Nexoedge - Stage 1 - 2024-11-06

2 TAC Sponsors, if identified (Sponsors help mentor projects) - See full definition on Project Stages: Definitions and Expectations

Missing. We need help from the TAC on finding new sponsors.

Both of the project-founding TAC sponsors (Sven van der Meer and Tina Tsou) are no longer with the TAC.

Current TAC members: https://lfedge.org/about/technical-advisory-council/

The typical IP Policy for Projects under the LF Edge Foundation is Apache 2.0 for Code Contributions, Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) for new inbound contributions, and Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License for Documentation. Projects under outside licenses may still submit for consideration, subject to review/approval of the TAC and Board.

Meets

Statements about the project licenses (Apache v2 for source code and CC 4.0 for documentation) are made in the project Readme.

https://github.com/nexoedge/nexoedge?tab=readme-ov-file#project-licenses

Upon acceptance, At Large projects must list their status prominently on website/readme

Meets

Project status is shown on the Github Readme:

https://github.com/nexoedge/nexoedge/blob/master/README.md

Intention for the upcoming year (Remain at current stage OR advance towards the next Stage)

Remain in stage 1

Include a link to your project’s LFX Insights page. We will be looking for signs of consistent or increasing contribution activity. Please feel free to add commentary to add color to the numbers and graphs we will see on Insights.

https://insights.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/foundation/lfedge/overview/github?project=nexoedge&repository=&routedFrom=Github

How many maintainers do you have, and which organizations are they from? (Feel free to link to an existing MAINTAINERS file if appropriate.)

Source code maintainers: 1 (Helen Chan, CUHK)

Project outreach: 2 (Aldous Ng, CU Coding; Shakeel Salamat, Nexodata)

What do you know about adoption, and how has this changed since your last review / since you joined the current Stage? If you can list companies that are end users of your project, please do so. (Feel free to link to an existing ADOPTERS file if appropriate.)

• Security

  • Support data traffic encryption for proxy-agent communication 

• Deployment

  • Support Docker image build

  • Add Docker deployment examples using Docker alone and Docker Compose

  • Add Kubernetes deployment examples based on Kind and Kubectl

  • Add an Kubernetes container storage interface (CSI) deployment example using Kubernetes CIFS CSI driver

  • Provide pre-built Docker images at Github (https://github.com/orgs/nexoedge/packages?ecosystem=container )
    
    

How has the project performed against its goals since the last review? (We won't penalize you if your goals changed for good reasons.)

We are working towards enabling Nexoedge for streamline and edge-friendly deployments via containerization with Docker and Kubernetes to provide a reliable and secure multi-cloud storage solution for edge applications. 

We still need to put more effort on integrating with edge applications (e.g., other LF Edge projects) and possibly provide deployment examples for demonstration, which will be helpful in expanding our project verticals.

What are the current goals of the project? For example, are you working on major new features? Or are you concentrating on adoption or documentation?

We are working on the following improvements:

• Synchronized metadata store replication: Currently, our project uses Redis as the metadata store which supports only asynchronous replication. We are working to support another distributed key-value store with synchronized replication support as the metadata store for Nexoedge.

We also plan to

• Integration with other LF Edge projects, e.g., Fledge and eKuiper, and LF projects

• Enhance the system observability by integration with open-source observability tools, e.g., Grafana

How can LF Edge help you achieve your upcoming goals?

1. Enable demonstrations and validation of Nexoedge’s capabilities in real-world scenarios.

2. Provide access to training and certification programs relevant to edge computing and distributed storage.

Do you think that your project meets the criteria for the next Stage?

No

Please summarize Outreach Activities in which the Project has participated in (e.g. Participation in conferences, seminars, speaking engagements, meetups, etc.)

1. Official Announcement: Nexoedge was announced as a Stage 1 project by LF Edge on December 12, 2023, with coverage in tech outlets like Edge Industry Review (https://www.edgeir.com/lf-edge-unveils-two-new-community-projects-for-iot-edge-20231214 ) and PRNewswire (LF Edge Project Portfolio Expands Footprint with Two new Community Projects Addressing Different Layers of the Stack, Nexoedge and NanoMQ ).

2. The Nexodata team discussed the Nexoedge project with attendees at the Collision Conference Toronto 2024, which helped raise awareness and foster collaboration within the tech community.

Are you leveraging the Technical Project Getting Started Checklist? If yes, please provide link (if publicly available).

Yes

Nexoedge Task Tracking Checklist

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Please share a LFX security report for your project in the last 30 days

https://security.lfx.linuxfoundation.org/#/a092M00001EzWy7QAF/foundation-details?search=nexoedge