StartlingX 7.0, The Open-Source Edge Computing and IoT Cloud Platform

StarlingX 7.0: Latest Update Offers New Features and Improvements- Edge Computing and Cloud Platform

The most recent version of the free and open-source IoT cloud platform StarlingX was made available. The primary goals of StarlingX 7.0 are to increase scalability, security, stability, and flexibility. Ceph, OpenStack, Kubernetes, and the other components are combined in the solution to produce a fully functional cloud software stack.

StarlingX 7.0 is for you if you need a full cloud stack for your edge computing, whether you're managing a small number of Internet of Things devices or a large number of 5G endpoints. "By 2025, more than 50% of enterprise-managed data will be created and handled outside the data center or cloud," predicted Gartner when it recently peeked into its crystal ball. Then, where will it be? It will focus on edge computing, and there is a very good possibility that you'll be utilizing StarlingX 7.0, the most recent release of this open-source edge computing and IoT cloud platform.

The technology is presently used by several for-profit companies, including Verizon, Vodafone, Elisa, KDDI, and NTT DoCoMo, to give their devices great performance and low latency. The StarlingX platform's developers built it for a variety of uses, including edge computing, IoT, 5G, and Open RAN deployments.

Ildikó Váncsa, senior manager of community and ecosystem at the Open Infrastructure Foundation, remarked that it is really interesting to see StarlingX meet the high expectations of edge use cases in production. "StarlingX 7.0 is a prime example of the dedicated work the StarlingX community is doing to expand the capabilities of the platform with each release."

For improved scalability, StarlingX 7.0 increased the maximum number of sub-clouds that the distributed cloud architecture can support to 1000 All-in-One Simplex (AOI-SX) sub-clouds. The addition of new audit logging features has increased the platform's security. Additionally, the Pod Security Admission Controller, a more effective and dependable alternative to Pod Security Policies, was introduced.

StarlingX 7.0 now runs Debian Stable instead of CentOS as its operating system. Utilizing the Horizon online interface, customers may also upgrade components through the distributed cloud architecture.

Contributors to StarlingX, among them Wind River, may continue to work on ongoing tasks and goals like Open RAN. 99Cloud Incorporation, a different contributor, will collaborate with users and partners to spread the word about the new StarlingX 7.0 release and attract more users & developers.

The company concentrated on updating the IoT cloud platform to Linux kernel version 5.10 in the last StarlingX release. Security improvements as well as advancements in deployment and re-configuration were other new features.

Contributors to StarlingX, among them Wind River, may continue to work on ongoing tasks and goals like Open RAN. 99Cloud Incorporation, a different contributor, will collaborate with users and partners to spread the word about the new StarlingX 7.0 release and attract more users.

Key features of StarlingX 7.0

The community gave the following improvements in StarlingX 7.0 top priority to better suit the low-latency and distributed cloud requirements of edge computing and industrial IoT use cases:

More Scalability:

StarlingX 7.0 expands the number of sub clouds that the Distributed Cloud architecture can manage to accommodate a larger range of edge use cases. The community is constantly trying to increase the number of sub clouds that the platform can support because edge infrastructures can become rather massive. The platform, for instance, can support up to 1000 All-in-One Simplex (AOI-SX) sub clouds in version 7.0.

To improve Kubernetes in areas like observability, traffic management, security, and policy administration, StarlingX 7.0 incorporates Istio service mesh.

Increased Stability and Security:

In StarlingX 7.0, security audit logging is supported to record instructions that were issued over the platform services' REST API, including via SNMP. Additionally, StarlingX's Kubernetes component can configure the functionality during bootstrap. This function aids in spotting any suspicious behavior and putting preventative measures in place.

The first steps toward replacing Pod Security Policies (PSP) with Pod Security Admission Controller for Kubernetes were taken by the community. The platform now has a more effective and dependable way to implement pod security rules thanks to this improvement.

Greater Adaptability to Handle a Variety of Centralised and Dispersed Workloads:

Upgraded PTP Dual NIC Support Boundary Clock Configuration: In the 7.0 release, the community improved the PTP base packages. This enhancement greatly improves the platform's manageability in a key area for real-time applications in several industry sectors.

Improvements to PTP functionality to allow 5G Time SyncE: Clock synchronization is necessary for the proper operation of many 5G applications. Additionally, users are now able to build a brand-new PTP instance type named "clock."

Upgrades to the Subcloud Local Installation feature: This functionality was included in a previous release to give deployment options for the entire edge architecture.

Other Enhancements:

Debian OS Migration, Distributed Cloud Horizon Orchestration Updates, and uses Kubernetes to the 1.23.1 version as default.