The Edge Microvisor Toolkit is a streamlined container host that showcases the Intel silicon optimizations. Built on Azure Linux, it features a Linux Kernel maintained by Intel, incorporating all the latest kernel and user patches.
It is published in several versions, both immutable and mutable. Use them to quickly deploy and run your solutions for multiple scenarios, like benchmarking and validation of edge AI computing workloads, or build your own system, using the existing infrastructure.
The currently published versions are:
- Edge Microvisor Toolkit Standalone Node (immutable)
- Edge Microvisor Toolkit Developer Node (mutable)
- Edge Microvisor Toolkit (immutable)
- Edge Microvisor Toolkit with real time extensions (immutable)
The Edge Microvisor Toolkit has undergone extensive validation across all Intel platforms such as Xeon®, Intel® Core Ultra™, Intel Core™ and Intel® Atom®. It provides robust support for integrated and Intel discrete GPU cards, as well as integrated NPU.
You can either build the Edge Microvisor Toolkit by following step-by-step instructions or download it directly. Both the Build system and the Edge Microvisor Toolkit are available as Open-Source.
Check out these articles to quickly learn how to work with Edge Microvisor Toolkit.
Edge Microvisor Toolkit Developer Node
- Downloading and installing the developer toolkit ISO image
- Building a custom Edge Microvisor Toolkit image
Edge Microvisor Toolkit Standalone Node
Common
- Hardware and software system requirements
- Installing EMT on bare metal edge node
- Installing EMT on a Virtual Machine
- Integrating the Edge Manageability Framework
- Using the security features of the Edge Microvisor
- Troubleshooting common issues
If you encounter bugs, have feature requests, or need assistance, file a GitHub Issue.
Before submitting a new report, check the existing issues to see if a similar one has not been filed already. If no matching issue is found, feel free to file the issue as described in the contribution guide.
For security-related concerns, please refer to SECURITY.md.
Azure Linux Documentation, may also be useful, if you encounter problems when using Edge Microvisor Toolkit. Its copy is part of the Edge Microvisor Toolkit repository, for easier access.
As an open-source project, Edge Microvisor Toolkit always looks for community-driven improvements. If you are interested in making the product even better, see how you can help in the contribution guide.
Edge Microvisor Toolkit is based on Azure Linux, sharing its permissive open-source license: MIT.
For more details, see the LICENSE document.
We acknowledge Microsoft's contributions to the open-source community and thank them for providing the secure and efficient Linux distribution.