Managing Telco Infrastructure and Applications at Scale - An Open Source Approach

Explore how to manage telecommunications infrastructure and applications at scale using open source technologies in this 29-minute conference talk from the Linux Foundation. Learn about Ericsson's technical journey in adopting cloud-native paradigms for telco infrastructure while addressing unique challenges including stringent SLAs, real-time performance requirements, and complex hybrid infrastructure management. Discover how to leverage Kubernetes, Cluster API, and multiple open-source providers such as Metal3 for bare metal provisioning and Cluster API Provider OpenStack (CAPO) for cloud-based workloads to build scalable, resilient, and fully automated platforms tailored to telecommunications needs. Understand the orchestration of heterogeneous environments spanning bare metal and OpenStack-based compute through a unified, declarative lifecycle approach. Gain insights into implementing observability and alerting using tools like Prometheus, and explore real-world strategies for achieving zero-downtime upgrades, failure remediation, and long-term cluster maintenance while meeting demanding telecom-grade requirements for high availability and real-time traffic handling.