Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for anchoring an edge cloud to a central cloud, the method being performed in a cloud environment comprising a central cloud and an edge cloud, the method comprising obtaining (S238, S310), by a connectivity controller of an edge cloud, an address of an anchoring registry of a central cloud; sending (S240, S312), by the connectivity controller, to the anchoring registry, information about networking configuration of the edge cloud; setting up (S246, S314), by an orchestrator of the central cloud, a virtual private network, VPN, service in the central cloud; requesting (S248, S316), by the orchestrator of the central cloud, edge VPN configuration information from the central VPN service, based on the information about networking configuration of the edge cloud; sending (S252, S318), by the anchoring registry, the edge VPN configuration information, to an orchestrator of the edge cloud; creating (S258, S320), by an orchestrator of the edge cloud, an edge VPN service, b

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for anchoring an edge cloud to a central cloud, the method being performed in a cloud environment comprising a central cloud and an edge cloud, the method comprising obtaining (S238, S310), by a connectivity controller of an edge cloud, an address of an anchoring registry of a central cloud; sending (S240, S312), by the connectivity controller, to the anchoring registry, information about networking configuration of the edge cloud; setting up (S246, S314), by an orchestrator of the central cloud, a virtual private network, VPN, service in the central cloud; requesting (S248, S316), by the orchestrator of the central cloud, edge VPN configuration information from the central VPN service, based on the information about networking configuration of the edge cloud; sending (S252, S318), by the anchoring registry, the edge VPN configuration information, to an orchestrator of the edge cloud; creating (S258, S320), by an orchestrator of the edge cloud, an edge VPN service, b

Abstract: A method and apparatus for providing service discovery. The method comprises receiving a service query; analysing the service query to determine whether the service query comprises a service name; and responsive to the service query comprising a service name, transmitting a service (SRV) record query to a Domain Name System (DNS).

Abstract: A method, in a serverless life-cycle management, (LCM) dispatcher, and an associated serverless LCM dispatcher for implementing a workload in a virtualization network. The method comprises receiving a workload trigger comprising an indication of a first workload, obtaining a description of the first workload from a workload description database based on the indication of the first workload, categorising, based on the description and the workload trigger, the first workload as a non LCM workload capable of being implemented with no LCM routines, or an LCM workload capable of being implemented using LCM routines. Furthermore, responsive to categorising the first workload as an LCM workload, the method comprises determining a LCM capability level for implementing the first workload, identifying an LCM component capable of providing the LCM capability level, and transmitting an implementation request to the LCM component to implement the first workload.