Release Notes for ELIOT IoT Gateway Blueprint
Summary
In ELIOT - IoT Gateway Blueprint Release 6.0, providing One Click Deployment (OCD) from Deployment node to automate installation, k8s based is provided on the IoTgateway node, Hawkbit for software rolling updates on Iot Gateway , Edge Gallery and services are added. (Refer to Features Table)
In this release, BP has been upgrade from EdgeGallery version 1.1 to version 1.5.1.
EdgeGallery in version 1.5.1 has been added following new features.
- Profile Management of southbound IoT devices
- Added image file management service to solve the problem of image file sharing between EdgeGallery central node modules
- Edgegallery unified portal for Developer, Appstore and MECM.
- Application incubation process optimisation in developer portal
- All modules support data persistence capability
What is released
Components of the release
OCD (One Click Deployment) Node Components
- Ansible-playbook based single command for ELIOT environment installation.
Master Node Components
- MECM
- Appstore
- Developer Platform
- Hawkbit
- Portal
EDGE Node Components
- MEP Agent
- MEP Server
- Applcm (MEPM)
- EdgeX
- RabbitMQ
- OPC-UA
Dependencies of the release (upstream version, patches)
| S. No | Software | Version | Remarks | |
| 1. | Edge Gallery | 1.5.1 | ||
| 2. | Docker | 18.09+ | ||
| 3. | Kubernetes | 1.18.7 | ||
4. | EdgeX | Edinburgh | This old version used due to k8s deployment | |
| 5. | OPC-UA | Geneva |
Upgrade Procedures
The ELIOT Cluster installed using Release 6.0 packages has to be uninstalled using uninstall scripts provided in the Release 5.0 .
After uninstall need to execute the Ansbile command using OCD. Details given in Installation Document.
Release Data
New Features
# | Feature | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One Click Deployment | Platform Feature | OCD scripts optimisations for easier up gradation of EdgeGallery versions. |
| 2 | Edge Gallery | Platform Feature | upgrade EdgeGallery upstream from 1.1 to 1.5.1 |
Functionality changes
Not Applicable
Software Version Changes
# | Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kubernetes | Software Enhancement | Version upgraded from 1.17.2 to 1.18 |
Enhancements
Not Applicable
Version change
1.0.0
Module version changes
N/A
Document Version Changes
Version No. | Date | Author | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 20-August-2021 | ELIOT Blueprint Team | First Draft |
Deliverable
Software Deliverable
Software is available in https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/admin/repos/eliot
Documentation Deliverable
- ELIOT R6 IOTGateway API documentation
- ELIOT R6 - IoT Gateway Architecture Document
- ELIOT R6 - IoT Gateway Test Document
- ELIOT R6 - IoT Gateway Installation Guide
- ELIOT R6 - IoT Gateway Release Notes
Fixed Issues and Bugs
N/A
Known Limitations, Issues and Workarounds
System Limitations
N/A
Known Issues
N/A