A small form factor OpenShift/Kubernetes optimized for edge computing
MicroShift is a project that optimizes OpenShift Kubernetes for small form factor and edge computing.
Edge devices deployed out in the field pose very different operational, environmental, and business challenges from those of cloud computing. These motivate different engineering trade-offs for Kubernetes at the far edge than for cloud or near-edge scenarios.
MicroShift design goals cater to this:
These properties should also make MicroShift a great tool for other use cases such as Kubernetes applications development on resource-constrained systems, scale testing, and provisioning of lightweight Kubernetes control planes.
To run MicroShift, the minimum system requirements are:
The system requirements also include resources for the operating system unless explicitly mentioned otherwise.
Depending on user workload requirements, it may be necessary to add more resources i.e. CPU and RAM for better performance, disk space in a root partition for container images, an LVM group for container storage, etc.
For production deployments, MicroShift can be run on bare metal hardware or hypervisors supported and certified for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 operating system.
To install, configure and run MicroShift, refer to the following documentation:
To build MicroShift from source and contribute to its development, refer to the following documentation:
Community documentation sources are managed at https://github.com/redhat-et/microshift-documentation and published on https://microshift.io.
To get started with MicroShift, please refer to the Getting Started section of the MicroShift User Documentation.
For information about getting in touch with the MicroShift community, check our community page.