• Ansible
• automation
• connection migration
• container migration
• Docker
• edge computing
• MEC
• QUIC

Edge computing is gaining momentum as it overcomes limitations, in terms of latency and bandwidth, imposed by the Cloud Computing, enabling several use cases in the real-time domain. A real-time service should ideally always run at one hop distance to the end user, following it as it moves. Container technologies, such as Docker, further extend the edge computing paradigm with support to mobility, since containers can be easily migrated across edge nodes thanks to their lightweight nature.
In this work, we present a proof-of-concept design and implementation of an automated platform compliant with the ETSI MEC standards, with a strong focus on mobility support. The main building blocks of such platform are Ansible and QUIC. Ansible is an open source IT automation tool that allowed us to orchestrate the two main functionalities, such as instantiation of on-demand dedicate application services and their stateful relocation, with outstanding ease. QUIC is a connection-oriented transport protocol that enables reliable communications and supports ongoing connection migration.