Getting started

KubeEdge is an open source system for extending native containerized application orchestration capabilities to hosts at Edge.

In this quick-start guide, we will explain:

• How to ask questions, build and contribute to KubeEdge.
• A few common ways of deploying KubeEdge.
• Links for further reading.

Dependencies

For cloud side, we need:

• Kubernetes cluster

For edge side, we need:

• Container runtimes, now we support:

  • Docker
  • Containerd
  • Cri-o
  • Virtlet

• MQTT Server(Optional)

Get KubeEdge!

You can find the latest KubeEdge release here.

During release, we build tarballs for major platforms and release docker images in kubeedge dockerhub.

If you want to build KubeEdge from source, check this doc.

Deploying KubeEdge

Check setup docs.

Contributing

Contributions are very welcome! See our CONTRIBUTING.md for more information.

Community

KubeEdge is an open source project and we value and welcome new contributors and members of the community. Here are ways to get in touch with the community:

• Mailing list
• Slack
• Twitter
• GitHub Issues