Extending cloud infrastructure management towards edge devices

master's thesis

Sašo Stanovnik (Author), Marko Bajec (Mentor), Matija Cankar (Co-mentor)

Abstract

Področje računalništva na robu je definirano zelo ohlapno v primerjavi z uveljavljenimi têrmini na področju modernega računalništva v oblaku. Večina poskusov ustvarjanja novih rešitev je osnovana na internetu stvari, ki so nato občasno razširjene z zmožnostjo obdelave podatkov na robu, izven oblaka. Take rešitve so omejene na obdelavo le senzorskih podatkov. Skozi obsežen pregled raziskav v obstoječi literaturi in pregled obstoječih implementacij podobnih rešitev ugotovimo, da nobena ne nudi podpore za infrastrukturo na robu, ki je nižjenivojska kot platforma za razvoj aplikacij. V delu načrtujemo in implementiramo lastno rešitev za upravljanje naprav na robu in skozi njo omogočimo transparentno upravljanje skozi Ansible AWX, ki je uveljavljeno orodje za upravljanje s konfiguracijami naprav. Rešitev, poimenovana mast, nudi postopek za priključitev novih naprav v sistem, vzpostavitev omrežja, varnost, shranjevanje podatkov in usklajevanje časa med napravami v gruči in omogoča enostavno razširitev in priključitev v obstoječe vzorce računalništva v oblaku. Evalvacija pokaže, da, v primerjavi z obstoječimi rešitvami, mast nudi nov in močan pristop k upravljanju z napravami na robu, ne glede na višjenivojsko uporabo.

Keywords

edge computing;infrastructure management;cloud;computer science;computer and information science;master's degree;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2019
Typology:	2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization:	UL FRI - Faculty of Computer and Information Science
Publisher:	[S. Stanovnik]
UDC:	004(043.2)
COBISS:	1538398915
Views:	633
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Extending cloud infrastructure management towards edge devices
Secondary abstract:	The field of edge computing is very loosely defined, as opposed to the well--established terms used in the modern cloud. Most forays into creating new solutions base themselves in IoT and then occasionally provide the ability to process data at the edge, but are then constrained to processing only data coming from sensors. Through an extensive overview of literature and existing implementations, we find that no current solution encompasses the area of edge infrastructures, which are lower--level than application platforms. We design and implement our own solution for managing edge devices and enable transparent management through Ansible AWX, an existing tool for machine configuration management. The implementation, dubbed mast, provides device onboarding, networking, security, storage and time synchronisation to devices in the cluster, and allows a straightforward extension of the cloud paradigm. The evaluation shows that, compared to existing platforms, mast provides a novel and powerful method of managing edge devices, regardless of the workload running on them.
Secondary keywords:	računalništvo na robu;upravljanje infrastrukture;oblak;računalništvo;računalništvo in informatika;magisteriji;
Type (COBISS):	Master's thesis/paper
Study programme:	1000471
Embargo end date (OpenAIRE):	1970-01-01
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Ljubljani, Fak. za računalništvo in informatiko
Pages:	XX, 81 str.
ID:	11239523