智联边缘 共创未来|EdgeGallery社区技术嘉年华延期公告
2021-08-07

The first anniversary of EdgeGallery open source: the trend of independence in the turbulent era of edge computing

|The beginning of EdgeGallery open source|

 

On August 6, 2020, when the world was enveloped by the epidemic and the domestic epidemic situation improved slightly, after a long period of preparation, the EdgeGallery project was officially released. As the industry’s first 5G edge computing open source platform, EdgeGallery has focused on 5G edge computing scenarios from the beginning of its release, and is committed to building MEC edge resources, applications, security, and management infrastructure and network open services through open source collaboration. Standards, to achieve interconnection with public clouds, build a unified MEC application ecosystem on the basis of compatible differentiated heterogeneous edge infrastructure, release the potential of 5G, and enable thousands of industries.

The EdgeGallery open source project was initiated by Huawei in April 2020. On July 30, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, China Mobile, China Unicom, Huawei, Tencent, Zijinshan Lab, Kyushu Cloud and Anheng Information were the eight founding member units. The first community board of directors was jointly held, the community TSC was formed, and the project team, working group and secretariat were determined. The community has since embarked on a path of open governance and operation.

 

 

|EdgeGallery open source this year|

 

As of August 2021, the community has released a total of five versions, and each version has been continuously improved in terms of code size, number of warehouses, downloads, and the number of contributors; the platform has integrated more than 150 applications and more than 100 open capabilities API; The cumulative number of PRs is nearly 6,000, and more than 30 sets have been deployed in actual projects and PoC scenarios; about 200 people from 48 units and organizations participated in community contributions, and nearly 400 people followed the community. The number of visits to the community’s official website reached more than 400,000. The users following the project are all over the world.

At the same time, the total number of community members has expanded to 31 and won 3 industry awards. Community partners are developing releases based on open source versions. The Edge Native technology architecture concept has also become a key technology for the evolution of the next-generation network in the industry. This is the 5G edge. Calculating part of the progress made by the open source project EdgeGallery in the past year has been a great progress in the field of CT open source in the past, and such changes and developments are happening in the community every day!

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|The version is released as scheduled  Features continue to be enhanced|

 

The community version naming convention refers to the conventions of international open source projects, and each project has a community version number. The numbering starts with the English letter A, and each version selects a color as the version number of that version.

 

In December 2020, 4 months after the project was released as open source, EdgeGallery ushered in an important moment. With the joint efforts of all community members, the V1.0 version (Chocolate Release) was officially released, which has also become a key node for community development. As of August, the community has released 5 open source versions with 830,000 lines of code.

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The framework of the first version was constructed, forming the four key modules of the project;

The second version of the code is all open, MEP/MECM network isolation, offline deployment and All-in-One mode deployment support, security optimization;

The third version, Chocolate Release, as the key 1.0 version, has been comprehensively improved, and the ease of use of the application development integration platform has been greatly improved. Fuzz, Trojan horses, command injection, DOS attacks, account authorization, brute force cracking, XSS script attacks, CSRF cross-site attacks, network redirect attacks, etc. have been fully optimized for security.

The fourth version, the Dove version, has greatly enhanced AI capabilities and supported cross-platform capabilities. Edge Native architecture and small programs have gradually fallen into the platform;

The latest version E version was released in July, and a total of 29 code warehouses were released. The whole process supports the rapid integration, testing and release of virtual machine applications in the AppStore. The MECM platform supports the distribution and deployment of virtual machine applications, and supports virtual machine specification configuration and network configuration. And environment variable configuration, etc. The openness and AI capabilities have been enhanced again, and the user experience of the system has been optimized again. After the continuous accumulation of several versions, the number of application ecosystems has continued to increase. The EdgeGallery application warehouse has become an application integration just like the “Gallery” in its name. , Display, distribution center.

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|EdgeNative technical architecture|

 

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After the continuous promotion of the community, the concept of edge native has become an important technical reference for the evolution of future network architecture. For the digital transformation of the industry, Edge Native is the target architecture support for the future edge computing network.

 

Based on Edge Native, the special valuable features of edge computing can be deeply utilized in the edge environment to efficiently build, operate, maintain and manage delay-sensitive edge applications. The representative technologies of Edge Native include the following ten key technologies.

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|Open source also focuses on user experience|

 

During the development of the project, the community paid close attention to two types of user experience.
The first is the experience of developers and contributors participating in the community, including providing a unified meeting system, mailing list, contribution guide, etc., and also through a series of offline and online courses and activities, so that core contributors can have more in the community Strong sense of belonging.

The second is the end user experience. The project has paid great attention to the improvement of the user interface experience since the 1.0 Chocolate version. A special experience group has been set up to conduct multiple rounds of day reading and brainstorming on the logic and user experience of the system. The spirit of commercial products polishes open source platforms. After several successive versions of improvements, more than 300 issues have been revised and incorporated, the experience of the platform has been significantly improved.

 

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|Community operation|

All for developers and end users

 

For developers and end users, the community has been working hard to lower the barriers to participation of developers and improve user experience. Including the introduction of detailed project documents, instruction manuals, hands-on experience demos, mini programs, mobile apps, etc., publishing books to promote 5G edge computing; holding technology salons, offline meetups, and joint courses with universities…

The community is well aware of the open source principle of “Community Over Code”, and the development of the project is inseparable from the participation of every developer and contributor in the community. During the year, the community held several developer technology salons in Xi’an, Shanghai, Nanjing, Dongguan, Beijing, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and other places. In each community salon event, there are local member units sponsored or co-organized, which makes the community reachable users and audiences more diversified. Through technical empowerment and discussion, and live demonstrations, more and more The end users of the company feel the latest technological capabilities, and more fellow travelers join the community. At the same time, in the salons and external exchanges again and again, more and more application ecosystems have gathered in the community.

 

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|Future|

Based in China, looking at the world
Stand up to the forefront bravely, strive to be the first

 

EdgeGallery, which is only open source for the first anniversary, is still working hard. It is precisely because of the community’s clear goals, coupled with open governance and continuous operations, that the community continues to grow in development.

Facing the future, EdgeGallery will continue to improve its own technical capabilities, and fully carry out cross-organizational collaboration with domestic and foreign organizations, such as continuous cooperation with domestic ECC, 5G DNA, 5G AIA, AII and other organizations, and expand in LF Edge. The BP project is established in Akraino under the project, and the MEC program is cooperated with the University of Surry in the United Kingdom, the Portuguese Institute of Telecommunications, and Bosch.

Along the way, thank all those who travel with EdgeGallery, and thank you for your continued support and company! Let us stand up to the forefront, strive to be the first, and work together for the 5G empowerment industry’s digital tomorrow!

 

 

|Message from the first anniversary of the community|

 

Ren Xudong

Chief Open Source Liaison Officer, Huawei

Chairman of the EdgeGallery Open Source Community Board

On the occasion of the official open source of EdgeGallery for one year, as a witness, although I was in it all the time, the achievements in review were still moved by the power of open source and open source, partners and ecological co-creation.

The open source community is the participation of a group of outstanding contributors, users, and diversified partners that have the open source community with the richest capabilities and applications in the telecommunications toB industry today. We must stick to the right direction. Don donated.

Only with the mind and philosophy of “success does not have to be with me, success must have with me”, the open source community will eventually build a good industrial ecology and business environment for the enterprise market for 5G.

 

Ma Junfeng

Deputy Chief Engineer, Institute of Technology and Standards, China Academy of Information and Communications Technology

Secretary General of EdgeGallery Open Source Community Secretariat

The EdgeGallery community is one of the most active communities in the field of edge computing in China. The community vision is to focus on the 5G MEC platform framework and build a unified MEC application ecosystem through open source collaboration.

In the past year, the Edgegallery community has grown rapidly, with more than 30 community members and more than one hundred developers actively contributing. The version has been quickly iterated to the fifth version; on this basis, a series of white papers have been released to condense the community achievements and organize offline activities. /A series of online promotion and publicity activities.

On the first anniversary of the establishment of the EdgeGallery community, we sincerely hope that the community will continue to uphold the open source spirit of openness, tolerance, and sharing, and gather more industry experts who are interested in the field of edge computing to promote the development of the edge computing industry and promote the digital transformation of the industry. Make a positive contribution. To

I sincerely wish the Edgegallery community better and better!

 

Chen Daoqing

Huawei Senior Engineer

EdgeGallery Open Source Community Operations Manager

Over the past year, I have been fortunate to have participated in the whole process of the project from inception to growth, and personally participated in the operation of the project.

From the successful release of each version, to the unexpected surprises of each offline developer activity, and the successful launch of each edge application, each time we deeply feel that the unique collaborative model of open source can be more easily aggregated. Industrial power makes the development of software products more open, transparent and efficient. I wish the EdgeGallery open source community, with the joint efforts of all parties, make every success, go further and achieve greater breakthroughs.

 

Chen Yanjun

Chairman of EdgeGallery Open Source Community User Group

EdgeGallery, as an open source community focusing on operator networks and edge computing, is a representative open source project for the deep integration of ICT. In this year, whether it is technological innovation, ecological construction or community maintenance, EdgeGallery’s achievements are obvious to all.

I wish the EdgeGallery community will be more prosperous in the future, and more enterprises and developers will join in and contribute to the sustainable development of 5G and edge computing. As one of the founding members of the community, China Mobile will continue to contribute to the community and participate in the construction of the community to help the edge computing industry.

 

Liu Hui

Chairman of EdgeGallery Open Source Community Test Group

As the chairman of the test group, I have grown up with the EdgeGallery open source community for a year and made progress together. With the participation of small partners from many enterprises and institutions, the test group has effectively guaranteed the release of the community series version and witnessed the gradual enrichment of the version’s functions. The operation of the community is becoming more and more mature. I sincerely hope that the EdgeGallery open source community can play a greater value in the future in production, learning, research, and use!

 

Fan Guiju

Vice Chairman of EdgeGallery Open Source Community Architecture Group

A glass of wine with a new song, the weather used to be the old pavilion last year.

Over the past year, the EdgeGallery community has been adhering to the spirit of innovative exploration and empowerment of the industry, with the unique perspective of the open source community, practicing an open and collaborative code of conduct, and chasing the lofty ideal of the integration of technology and business. From the intense internal preparations in April last year, to the official announcement in August, to the landmark 1.0 version released in December, and to the 1.2 version that has now been released. Every step of the community’s solid progress is the hard work and sweat of colleagues from all walks of life in the community. What I feel here is a respectful, congenial, simple and pure family, and I am grateful for the meeting with all the teachers and friends.

On the first anniversary of the establishment of the community, I wish the community will forge ahead and do better! Happy birthday to the EdgeGallery community!

 

Suo Dianjun

Mainland China Zhiyuan

It is an honor to be a partner of the EdgeGallery community in the field of security robots. From the initial test deployment of the ANDI-security robot system in EdgeGallery, it gradually moved to the stable operation of the security robots of Continental Zhiyuan in the EdgeGallery environment. Each step is the result of collaboration and common development between the mainland Zhiyuan and the partners of EdgeGallery.

I look forward to the early realization of the concept of an open module for security robot applications in the EdgeGallery platform in the future. Relying on the advantages of EdgeGallery, building a robotic cloud platform laboratory will truly shorten the distance between developers and robots, allowing platforms, enterprises, and universities to flexibly and closely participate in the research and development of security robots. Application development, remote testing, and over-distance deployment allow developers to intuitively see the actual effect of the application on the robot, and look forward to more in-depth cooperation with the EdgeGallery community in the future.

 

Zhang Ligang

Yunxun Technology

I hope the community can improve the contribution documents, and I wish the community system grows larger and richer in content.

 

Liu Fei

Wuxi Cloud Magpie

In this fast-developing 5G era, focusing on the 5G edge computing scenario is the future trend. I hope EdgeGallery will become a pioneer in the 5G edge market and develop better and better, creating a universally recognized application ecosystem that will benefit businesses and thousands of families. . Wuxi Yunque is willing to work together with the Edgegallery community to make contributions in the field of edge applications of the Internet of Things.

 

Download the new version of EdgeGallery:

https://www.edgegallery.org/download/

 

EdgeGallery open source project Gittee address:

https://gitee.com/edgegallery

 

EdgeGallery official website:

https://www.edgegallery.org/

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