What are rust edge services?
This topic is based on a conversation between an anonymous user of Akka and our “Ask AI about Akka” bot in the documentation.
What are rust edge services?
This topic is based on a conversation between an anonymous user of Akka and our “Ask AI about Akka” bot in the documentation.
Rust Edge Services, specifically in the context of Akka, refer to a subset of Akka implemented with the Rust language. This is known as “Akka Edge Rust”. The Rust language has been chosen due to its focus on reliability and efficiency for resource-constrained devices where CPU, memory, and storage are at a premium.
Akka Edge Rust is designed to empower cloud developers to run their Akka applications even closer to where they are used, away from the cloud. It has been demonstrated to run on small Linux-based architectures with limited resources.
Akka Edge Rust implements concepts familiar to developers with Akka cloud-based development, emphasizing resiliency and responsiveness. Resiliency is achieved by being able to recover in the face of an internet connection failing, and also being able to continue its local operations. Responsiveness is achieved primarily through being event-driven.
A Rust-based service that works with an Akka JVM, cloud-based counterpart can be set up and developed using Akka Edge Rust. The Akka JVM service is responsible for registering sensors, and the Akka Edge Rust service will connect to the Akka JVM service and consume registration events as they occur.
For more information, you can refer to the Akka Edge Rust guide and the Akka Edge Rust GitHub Project for the source code and issue tracker.
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