EdgeNet: the Global Kubernetes Cluster Testbed

Berat Can Şenel (1, 2) , Maxime Mouchet (1, 2) , Justin Cappos (3) , Olivier Fourmaux (1) , Timur Friedman (1, 2) , Rick Mcgeer (4)

1 NPA - Networks and Performance Analysis
2 LINCS - Laboratory of Information, Network and Communication Sciences
3 NYU Tandon School of Engineering
4 US Ignite

EdgeNet is a software-only distributed systems testbed in the family of PlanetLab. It is realized as a multitenant global Kubernetes cluster running on volunteered virtual machines. In this paper, we describe our modifications to Kubernetes which enable trusted execution with accountability on untrusted, volunteered hardware, user control of the placement of Kubernetes pods, and control of a global cluster from a single central head node.

Domains: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing [cs.DC]

Berat Can Şenel, Maxime Mouchet, Justin Cappos, Olivier Fourmaux, Timur Friedman, et al.. EdgeNet: the Global Kubernetes Cluster Testbed. IEEE INFOCOM International Workshop on Computer and Networking Experimental Research using Testbeds (CNERT), extended abstract, demo, May 2021, Vancouver, Canada. pp.1-2, ⟨10.1109/INFOCOMWKSHPS51825.2021.9484475⟩. ⟨hal-03419803⟩