Deliverable 3.2: Cloud continuum, service mesh and resource orchestration
This document represents the final software outcomes and architectural implementations of Task 3.1, reporting on the design, execution, and deployment of the Edge-Cloud continuum layer as well as the DataOps module for the SAFE-6G framework. The involved components compose the overall framework that manages distributed computing resources and orchestrates the lifecycle of microservices across heterogeneous domains, also monitoring their status and performance. At the core of the continuum implementation is a Meta-Operating System based on ECLIPSE aeriOS. This system offers a programmable environment designed to integrate seamlessly with standard Cloud Native technologies. It successfully enables the federation of delocalized computing domains and provides continuous observability, identity management, and distributed service orchestration using Kubernetes as its foundation. The Meta-OS relies on critical components including a FIWARE Orion-LD Context Broker for sharing context data without replication, and an enhanced dual-level orchestration engine to automate the deployment, upgrade, and removal of services packaged as Helm charts or containers. The flexibility of its data model has allowed the extension of its default definition with SAFE-6G specific entities and attributes. Also, the exposure capabilities of the
continuum have been secured by an API Gateway built on KrakenD, fully integrated with OpenCAPIF Release 3 to facilitate automated API discoverability, access management, and interaction with the broader SAFE-6G Trust Functions. Find more: https://safe-6g.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/D3.2_SAFE-6G_V1.0.pdf