Set up Edge Infrastructure#

In Edge Infrastructure, “infrastructure” refers to:

  • Hosts: Networked computing devices (edge nodes) that run workloads to provide applications or services.

  • Clusters: One or multiple hosts that are grouped and work as a single unit.

Prerequisites

Ensure that you have properly configured the Near Zero-Touch Provisioning (nZTP).

Before setting up your edge infrastructure within the service, you must onboard your hosts by referring to the Onboard Edge Nodes section. After onboarding your host(s), do the following to set up your edge infrastructure:

  1. View Onboarded Hosts

  2. Provision Host (not required in case of Automated Onboarding and Provisioning)

  3. Create Cluster

If you have access to your edge node’s UUID or serial number, you can Register Edge Nodes in Edge Orchestrator to facilitate faster onboarding.

Register Hosts

Registered hosts are hosts registered to the orchestrator but not yet connected or onboarded. Registered hosts appear on the Registered Hosts page. You must complete the onboarding before proceeding to the provisioning step.

For more information see Register Edge Nodes in Edge Orchestrator.

Onboard Hosts

Onboarding is completed with the attestation of the edge nodes and enables the host to connect to the backend services. Onboarded hosts appear on the Onboarded Hosts page. You must provision the hosts before adding them the cluster.

For more information about onboarding hosts, see Onboard Edge Nodes.

Provision Hosts

To provision hosts, you must:

  • Select an operating system (OS) profile for the host.

  • Select Secure Boot and Full Disk Encryption, if required.

  • Associate the host to a site.

Optionally:

  • add host labels allowing for host or hardware-specific application targeting.

  • add SSH key to the host for Remote Access.

Each host must be associated with a single site. Sites represent real-world locations and can be grouped into regions. Regions can also be grouped, creating hierarchies, and helping you to organize and manage your deployments.

Intel recommends planning your region hierarchies ahead of time. See Locations.

For more information on provisioning hosts, see the following sections:

Create Clusters

There are two options for completing the configuration process:

  • Create a single host cluster that consists of a single host.

  • Create multiple-host cluster consisting of two or more hosts.

Use the Create Cluster option within the “Clusters” page to create a cluster. Add one or more hosts to the cluster. All the hosts in the cluster must come from the same site. Then, add deployment metadata to your cluster, which is needed to enable automated deployment. Deployment metadata takes the form of key-value pairs and matches target clusters with the deployment package during Automated Deployment.

For more information, see Create Cluster.