Cloud native stack optimized for Edge
SUSE Edge is a highly validated, lightweight edge platform that combines the best of open source technologies–Linux and Kubernetes–and enables customers to manage edge applications at scale.
Certified Kubernetes built for Edge and Industrial IoT. Designed for rugged far-edge environments with deterministic performance needs. Low footprint images and binaries ideal for resource constrained environments
With “full lifecycle management”, manage the lifecycle at each layer: OS, Kubernetes and application. SUSE Edge uses Gitops approach to deploy and manage up to a million Kubernetes clusters with ease.
Supports application VMs and container based applications on the same platform, enabling customers to migrate to cloud native at their own pace. Edge virtualization and Rancher UI integration offers integrated management from single pane of glass
SUSE Edge platform built on SUSE Linux Micro, an immutable OS that is FIPS compliant and CIS hardened. Edge optimized container security with SUSE Security detects and prevents threats and attacks.
“Our values are solid, safe, simple. SUSE Edge has provided us with a solid solution that’s simple to implement. It goes hand in hand with our company values that we try to live out every day.”
SUSE Edge Features and Benefits
SUSE Edge platform provides customers the ability to manage 1000s of distributed edge devices, saving operating costs and improving efficiency of IT operations
Zero touch provisioning and LCM
Cluster provisioning to baremetal via ClusterAPI and Metal3. Rancher GUI for baremetal inventory management. Fully airgapped and connected support. Automated provisioning of SUSE Linux Micro & RKE2
Enterprise grade security at the Edge
OS support for Live Patching for a continuous secure operation and security framework (SELinux). TPM2 based disk encryption. Edge optimized container security with SUSE Security detects and prevents threats and attacks.
Highly validated and reliable Edge platform
Continuous nightly testing of Edge stack and public release of Edge Stack validation results. Multi-Rancher Visibility GUI to easily manage and observe highly distributed Edge environments
Support for high cluster and node scale
Supports high scale manufacturing and retail use cases–1000s of Kubernetes clusters distributed in 100s of edge locations, with visibility and management from Rancher, in central location
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