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Introduction

The guide covers the installation details which are related to Enterprise Applications on Lightweight 5G Telco Edge (EALTEdge) Blueprint.  

Why edge Gallery?

This is the first release for this blueprint, the Edge (EALTEdge) Blueprint.  

This Blueprint is leveraging the Edge Gallery, an Open Source community which primarily focusses on the platform framework of the carrier network's edge.  It builds the basic framework of MEC edge resources, applications, security and management and de facto standards of network openness services through open source collaboration and implements interconnection with the public cloud.  For more details please refer  https://www.edgegallery.org/en/

This guide covers detailed information of the various types of deployments, detailed steps and what are the various components it will install. In addition, the guide provides information on hardware requirements, prerequisite software and minimum hardware requirements. On successful deployment, MECM and MEC Hosts will be installed. The number of nodes in MECM cluster and MEC Host cluster is configurable. 

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Once the execution is completed in console will see prompt "EALTEdge Environment Installed  , Components Install MECM and MEC Hosts Successfully"

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1. git clone the ealt-edge repo, to download the software to install the EALTEdge Environment.

root@akraino-mec-0002:~# git clone "https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/ealt-edge"

2. go to CLI directory 

root@akraino-mec-0002:~#cd ealt/infra/cli/

root@akraino-mec-0002:~#chmod +x build _cli.sh

root@akraino-mec-0002:~#source build_cli.sh

root@akraino-mec-0002:~#cd ~/ealt-edge/ocd/infra/playbooks

Note: The CLI Commands to setup the environment should be executed only from above path.

3.  Edit the Configuration File : ealt-inventory.ini with the details of MECM and MEC Hosts. 

root@akraino-mec-0002:~#vi ealt-inventory.ini

4. Execute the below command to install EALTEdge Environment 


root@akraino-mec-0002:~#ealt init all 

Above command will install the various component. Refer the below table for detail information. 

Other CLI Commands:

Command to Install only Edge Node (MEP Node)

root@akraino-mec-0002:~#ealt init edge

Deploying Application Packages : Using CLI

This feature is currently not supported in Release 4.  Will be modified based on the upstream EdgeGallery Project's feature on the next Release.


Snapshot Deployment Overview

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  1. Login to the MECM Node and check whether K8S cluster is installed. Check grafana and AppLCM services are running as PODS. whether K8S cluster is installed. 
  2. Check the below mentioned components and services are running as Pods / Services in Kubernetes cluster
    1. PostgresSQL
    2. AppLCM
    3. Appo
    4. Inventory
    5. Apm
    6. MECM - FrontEnd
    7. Appstore
    8. Developer Portal
    9. Service Center
    10. User Management
  3. Login to MEC Host and check K3S is installed. 

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S. NoSoftwareTypeVersionLicenseRemarks
1.KubesprayK8S Tool2.13Apache 2.0 license


2.HelmApplication Package Manager3.0.2Apache 2.0 license

CENTER Node

Center Node consists of  3 components .  MECM , Appstore and Developer Portal.  

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S. NoSoftwareTypeVersionLicenseRemarks
1.

Docker

CRI

19.03+

Apache 2.0 license


2.KubernetesOrchestration1.19.3Apache 2.0 license
3.HelmApplication Package Manager3.0.2Apache 2.0 license
4.Grafana

Monitoring

MEC-Graphana

8-7.66.0Apache 2.0 licenseCode part of Edge Gallery
5.CalicoCNI Plugin
Apache 2.0 license
6.PostgresSQLMECM-Service12.3PostgreSQL LicenseCode part of Edge Gallery
7.

AppLCM


MECM-Service0.9Apache 2.0 license

Code is part of Akraino Code Repo. Includes Broker, Helm Plugin and CatalogEdge Gallery

8.AppoMECM-Service (MECM-Appo)0.9Apache 2.0 licenseCode part of Edge Gallery
9InventoryMECM-Service0.9Apache 2.0 licenseCode part of Edge Gallery
10ApmMECM-Service0.9Apache 2.0 licenseCode part of Edge Gallery
11User ManagementPart of Center Node0.9Apache 2.0 licenseCode part of Edge Gallery
12

MECM - FrontEnd

MECM-Service0.9Apache 2.0 licenseCode part of Edge Gallery
13.AppstoreService (Part of Center Node)0.9Apache 2.0 licenseCode part of Edge Gallery
14.Developer PortalService (Part of Center Node)0.9Apache 2.0 licenseCode part of Edge Gallery
15Service CenterService (Part of Center Node)0.9Apache 2.0 licenseCode part of Edge Gallery

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S. NoSoftwareTypeVersionLicense Information Remarks
1.DockerCRI19.03+Apache 2.0 license
2.K3SOrchestration
Apache 2.0 license
3.HelmApplication Package Manager3.0.2Apache 2.0 license
4.cAdvisorContainer Metricsv0.36.0Apache 2.0 license
5RabbitMQMessage Broker3.7Mozilla Public LicenseNo code modifications done. RabbitMQ image is deployed as is.
PrometheusMetrics Collector9.3.1Apache 2.0 licenseCode part of Edge Gallery
7mepm-postgres

Service

Database

9.6PostgreSQL LicenseCode part of Edge Gallery
8MEPPod0.9Apache 2.0 licenseCode part of Edge Gallery
9MECM-MEPMMEPM-Service0.9Apache 2.0 licenseCode part of Edge Gallery

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