Introduction
Tencent Cloud Engine for Edge (TKE-Edge) is a container platform launched by Tencent Cloud that manages edge resources through a public cloud-hosted control plane, providing cloud-native capability support that integrates cloud and edge computing scenarios. TKE Edge Container is fully compatible with native Kubernetes, supports managing nodes in multiple data centers within the same cluster, allows one-click deployment of applications to all edge nodes, and features edge autonomy and distributed health check capabilities.
Architecture
Capabilities of TKE-Edge
Native support
TKE-Edge is built upon the open-source SuperEdge project, closely following the community. It supports the latest Kubernetes versions and native Kubernetes cluster management methods. It is easy to use out of the box and requires only a minimal learning curve.
High availability of the control plane
TKE-Edge is built upon the core Tencent Cloud TKE product, which hosts the Master control plane. Worker nodes located anywhere can connect to the control plane with a single click to start providing services, significantly improving the availability of the cluster.
Cloud capabilities brought to the edge
TKE-Edge seamlessly reuses most of the supporting capabilities of TKE products, such as monitoring, logging, and app stores, quickly bringing standard public cloud capabilities to the edge side.
Heterogeneous resource support
The connected edge nodes support various types of heterogeneous resources, including Tencent Cloud provided CVM/ECM machines, user-side owned IDC data center servers, PCs, IoT devices, etc. It also supports x86, ARM64, and ARM architecture, allowing for mixed deployment of applications on different types of resources.
Multi-region deployment capabilities
The service supports the division of edge nodes into different node pools according to required features (such as region) and allows for batch application scheduling and deployment across multiple node pools. It also provides closed-loop traffic access capabilities within the node pool.
Secure and reliable
TKE-Edge supports separated internal and external network certificates and minimized node permission control to avoid cluster access control permission leakage. Cloud-edge communication uses TLS encryption to prevent system management data leakage or tampering.
System disaster recovery
In addition to the high availability of the control plane, the TKE-Edge provides reliable edge autonomy capabilities for weak network scenarios in the cloud and features distributed cluster health check capabilities to accurately determine pod migration timing.
Cloud-edge tunnel
Leveraging Tencent's years of tunnel technology accumulation, even if edge devices do not have a public network address, the edge container service can support administrators directly logging into containers running on edge nodes from the cloud.
Pricing
TKE-Edge's International site is temporarily free of charge.
Computing nodes are provided by users and therefore do not generate any additional charges.
Use Cases
Edge computing
TKE-Edge targets demands from customers in industries such as Industrial Internet, Edge IoT, and Edge AI. It supports customers in quickly creating cloud-based control planes, enabling unified management and control of various types of edge devices. Users can manage the application lifecycle in the cloud.
Hybrid Cloud
TKE-Edge addresses the demands of large customers in hybrid cloud scenarios. It enables the rapid deployment of standard K8s clusters and cloud-standard services in user IDCs while seamlessly integrating with cloud-based SaaS services. This lowers deployment and operation costs and provides high availability support at the level of public cloud services.
Additional Services
For more information on how to call TencentCloud APIs to access Tencent Cloud products and services, see TencentCloud APIs.
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