Smart Data Transaction for CPS: Weekly Meeting Notes

Topic: Smart Data Transaction for CPS Weekly Meeting

Weekly Meeting 07 Dec 2021 

• MBI1: Kickoff, architecture & software stack review
• Progress report:
  • Phase 1, VM-based Kubernetes cluster running EdgeX+Mosquitto, basic CI/CD w/ Jenkins, complete

Weekly Meeting 14 Dec 2021 

• Cancelled

Weekly Meeting 21 Dec 2021 

• Progress report:
  • Phase 2, ARM-based edge node, complete
  • Phase 3, multiple edge nodes & inter-node communication, in progress

Weekly Meeting 28 Dec 2021 

• Cancelled

Weekly Meeting 04 Jan 2022 

• Cancelled

Weekly Meeting 11 Jan 2022 

• Progress report:
  • Phase 3, basic inter-node communication, complete 1/7 (1wk delay)
  • Update of tasks for release in progress
  • Phase 4, LoRa and sensor integration, LoRa hardware arrives 1/11, sensor hardware 1/17
  • Preparing materials for Device and Device SDK Working Group (next Monday)

Weekly Meeting 18 Jan 2022 

• Progress report:
  • Phase 4, LoRa and sensor integration, in progress, planned completion 1/25
  • Tasks for release 6 listed in progress report (slide 9): Documents, API form, BluVal + security checks are main items
  • The full lab setup is configured and now we are working on device support and a pass-through app on the sensor nodes
  • We'd like to build a second lab setup but need to add two more Raspberry Pi devices for that, also LoRa dongles if possible (meet with Fukano-san on Wednesday to discuss further)
• Device and Device SDK Working Group meeting was moved to 1/24

Weekly Meeting 25 Jan 2022 

• Progress report:
  • Device SDK Working Group meeting: LoRa device service to be submitted to edgex-examples
  • New Jetson devices (x4) arrived 1/20.
  • Phase 4 will complete today, moving on to Phase 5 (security, CD) and document preparation 

Weekly Meeting01 Feb 2022 

• Progress report:
  • Phase 4 complete, temperature sensor data relayed via LoRa to MQTT broker, tests implemented
  • Phase 5: Security measures for K8s, EdgeX, and Docker under investigation, planned implementation by 2/8
  • Akraino document preparation started
• Documents need to be reviewed by the sub-committee

Weekly Meeting 08 Feb 2022 

• Progress report:
  • Phase 5:
    • K8s security: Confirmed API protected by certificate and user account
    • Docker: Enabled TLS security for private repository
    • EdgeX: Enabled security measures provided by the github edgex-compose repository
  • EdgeX security measures have encountered some difficulty because of problems, mainly from using k8s instead of docker-compose (e.g. edgex-go #3852 and #3851)
    • Currently stuck on an issue with Kong reporting a DNS error looking up "localhost"
    • Will try contacting mailing list and/or TSC chairs to see if anyone has any experience with this kind of error
• Prepare a demo, tentatively scheduled for 2/18