Open-Source GitOps at the Edge: Deploying to Thousands of Clusters With Rancher Fleet

Source: DZone DevOps

The Edge Deployment Challenge

Modern microservice applications are moving beyond central data centers and the cloud to the edge to provide ultra‑low latency and real‑time processing. This enables real‑time responsiveness for applications powering autonomous vehicles, remote healthcare, and IoT solutions.

A fundamental operational challenge exists when you attempt to deploy code to distributed edge computing environments. Each time that you are deploying code to containerized workloads at thousands of different edge locations, it will require coordination across unreliable networks, heterogeneous hardware, and edge locations with no technical staff available to correct failed deployments.