Abstract: In one embodiment, a computing device comprises memory circuitry and processing circuitry. The memory circuitry is to store a plurality of container images, comprising: a first container image comprising a first set of applications; and a second container image comprising a virtual machine, a guest operating system, and a second set of applications. The processing circuitry is to: instantiate a plurality of containers on a host operating system, wherein the plurality of containers comprises a first container and a second container; execute the first set of applications in the first container, wherein the first set of applications is to be executed on the host operating system; and execute the virtual machine in the second container, wherein the guest operating system is to be executed on the virtual machine and the second set of applications is to be executed on the guest operating system.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a network interface to communicate over a local network, a storage drive, and a processor. The processor is to: connect to the local network via the network interface; detect a plurality of heterogeneous edge computing nodes on the local network; join a cluster of computing nodes on the local network; configure the storage drive to join a shared file system associated with the cluster; configure one or more local hardware resources to join a pool of shared hardware resources associated with the cluster; obtain a plurality of container images for an application configured to execute on the cluster, wherein the plurality of container images are for executing a plurality of containers associated with the application; and execute one or more of the plurality of containers associated with the application.