# anthos-edge-usecases

**Repository Path**: mirrors_GoogleCloudPlatform/anthos-edge-usecases

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: anthos-edge-usecases
- **Description**: Anthos Edge Use Cases for bringing apps and computation closer to the location where the action is, to improve response times and save bandwidth.  
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: main
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-09-03
- **Last Updated**: 2026-02-21

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# Point of Sale (PoS)

**Point of Sale** is a sample application that simulates a retail store kiosk
used to submit and track orders and payments.

This application is used by Google to demonstrate use cases where
[Anthos](https://cloud.google.com/anthos) clusters are installed and run outside
of Google Cloud Platform _(i.e. on premise bare metal infrastructure)_. The
application is representative of **edge deployments** like that of retail
store-front devices.

This repository also hosts a collection of samples and walkthroughs that enables
learning and experimenting with [Anthos](https://cloud.google.com/anthos) for
edge use cases. All of the samples and walkthroughs are built around the
**Point of Sale** application.

> 👓 **Note:** Anthos clusters means Kubernetes clusters that are managed by Anthos.

If you’re using this app, please ★Star the repository to show your interest!

> 👓 **Note to Googlers:** Please fill out the form at [go/using-pos](http://go/using-pos) if you are using this application.

<p align="center">
    <img src="docs/images/pos.png">
</p>

### Play with it:
- Latest release: [point-of-sale.retail.cymbal.dev](http://point-of-sale.retail.cymbal.dev)
- Build from **main** branch: [staging.point-of-sale.retail.cymbal.dev](http://staging.point-of-sale.retail.cymbal.dev)
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### Edge computing

Edge computing is a distributed computing paradigm that brings computation and
data storage closer to the location where the action is, to improve response
times and save bandwidth. Multiple industries _(e.g. Retail, Telecommunication,
Manufacturing and Energy)_ are facing a growing demand to provide localized,
consistent, low latency services that expose compute services. Workloads range
from order management, ML for images/traffic analysis/safety, device management
like refrigeration, fryers, etc. [Anthos clusters on Bare Metal](https://cloud.google.com/anthos/clusters/docs/bare-metal) and [Anthos cluster on VMware](https://cloud.google.com/anthos/clusters/docs/on-prem)
are unique solutions for deploying and managing workloads on clusters
distributed across customer data centers and device fleets.

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### Resources
- _(Quickstart)_ [Deploy this application to a cluster](/docs/quickstart.md)
- _(Anthos VMRuntime)_ [Run the entire application in a VM](/extras/anthos-vmruntime)

#### External use cases of this application
- _(Solution guide)_ [VM based PoS deployed in an Anthos cluster using Anthos VMRuntime](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/anthos-samples/tree/main/anthos-vmruntime)
- _(Solution guide)_ [Edge deployment of PoS using Anthos on bare metal](https://cloud.google.com/anthos/clusters/docs/bare-metal/latest/installing/install-edge-profile)
- _(Tutorial)_ [PoS deployed in an Anthos bare metal cluster inside Openstack](https://cloud.google.com/anthos/clusters/docs/bare-metal/latest/installing/openstack-abm-install)

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### Development and Contributing
- Read the [CONTRIBUTING guide](/.github/CONTRIBUTING.md) for instructions on how to contribute
- Follow the [local development guide](/docs/local-dev.md) to learn how to run and develop this app locally

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### Releases
This repository follows [semantic-versioning](https://semver.org/) to version
its files. Please read [`Releasing a new version of the Point of Sale Application`](/docs/release.md)
for detailed explanation on how to cut a release for this repository.

See the [domain mapping](/docs/domain-mapping.md) guide for information on how
to expose the application using a public domain.