Architecture

InterLink aims to provide an abstraction for the execution of a Kubernetes pod on any remote resource capable of managing a Container execution lifecycle.

The project consists of two main components:

• A Kubernetes Virtual Node: based on the VirtualKubelet technology. Translating request for a kubernetes pod execution into a remote call to the interLink API server.
• The interLink API server: a modular and pluggable REST server where you can create your own Container manager plugin (called sidecars), or use the existing ones: remote docker execution on a remote host, singularity Container on a remote SLURM batch system.

The project got inspired by the KNoC and Liqo projects, enhancing that with the implemention a generic API layer b/w the virtual kubelet component and the provider logic for the container lifecycle management.