World Congress 2026 Europe Jul 9, 2026 Session details

From Cloud Racks to Control Cabinets: Operating Kubernetes on Edge Devices

Thomas Weinschenk

Can you run Kubernetes in a harsh, dust-filled factory with zero downtime? Discover how to adapt standard IT cloud operations for the strict realities of the industrial edge.

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#1 about 3 min

Decoupling industrial functionality from physical control hardware

How shifting from physical machinery boxes to software-defined components fundamentally changes available operations in operational technology.

#2 about 4 min

Balancing plant safety operations with mandatory software agility

Why industrial environments struggle to balance long-term operational stability with the need to implement required modern operational changes.

#3 about 4 min

Transitioning from rigid hardware devices to flexible edge containers

How containerization allows logic engineers to modularize complex automation workloads and push logic instead of replacing physical components.

#4 about 5 min

Comparing cloud data centers with constrained edge device environments

Why standard cloud-native setups fail in factory settings that demand localized determinism, segmented connections, and extreme hardware resilience.

#5 about 6 min

Adapting Kubernetes deployment patterns for heterogeneous edge device fleets

How distinct edge network boundaries require mandatory fleet management, pull-based rollouts, and air-gapped security protocols.

#6 about 2 min

Standardizing interoperable edge integration through the open Margo initiative

How the open-source Margo project outlines a vendor-neutral standard to coordinate and scale complex multi-supplier edge ecosystems.

#7 about 6 min

Building operational trust starting incrementally with predictive edge maintenance

How to safely transition out of isolated proof of concepts by adopting modern operations collaboratively without disrupting critical pipelines.

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Speaker background and open source Kubernetes edge computing projects

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Origins of the edge connectivity platform using Kubernetes

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Challenges of application edge deployment and containers

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Abstracting infrastructure complexity with container orchestration platforms

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Core principles for building sustainable edge infrastructure topologies

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Managing the complexity of bare metal Kubernetes deployments

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