for, including proper selection of edge nodes by location, hardware/application affinity, and capacity. The Open Network Edge Services Software (OpenNESS) open-source toolkit is based on a microservices architecture; it provides a collection of microservices that support the new “edge-native” requirements. The OpenNESS microservices approach supports both the development of new edge computing platforms and the enhancement of existing edge computing platforms with new functionality. This presentation describes the architecture and the microservices provided in the toolkit.