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DevOps loves Edge: How to deploy and monitor applications across thousands of sites | Carl Moberg
Deploying and monitoring applications across thousands of edge sites requires a shift from centralized control to distributed, autonomous systems, considering regional variations, local requirements, and edge-specific challenges.
- Cloud infrastructure reduces the importance of location, especially when combined with CDN.
- Centralized cloud infrastructure is common, but edge environments have different requirements.
- Strong configuration management is essential, but edge environments require local customization.
- Edge environments require thinking about data privacy regulations, physical security, and local needs.
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Edge computing is different from centralized cloud, with unique challenges such as:
- Many locations, low resources, and diverse infrastructure.
- Need to consider edge-specific requirements, such as hardware limitations and physical security.
- Edge applications require targeted deployments, monitoring, and observability.
- Need to consider differences between edge environments and centralized cloud environments.
- Kubernetes and Docker are effective for managing edge computing.
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Edge environments require consideration of local factors, such as:
- Data privacy regulations.
- Physical security.
- Local needs and requirements.
- Edge computing requires a shift from centralized control to distributed, autonomous systems.
- Future application architecture should use cattle (many small, decentralized instances) rather than pets (hand-crafted, centralized instances).
- Edge environments require application monitoring and observability to ensure healthy operation.
- Edge computing requires considering autonomous and resilient systems, like point of sales applications.
- Edge environments require considering regional variations and local requirements.
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Edge computing requires targeted deployments, such as:
- Reducing expectations on infrastructure stability and availability.
- Providing rapid elasticity and support for diverse infrastructure.
- Ensuring application autonomy and resiliency in edge environments.