The NEPHELE Development Environment is built as the combination of two systems:

  1. The Development Sandbox, that provides specialized utilities on a GitLab template repository to develop and customize HDA graphs, which natively connect to the lifecycle management of those applications over multi-cluster compute and network infrastructure. It also leverages an intuitive dashboard.
  2. The Hyper Distributed Applications (HDA) Registry & Verification Engine, which offers a novel way of harmonizing the storage, distribution, catalogue, and verification for all services involved in a NEPHELE HDA. It provides the hosting of all repositories of all the artifacts involved in the deployment of an HDA. 
Exploitation pathway

Further research, publications, standardization and (potentially) improving Atos portfolio.

How does this move beyond state of the art

Providing a consistent registry system that can unify how all artifacts are handled while making sure that the proposed system is based on common standards and aligned with each technology’s roadmap.

Nephele Development Environment plays an essential role within Nephele Framework. It interacts directly with all of the system managers, and it is responsible for architecture interactions with all other modules, as it facilitates and automates the process of creating and validating artifacts, such as OCI artifacts, Helm charts, Docker images, VNFs, or customizable artifacts like virtual objects that represent edge devices, as well as HDA graph descriptors, to enable the SMO to place services efficiently, thereby providing a common layer for the Cloud–Edge–IoT continuum.

KER readiness time plan and the roadmap

May 2024

License
Apache 2.0
Market potential which the KER is targeting.

The global distributed applications market is experiencing significant growth, driven by the increasing adoption of edge computing and the demand for low-latency, real-time applications. Distributed cloud, a key component of this market, allows for the distribution of cloud services across multiple locations while maintaining central management. This market is projected to reach $31.9 billion by 2033, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 23.20% from 2025 to 2033, according to IMARC Group.

Partners
Atos
Potential adopters

NMOs, MVNOs, owners of private and enterprise networks, Infrastructure Providers (Cloud providers).

Relation to Nephele
D2.1 Requirements, Use Cases Description and Conceptualization of the NEPHELE Reference Architecture
D2.2 NEPHELE Reference Architecture Final Specification
D4.1 Initial Release of Hyper-distributed Applications Synergetic Meta-Orchestration Framework, Development Environment and Repository
TRL expected
5
Type of Ker
Software
What problem it addresses

The Development Sandbox facilitates developers the creation, verification and distribution of HDAs; while the HDA Registry & Verification Engine provides a consistent registry system that can unify how all the repositories of artifacts are handled by Telco and Cloud stakeholders, while making sure that the proposed system is based on common standards and aligned with each technology’s roadmap