Project Nephio, an open source initiative of partners across the telecommunications industry working towards true cloud-native automation under the Linux Foundation, announced the availability of its Release 1 (R1).
Nephio delivers carrier-grade, Kubernetes-based cloud native intent automation and common automation templates. The goal is to simplify the deployment and management of multi-vendor cloud infrastructure and network functions across large-scale edge deployments.
Project Nephio launched in April 2022 with seed code provided by Google Cloud.
Nephio R1 highlights:
- A framework to orchestrate cloud native network functions (CNF), infrastructure, and cross-domain lifecycle management
- Core Nephio principles and Kubernetes integration with custom resource definitions (CRDs).
- Enhanced user experience and sandbox environment.
New feature details:
- Common configuration templates to provision and life-cycle management of cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes clusters, 5G network functions and network configurations
- Gitops- based package management and scaled deployment using Kubernetes Resource Model (KRM) and Configuration as data (CaD)
- Uniform Kubernetes CRD and operator-based deployment of multi-cloud infrastructure and multi-vendor network functions
- Kubernetes- based Nephio control-plane which supports single pane of management of large scale deployments
- Common set of user interface and APIs for integration with service orchestration layers
- Multiple personas- based management and approval of configurations
"We are thrilled to see the high-demand release of Nephio R1,” said Arpit Joshipura, general manager, Networking, Edge, and IoT, the Linux Foundation. “By simplifying the complexity of orchestrating interconnected workloads across large-scale edge deployments, R1 represents significant progress managing large systems within the cloud-native ecosystem.”
“The telecommunications industry is in much need for open, standard, efficient cloud-native automation solutions to keep up with connectivity demands,” said Gabriele Di Piazza, senior director, Product Management, Google Cloud. “The release of Nephio R1 simplifies cloud based deployments and network management, while also demonstrating the importance of telecom and technology companies working together to develop open cloud native automation solutions that are scalable, reliable, and secure.”
“Nephio is a game-changer for the telecom industry. It can help telecoms to automate their entire network efficiently and reliably, while achieving true zero-touch provisioning. The speed in which the community has embraced Kubernetes principles and further evolved Google Cloud’s seed code to deliver Nephio R1 is truly phenomenal. It's clear that there is a great need for intent based automation to simplify the telecom deployments, and Nephio is well-positioned to meet that demand.” said Kandan Kathirvel, Technical Steering Committee chair, Nephio.
