TikTok's Edge Cluster Management - Deploying Thousands of Applications with Argo CD

Discover how TikTok manages thousands of applications on edge clusters using Argo CD in this insightful conference talk. Explore the scalability challenges faced by TikTok in managing edge services across approximately 100 edge clusters, 150,000 CPUs, and 3,000 applications. Learn about TikTok's global network of Kubernetes edge clusters, hosting applications like TikTok, live streaming, and gaming, utilizing cache and traffic acceleration services. Gain valuable insights into deploying and managing edge services with shared configurations and cluster-specific settings using Argo CD. Delve into edge deployment patterns, management techniques with Kustomize and Argo CD, and various deployment models including centralized and distributed Argo CD approaches. Examine edge techniques such as Argo CD Core and Application Sets, and stay informed about recent and future improvements in edge application management.

Intro
TikTok's Edge Cluster Overview
Tik Tok's Edge Cluster Deployment
Edge Deployment Pattern. Example
Edge Deployment Management - Kustomize
Edge Deployment Management - Argo CD
Challenges - Argo CD
Edge Deployment Models
Edge Deployment Model: Centralized Argo CD
Edge Deployment Model: Distributed Argo CD
Edge Techniques: Argo CD Core
Edge Techniques: Application Sets
Application Sets - Centralized Argo CD
Recent & Future Improvements