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Kubernetes Nephio Framework
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What is the Nephio Kubernetes Framework?
Nephio is an open source Linux Foundation project seeded by Google with the goal of delivering simple, open, Kubernetes-based cloud native intent automation and common automation templates to simplify the deployment and management of multi-vendor edge→cloud infrastructure and network services across large scale edge deployments.
Kubernetes has been tremendously successful for container orchestration. It can be extended to orchestrate and manage infrastructure and network services, but certain gaps need to be filled. These gaps have been filled by the Nephio Kubernetes framework.
Join the communityKubernetes has been tremendously successful for container orchestration. It can be extended to orchestrate and manage infrastructure and network services, but certain gaps need to be filled. These gaps have been filled by the Nephio Kubernetes framework.
The diagram below shows the three different layers of the Nephio stack.
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Kubernetes Nephio Resources
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The Nephio community has articulated two initial use cases and we are adding a third:
Edge infrastructure orchestration
Nephio uses the term deployment instead of orchestration) and management
CNF orchestration & management
VNFs can be supported as well through a Kubernetes technology called Kubevirt
Edge computing application orchestration and management
under development
“By automating cloud infrastructure, network functions, and potentially edge applications together, Nephio is transforming network service delivery. In addition to integrating Nephio in our core products, we are also offering commercial support for upstream R1 for the ecosystem to immediately take advantage of the Nephio opportunity." - Amar Kapadia, CEO & Co-Founder, Aarna Networks
Nephio Configuration Layers
Nephio Release 1.0
The first release, Nephio R1, is now available. It includes a framework to orchestrate CNFs, infrastructure, and cross-domain lifecycle management; along with core Nephio principles and Kubernetes integration using custom definitions (CRDs); and an enhanced user experience and sandbox environment.
At Aarna, we believe Nephio R1 introduces features to empower telecoms and enterprises to efficiently configure and manage cloud infrastructure and network functions using Kubernetes-based intent automation.
New Feature Details
- Common configuration templates to provision and life-cycle management of cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, 5G network functions and network configurations.
- Gitops- based package management and scaled deployment using Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM) and Configuration as data (CaD).
- Uniform Kubernetes CRD and operator-based deployment of multi-cloud infrastructure and multi-vendor network functions.
- Kubernetes- based Nephio control-plane which supports single pane of management of large scale deployments.
- Common set of user interface and APIs for integration with service orchestration layers.
- Multiple personas- based management and approval of configurations, and much more.
