Synopsis
Everyone uses the cloud to either access or deliver services, and those services are moving to the edge, where the real world meets the virtual. And while the hyperscaler cloud providers are eager to manage those edge clouds as an extension of their data centers, they do not have a monopoly on the know-how to do so. This book lays out a roadmap that a small team of engineers followed over the course of a year to stand up, operationalize, and then continue to operate an edge cloud, the Aether platform.
Features
- Emphasizes underlying concepts, key principles and design choices.
- Describes the main open source components used and the rationale for their selection.
- Walks through the steps from initial hardware configuration to lifecyle management including continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD).
- Includes sample code used in configuration and operations of a real edge cloud running across a dozen enterprises.
"The authors provide a detailed overview of cloud operations in this new era of distributed clouds. To understand how it all works...you need to read this book." - Martin Casado, General Partner, a16z
Baker, Scott: - Scott Baker is a Cloud Software Architect at Intel, which he joinedas part of Intel's acquisition of the Open Networking Foundation(ONF) engineering team. While at ONF, he led the Aether DevOpsteam. Prior to ONF, he worked on cloud-related research projects atPrinceton and the University of Arizona, including PlanetLab, GENI, and VICCI. Baker received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from theUniversity of Arizona in 2005.
Davie, Bruce: - Bruce Davie is a computer scientist noted for his contributions tothe field of networking. He is a former VP and CTO for the AsiaPacific region at VMware. He joined VMware during the acquisition ofSoftware Defined Networking (SDN) startup Nicira. Prior to that, hewas a Fellow at Cisco Systems, leading a team of architectsresponsible for Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS). Davie has over30 years of networking industry experience and has co-authored 17RFCs. He was recognized as an ACM Fellow in 2009 and chaired ACMSIGCOMM from 2009 to 2013. He was also a visiting lecturer at theMassachusetts Institute of Technology for five years. Davie is theauthor of multiple books and the holder of more than 40 U.S. Patents.
Peterson, Larry L.: - Larry Peterson is the Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science, Emeritus at Princeton University, where he served as Chair from 2003-2009. His research focuses on the design, implementation, and operation of Internet-scale distributed systems, including the widely used PlanetLab and MeasurementLab platforms. He is currently contributing to the Aether access-edge cloud project at the OpenNetworking Foundation (ONF), where he serves as Chief Scientist.Peterson is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, a Fellow of the ACM and the IEEE, the 2010 recipient of the IEEE Kobayashi Computer and Communication Award, and the 2013 recipient of the ACM SIGCOMM Award. He received his Ph.D. degree from Purdue University.
