StarlingX-the
open source edge computing and IoT cloud platform optimized for low
latency and high performance applications-is available in its 2.0
release today. Whereas StarlingX 1.0, released in 2018, provided a
hardened OpenStack platform on dedicated physical servers, StarlingX 2.0
leverages further building blocks to build open infrastructure by
delivering a hardened platform that integrates OpenStack and Kubernetes
to provide flexibility, robustness and support for mixed workloads.
Download StarlingX 2.0 at git.starlingx.io/starlingx
The purpose of the StarlingX project
is to re-configure proven cloud technologies for edge computing,
delivering the maturity and robustness of cloud in a massively
distributed compute environment. StarlingX is a complete edge cloud
infrastructure platform for bare metal, VMs and containers, providing
high availability (HA), quality of service (QoS), performance and low
latency.
StarlingX
leverages components of other open source projects such as Ceph, Linux,
KVM, OpenStack and Kubernetes and complements them with new services
such as configuration and fault management to collectively address the
strict requirements of edge computing use cases in both carrier and
industrial applications. Use cases include transportation-based IoT
applications; industrial automation; 5G; smart buildings and cities;
autonomous vehicles; location-based retail; virtual radio access
networks (vRAN); augmented and virtual reality; high-definition media
content delivery; surveillance; healthcare imaging, diagnostics and
monitoring; and universal customer premise equipment (uCPE).
Headline Features of StarlingX 2.0
- Hardened cloud-native platform integrating Kubernetes and OpenStack on dedicated physical servers
- Containerized OpenStack based on the Stein release
- Kubernetes-based edge sites for containerized workloads
StarlingX
is closely aligned with the OpenStack code base. Out-of-tree patches
continue to decline with the new release of StarlingX, and plans are to
eliminate them entirely with the Train release this fall.
Today's
release reflects growth in the StarlingX community, with 2365 commits
from 132 contributors, including developers representing 99Cloud, China
UnionPay, FiberHome, Intel, InterDynamix, Red Hat, SUSE and Wind River,
among others. Users, operators and developers are invited to try out the
software and engage with the StarlingX community on IRC (#starlingx on
Freenode) and on the mailing list (lists.starlingx.io).