- OPNFV Edge Cloud strategy Task Force meeting notes: https://etherpad.opnfv.org/p/tsc_edge_cloud
- Edge Cloud Task Force Conclusion reportEdge Cloud WG conclusion report
Recommendations
- Develop clear messaging to establish and reinforce OPNFV relevance and unique role in the Industry to address challenges with integrating, deploying, testing, managing Edge Cloud.
- Provide a unified view of OPNFV Edge activities to help projects collaborate and avoid duplication
- Maintain an "Edge dashboard" or equivalent tool to track progress and community artifacts for Edge
- Consider publishing a White Paper and/or joint conference sessions highlighting collaboration with upstream projects
- Develop a roadmap of Edge announcement/s (ONS in September?)
- TSC to actively encourage and facilitate OPNFV Edge activities with strong developer focus (beyond requirements and use-case analysis)
- Need a code base for developers to work on and focus community effort
- Need an installer strategy for Edge Cloud deployment (Compass?)
- Establish strong collaboration with relevant upstream communities and Edge related Industry activities
- EdgeCloud has already established a working relationship with Open Stack Edge Computing Group (note this is being merged with FEMDC) and is exploring collaboration with Keystone and Glance
- Explore collaboration with StarlingX as upstream ingredient for first Edge scenario
- Collaborate with StarlingX, Airship, OpenStack Computing Group, etc. for Pharos spec. additions
- Solicit feedback from EUAG for validating approach and tracking progress
- Deliver at least one Edge Cloud scenario for Gambia (consider both NFV and non-NFV use-cases)
- Pharos Edge spec (first iteration, multi-architecture)
- Edge test cases
- OVP (Compliance Program)
- Develop profile of Edge platform capabilities
- Develop set of Edge relevant test cases based to test against commercial platforms
- Include Edge test-cases in release after Gambia
- Pharos
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