NATO Federated Coalition Cloud with Kubernetes: A National Prototype Perspective
Abstract
In NATO, the IST-168 research task group (RTG)
“Adaptive Information Processing and Distribution To Support
Command and Control” aims to investigate cloud computing at
the tactical edge from a coalition force perspective. From recent
developments in cloud computing and DevSecOps stemming
from civilian use, but also with increasing adoption for military
applications, virtualization of infrastructure and containerization
of software is currently a preferred approach to cloud computing.
Containers provide a lightweight approach to packaging and
orchestrating software components and services. Kubernetes is
a tool for orchestrating and managing deployment, scaling and
migration of such containers.
In the NATO IST-168 RTG, the emphasis is on interoperability
and interconnecting different nations’ Kubernetes clusters. The
work described in this paper presents Norway’s contribution to
the RTG.
Description
Andersen, Hallvard Munkås; Flytør, Borgar Føll; Onsøyen, Emil; Holmen, Even Trosterud; Sølvberg, Niklas; Haugan, Thomas Sagvold; Gabrielsen, Oskar; Johnsen, Frank T..
NATO Federated Coalition Cloud with Kubernetes: A National Prototype Perspective. International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium (ICCRTS) proceedings 2021