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Authors:
Michael Loukeris
Nektarios Deligiannakis
Vassilis Papataxiarhis
Panagiotis Kechriniotis
Stathes Hadjiefthymiades
Syed Mafooq Ul Hassan
Herodotos Herodotou
Nicolas Louca
Keywords: Abstraction; Distributed Cloud Environ- ments; Kubernetes; Node Lifecycle Management; Heterogeneous Computing; Declarative Data Models; Orchestration.
Abstract:
Orchestrating modern applications across dis- tributed cloud environments requires a unified, platform-agnostic representation of heterogeneous computational resources and a tool to automate their management. This paper presents an open-source framework, Hypertool, designed to automate node registration, discovery, and lifecycle management. Additionally, it provides an extensible model that enhances the default node representation with additional attributes, such as hardware acceleration, energy efficiency, and security posture, which are vital for next-generation workloads. By implementing a dual CLI and DaemonSet architecture, the framework acts as an all-in-one utility for orchestrating complex functionalities, abstracting com- puting, networking, and economic metrics into declarative data models. The current implementation leverages core Kubernetes primitives, ensuring effortless integration into existing hetero- geneous cloud environments. The framework is evaluated across local, on-premises, and public cloud environments, demonstrating high operational maturity, stability, and production-readiness.
Pages: 9 to 12
Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2026
Publication date: April 19, 2026
Published in: conference
ISSN: 2308-4294
ISBN: 978-1-68558-373-6
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Dates: from April 19, 2026 to April 23, 2026