Edge Platform Scoping

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Step 1: Setup K8s cluster

• Compile your own K8s binary (including kubeadm, kubectl, all the components in K8s like apiserver, scheduler, controller, etc.)

• Start K8s cluster using Kubeadm

• Run common K8s objects such as pod, deployment, job

Step 1.5: Setup serverless on the K8s cluster

• Run Kubeless on the cluster from step 1

• Do some research on other possible serverless solutions for K8s

Step 2: Install Fornax and use it in the "KubeEdge" (meaning only edge node, no edge cluster) Mode

• Ref for setup

• Setup the cloud side: compile and run cloud core

• Setup the edge side: compile and run edge core

• Deploy pod from cloud

Step 3: Setup edge cluster

• Setup a 2nd level cluster running K8s, reference doc

• Setup a 2nd level cluster running [K3s](
  -> In each case, use Mission to deploy Pod and deployment, and check status of these objects and also that of the cluster (is cluster healthy?)

Step 4: Run serverless on an edge cluster running K3s.

The end goal of this task is

1. Get familiar with K8s, Fornax including setup and code
2. Come up with a primitive plan for Fornax platform design. This design will continue in other tasks.
3. Make improvement to setup docs as seen needed.

Estimate time: ~1.5 month