Akraino Training Course
Akraino is an open-source stack solution offering blueprint projects focused on edge computing to scale and enhance edge cloud infrastructures and services for carrier, provider, and Internet of Things (IoT) networks.
This instructor-led, live training (available online or onsite) targets programmers keen to download, install, and configure Akraino Edge Stack blueprints to oversee their edge systems.
Upon completing this training, participants will be equipped to install, deploy, manage, and support end-to-end Akraino Edge Stack solutions, thereby improving and organizing their edge systems, services, and devices.
Course Format
- Interactive lecture and discussion.
- Extensive exercises and practice.
- Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.
Course Customization Options
- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.
Course Outline
Introduction
Overview of Akraino Features and Architecture
- Key principles (design, build, and run)
- Supported access methodologies
- Akraino community
- Emerging edge technologies
Learning About the Akraino Edge Stack
- Integration projects (blueprints)
- Feature projects (development project)
- Point of delivery (POD)
Exploring Akraino Integration Projects (Blueprints)
- AI/ML and AR/VR applications at Edge
- Edge video processing
- Integrated Edge Cloud (IEC) blueprint family
- Kubernetes-Native Infrastructure (KNI) blueprint family
- MicroMEC
- Network cloud blueprint family
- StarlingX far edge distributed cloud
- Telco appliance blueprint family
- Time-critical edge compute
- Integrated cloud native NFV/app stack family (short term: ICN)
- The AI Edge blueprint family
- 5G MEC system blueprint family
- Public Cloud Edge Interface (PCEI) blueprint family
- KubeEdge edge service blueprint
- IoT area
- Tami COVID-19 blueprint family
- Automotive area
- Proposed blueprints
Exploring Akraino Feature Projects
- Akraino blueprint validation framework
- Akraino portal feature project
- Akraino profiling
- Akraino regional controller
- API gateway
- Backup and restore (Snappy) feature project
- Cluster Health & Overload Monitoring Platform (CHOMP) feature project
- KONTOUR
- MEC API framework
- Support of OVS-DPDK in Airship
- Proposed feature projects
Deploying Akraino Blueprints to Edge Sites
- Edge location assessment
- Declarative configuration for edge devices
- Large scale deployments
- Use case requirements
Getting Involved in the Akraino Community
- Akraino Wiki page
- Technical Steering Committee (TSC) goals and activities
- Shared community lab, files, and links
- Collaboration with other organizations
- Confluence for collaboration
- Project reporting
Troubleshooting
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- An understanding of cloud and edge computing concepts
Audience
- Cloud architects
- Deployment engineers
- DevOps engineers
- Developers
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