Create SIG about EC and import KubeEdge in openEuler

[Leo Fang]

Hello, I'm an openEuler developer and very interested with EC and KubeEdge project. So, I sincerely hope this and related projects could enter into openEuler community.

[kevin wang]

Hi Leo,

Glad to hear from you, for edge computing cases, an optimized OS is definitly helpful for users, I've seen discussions online and offline about that.

Do you have more detail to share? Any input about SIG background, areas of focus, etc. would help us a lot to understand your plan.

Thanks,

Kevin

[Leo Fang]

The SIG in openEuler Community is the same in others, which is an interests group for developers and users in community. I think openEuler community will be a major and popular OS community in next, which is attracting more and more developers and users. And in the next, openEuler may support not only for x86/arm these traditional platform, but also for IOT these embedded platform, as far as know, the Raspberry Pi SIG has been built. Moreover, like the first OS in EC area: HopeEdge, it is based on openEuler. For EC, we can build the SIG for these helpful: 1.help EC(like kubeedge, etc) and openEuler attract more developers and users ; 2.help users get and use it more easily with openEuler release. With the development of openEuler, perhaps more possibility and cases will coming.

[龚哲]

Hi Leo,O

Glad to hear from you, I am an active member of KubeEdge as well as member of ZJU-SEL. First, I would like to show you our understanding of OpenEuler and edge-IOT, so that we could engage in deeper communication.

The story begins sevaral months ago,  we meet a need to manage a large cluster of android devices, so we investigated possible devices and operating systems running on them in edge scenarios :

1. Relatively high performence processor, Cortex-A, OS(GUN/Linux distribution, Android, Android Things)
   • example, RPi
   • application, home gateway box, TV box, UAV
2. Low Power MCU, Cortex-M, OS(LiteOS, AliOS Things, TencentOS-Tiny),
   • example MSP430
   • application, shared bikes, intelligent street lamp

To my view, OpenEuler claims it is based on centOS, so I think it fits the first case. For now, Android or Android Things is not able to run docker or containers because its kernel has been cropped, and GUN/Linux distribution is too heavy to run at edge. At the same time, our competitor--k3s has released its assorted OS called K3OS. So to sum up, oepnEuler is beneficial for KubeEdge or EdgeComeputing:

1. an OS support run containers to competed with Android, to broaden the boundaries of kubeedge deploying.
2. an optimized OS is definitly helpful for KubeEdge users,  improve our competitiveness.

And the last, what KubeEdge cloud do in this SIG?

1. verify intigration between OpenEuler and KubeEdge, such as iSula?
2. join the meetings of OpenEuler?
3. introduce OpenEuler at KubeEdge meeting?

Thx