Abstract

YAZAN, Andrés; TIPANTUNA, Christian  and  CARVAJAL-RODRIGUEZ, Jorge. Containers-Based Network Services Deployment: A Practical Approach. Enfoque UTE [online]. 2024, vol.15, n.1, pp.36-44. ISSN 1390-6542.  https://doi.org/10.29019/enfoqueute.1005.

In recent years, virtualizing network services and functions has enabled optimizing hardware resources on resource-constrained devices, such as CPU, memory, and storage. Traditional virtualization is achieved through virtual machines using a layer known as a hypervisor. While this form of virtualization offers advantages such as scalability and portability, it has disadvantages in terms of performance compared to nonvirtualized deployments. In this context, alternative virtualization technologies (like containers) allow virtualization on the same physical infrastructure, improving overall performance, portability, and service scalability. This paper implements the deployment of network services on the Raspberry Pi development platform, which has limited resources. This is achieved through a multi-container virtualization solution using the Docker Compose tool, based on Docker containerization technology. Finally, a performance analysis of the implemented virtualization solution is conducted in terms of resource utilization by each service.

Keywords : Virtualization; Virtual Machines; Container Raspberry Pi; Docker; Docker Compose; Performance.