Introduction

This document describes the use of Public Cloud Edge Interface (PCEI) implemented based on Edge Multi-Cluster Orchestrator (EMCO) for deployment of Public Cloud Edge (PCE) Apps from multiple clouds (Azure and AWS), deployment of a 3rd-Party Edge (3PE) App (an implementation of ETSI MEC Location API App), as well as the end-to-end operation of the deployed PCE Apps using simulated Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) IoT client.

Functional Roles

Developers

Individuals/entities that:

Create the PCE/3PE Apps
Provision services in Public Clouds (PCC)
- Note that valid Public Cloud subscriptions/accounts are required
Package PCE/3PE Apps using Helm Charts
Access PCEI/EMCO Orchestrator using UI or APIs to onboard PCE/3PE services/apps
- PCEI R4 supports UI access only

Operators

Entities that:

Provide network functions and services such as:
- Access (mobile or fixed)
- Network connectivity
- Devices (e.g. LPWA IoT)
Access PCEI/EMCO Orchestrator using UI or APIs to deploy PCE/3PE apps
Connecto to Edge Providers/Clusters and Public Clouds using Public Internet or Private Interconnect
- PCEI R4 supports Public Internet connectivity only

Edge Providers

Entities that:

Provide edge infrastructure, such as:
- Edge Data Centers
- Edge Compute/Network/Storage hardware
- Edge Virtualization layer/software, such as Kubernetes, Openstack
  - PCEI R4 supports Kubernetes only
Provide Public Peering and Private Interconnection
- Between Operators and Edge Providers
- Between Operators and Public Clouds
- Between Edge Providers and Public Clouds

Public Cloud Providers

Entities that:

Provide Iaas/SaaS services

PCEI Enabler

Orchestration Software and APIs
May be provided by:
- Operators
- Edge Providers
- Public Cloud Providers

End-to-End Validation Environment

The end-to-end validation environment and flow of steps is shown below:

Description of components of the end-to-end validation environmen:

EMCO - Edge Multi-Cloud Orchestrator. PCEI Enabler functions are based on EMCO implementation. EMCO is deployed in the K8S cluster.
Edge K8S Clusters - Kubernetes clusters on which PCE Apps (Azure IoT Edge, AWS GGC), 3PE App (ETSI Location API Handler) are deployed.
Public Cloud - IaaS/SaaS (Azure, AWS).
PCE - Public Cloud Edge App (Azure IoT Edge, AWS GGC)
3PE - 3rd-Party Edge App (PCEI Location API App)
Private Interconnect / Internet - Networkin between IoT Device/Client and PCE/3PE as well as connectivity between PCE and PCC.
IoT Device - Simulated Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) IoT Client.
IP Network/vEPC/UPF) - Network providing connectivity between IoT Device and PCE/3PE. Note that in this validation the vEPC (virtual Evolved Packet Core) /UPF (User Plane Function) are not used.
MNO DC - Mobile Network Operator Data Center. Not used in the validation.
Edge DC - Edge Data Center. Equinix DC used in this validation.
Core DC - Public Cloud.
Developer - an individual/entity providing PCE/3PE App.
Operator - an individual/entity operating PCEI functions.

Note that P1, P3, P5/P7 Reference Points are shown to illustrate alignment with general PCEI architecture.

The end-to-end PCEI validation steps are described below:

Deploy EMCO.
Deploy Edge K8S clusters
Onboard Edge K8S clusters onto EMCO
Provision Public Cloud Core Service and PCE software.
Package PCE/3PE Helm Charts into EMCO
Onboard PCE/3PE as a service/application into EMCO
Deploy PCE/3PE onto the Edge K8S clusters
All PCE pods came up and register with PCC. All 3PE pods come up.
Deploy software onto PCE on the worker cluster
Successfully pass LPWA IoT messages from a simulated IoT device to PCE, decode messages and send to PCC.

For performing Steps 1 and 2 please refer to the PCEI R4 Installation Guide.

Provisioning PCEI Orchestration Infrastructure (EMCO)

Please refer to the PCEI R4 Installation Guide to deploy EMCO and Edge K8S Clusters.

Access EMCO UI via a Web Browser as shown in the diagram below (all IP addresses shown are used as examples):

In order to be able to access the EMCO cluster and the Edge K8S cluster via ssh directly from a laptop as shown in the diagram above, please copy the ssh key used in the PCEI Installation to you local machine:

### copy id_rsa key from deployment host to be able to ssh to eco and cluster vm’s
sftp onaplab@10.121.1.12
get ~/.ssh/id_rsa pcei-emco

### ssh to VMs
ssh -i pcei-emco onaplab@10.121.7.145

Accessing EMCO UI

Connect to the VNC server, start the Browser (Chrome) and point it to the EMCO VM (amcop-vm-01) IP address and port 30480:

http://10.121.7.145:30480

You should be able to connect to EMCO UI as shown below:

Provisioning Network Controllers

The following Network Controllers must be provisioned in EMCO:

### Add controllers
rsync:
host : rsync
port: 9041
type: < leave blank, not required.>
priority: < leave blank, not required>

ovnaction:
host: ovnaction
port: 9053
type: action
priority: 1

To provision Network Controllers, please use the parameters shown above and EMCO UI "Controllers → Register Controllers" tab:

Fill in the parameters for the "rsync" and the "ovnaction" controllers:

Registering Edge Clusters

To register the two Edge K8S Clusters created during PCEI installation (refer to PCEI R4 Installation Guide), the cluster configuration files need to be copied from the corresponding VMs to the machine that is used to access EMCO UI. Please make sure that the ssh key used to access the VMs is present on the machine that where the cluster config files are being copied to. The example below assumes that the cluster config files are copied to the Host Server used to deploy EMCO and Edge Cluster VMs. Alternatively, the ssh key and the config files could be copied to a laptop.

# Determine VM IP addresses:
[onaplab@os12 ~]$ sudo virsh list --all
 Id    Name                           State
----------------------------------------------------
 6     amcop-vm-01                    running
 9     edge_k8s-1                     running
 10    edge_k8s-2                     running

[onaplab@os12 ~]$ sudo virsh domifaddr edge_k8s-1
 Name       MAC address          Protocol     Address
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 vnet1      52:54:00:19:96:72    ipv4         10.121.7.152/27

[onaplab@os12 ~]$ sudo virsh domifaddr edge_k8s-2
 Name       MAC address          Protocol     Address
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 vnet2      52:54:00:c0:47:8b    ipv4         10.121.7.146/27

sftp -i pcei-emco onaplab@10.121.7.146
cd .kube
get config kube-config-edge-k8s-2

sftp -i pcei-emco onaplab@10.121.7.152
cd .kube
get config kube-config-edge-k8s-1

Using EMCO UI "Cluster → Register Cluster Provider" tabs, provision Cluster Providers for EDGE-K8S-1 and EDGE-K8S-2 clusters:

Click on the Cluster Provider and click on "Add Cluster". Fill in the Cluster Name and add the config file downloaded earlier. Repeat for the two clusters EDGE-K8S-1 and EDGE-K8S-2:

You should see the following result:

At this point the edge clusters have been registered with the orchestrator and are redy for placing PCE and 3PE apps.

Deploying Azure IoT Edge with PCEI

Overall Deployment Summary

The deployment of Azure IoT Edge cloud native application as a PCE involves the following steps:

Provision Azure Cloud (PCC).
1. Provision IoT Hub.
2. Provision Azure Container Registry.
Enable custom software module for Azure IoT Hub (optional). This step is used to show end-to-end operation of Azure IoT Edge with a simulated LPWA IoT device.
1. Install Visual Studio Code IDE.
2. Add LoRaEdgeSolution code.
3. Build and push the LoRaRead custom module to Azure Container Registry.
Package Azure IoT Edge cloud native application.
1. Download Helm charts.
2. Modify values.yaml with IoT Edge authentication parameters.
3. Package Helm charts into a tar file.
Define Azure IoT Edge Service and PCE App in EMCO.
Deploy Azure IoT Edge onto Edge K8S Cluster using EMCO.
Verify IoT end-to-end IoT operation.
1. Connect LPWA IoT device and pass encoded IoT messages to Azure IoT Edge.
2. Decode LPWA messages using custom LoRaRead module.
3. Pass decoded messaged to Azure Cloud.

Provisioning Azure Public Cloud Core (PCC) IoT Environment

Provisioning Azure Public Cloud Core

Login to your Azure Portal and add Subscription, IoT Hub and Container Registry Resources:

Provision IoT Hub:

Provision IoT Edge under IoT Hub:

Copy the "Primary Connection String" from the IoT Edge parameters. This string will be used later in the values.yaml file for the Azure IoT Edge Helm Charts.

Enabling Azure IoT Edge Custom Module

Use this link for information on developing custom software modules for Azure IoT Edge:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/tutorial-develop-for-linux?view=iotedge-2018-06#set-up-vs-code-and-tools

The example below is optional. It shows how to build a custom module for Azure IoT Edge to read and decode Low Power IoT messages from a simulated LPWA IoT device. Follow the above link to:

Install Docker.
Download and install Visual Studio Code (VSC).
Setup VSC with Azure IoT Tools.
Setup Azure Container Registry in Azure Cloud.
Create Module Project. For this step, please refer to instructions below on downloading the LoRaEdgeSolution from PCEI repo.
Build and push solution to Azure Container Registry.

The steps below show how to build custom IoT module for Azure IoT Edge using "LoRaEdgeSolution" code from PCEI repo:

Download PCEI repo to the machine that has VSC and Docker installed (per above instructions):

git clone "https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/pcei"

cd pcei
ls -l
total 0
drwxr-xr-x  8 oberzin  staff  256 Dec 24 15:44 LoRaEdgeSolution
drwxr-xr-x  3 oberzin  staff   96 Dec 24 15:44 iotclient
drwxr-xr-x  5 oberzin  staff  160 Dec 24 15:44 locationAPI

Using VSC open the LoRaEdgeSolution folder that was downloaded from PCEI repo.

Add required credentials for Azure Container Registry (ACR) using .env file.

Build and push the solution to ACR as shown below. Righ-click on "deployment.template.json":

The docker image for the custom module should now be visible in Azure Cloud ACR:

Packaging Azure IoT Edge Public Cloud Edge (PCE) Application

Use this link to understand the architecture of Azure IoT Edge cloud native application:

https://microsoft.github.io/iotedge-k8s-doc/architecture.html

A local laptop can be used to package Helm charts for Azure IoT Edge. Alternatively the Host Server itself can be used to package the Helm charts for Azure IoT Edge.

Clone Azure IoT Edge from github:

git clone https://github.com/Azure/iotedge

cd iotedge/kubernetes/charts/
mkdir azureiotedge1
cp -a edge-kubernetes/. azureiotedge1/
cd azureiotedge1
ls -al
total 24
drwxrwxr-x. 3 onaplab onaplab    79 Dec 24 13:14 .
drwxrwxr-x. 5 onaplab onaplab    77 Dec 24 13:14 ..
-rw-rw-r--. 1 onaplab onaplab   137 Dec 24 13:02 Chart.yaml
-rw-rw-r--. 1 onaplab onaplab   333 Dec 24 13:02 .helmignore
drwxrwxr-x. 2 onaplab onaplab   220 Dec 24 13:02 templates
-rw-rw-r--. 1 onaplab onaplab 14226 Dec 24 13:02 values.yaml

Modify values.yaml file to specify the "Primary Connection String" from Azure Cloud generated during IoT Hub/IoT Edge provisioning.

Modify values.yaml to set the LoadBalancer port mapping for iotedged and edgeAgent pods

vi values.yaml
# Change the line below and save the file
provisioning:
  source: "manual"
  deviceConnectionString:  "PASTE PRIMARY CONNECTION STRING FROM AZURE IOT HUB / IOT EDGE SCREEN"
  dynamicReprovisioning: false

# Set LoadBalancer port mapping

service:
    name: iotedged
    type: LoadBalancer

edgeAgent:
  containerName: edgeagent
  image:
    repository: azureiotedge/azureiotedge-agent
    tag: 0.1.0-beta9
    pullPolicy: Always
  hostname: "localhost"
  env:
    authScheme: 'sasToken'
    # Set this to one of "LoadBalancer", "NodePort", or "ClusterIP" to tell the
    # IoT Edge runtime how you want to expose mapped ports as Services.
    portMappingServiceType: 'LoadBalancer'

Create a tar file with Azure IoT Edge Helm Charts:

# Make sure to change to the "charts" directory
cd ..
pwd
/home/onaplab/iotedge/kubernetes/charts

# zip the "azureiotedge1" directory. Be sure to use "azureiotedge1.zip" file name.
tar -czvf azureiotedge1.tar azureiotedge1/
azureiotedge1/
azureiotedge1/.helmignore
azureiotedge1/Chart.yaml
azureiotedge1/templates/
azureiotedge1/templates/NOTES.txt
azureiotedge1/templates/_helpers.tpl
azureiotedge1/templates/edge-rbac.yaml
azureiotedge1/templates/iotedged-config-secret.yaml
azureiotedge1/templates/iotedged-deployment.yaml
azureiotedge1/templates/iotedged-proxy-config.yaml
azureiotedge1/templates/iotedged-pvc.yaml
azureiotedge1/templates/iotedged-service.yaml
azureiotedge1/values.yaml

ls -al
total 12
drwxrwxr-x. 5 onaplab onaplab  102 Dec 24 13:23 .
drwxrwxr-x. 4 onaplab onaplab   31 Dec 24 13:02 ..
drwxrwxr-x. 3 onaplab onaplab   79 Dec 24 13:14 azureiotedge1
-rw-rw-r--. 1 onaplab onaplab 8790 Dec 24 13:23 azureiotedge1.tar
drwxrwxr-x. 3 onaplab onaplab   79 Dec 24 13:14 edge-kubernetes
drwxrwxr-x. 3 onaplab onaplab   60 Dec 24 13:02 edge-kubernetes-crd

Copy the infrastructure profile tar file to your home directory from the Host Server. If using a local laptop, copy this file from the Host Server. This file is needed to define the Service and the App in EMCO:

cd
cp /home/onaplab/amcop_deploy/aarna-stream/cnf/vfw_helm/profile.tar.gz .
la -l
ls -l
total 220088
drwxrwxr-x.  9 onaplab onaplab       138 Nov 24 06:53 aarna-stream
drwxrwxr-x.  3 onaplab onaplab        56 Nov 24 06:52 amcop_deploy
-rw-r--r--.  1 onaplab onaplab 225356880 Nov 23 14:58 amcop_install_v1.0.zip
drwxrwxr-x. 22 onaplab onaplab      4096 Dec 24 13:02 iotedge
-rw-rw-r--.  1 onaplab onaplab       263 Nov 23 17:13 netdefault.xml
-rw-rw-r--.  1 onaplab onaplab      1098 Dec 26 12:19 profile.tar.gz

Add Azure CRD to Edge K8S Cluster

Due to limitations in the current EMCO implementation the following step must be performed manually:

SSH to EDGE-K8S-1 VM:

# Determine VMs IP
[onaplab@os12 ~]$ sudo virsh domifaddr edge_k8s-1
 Name       MAC address          Protocol     Address
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 vnet1      52:54:00:19:96:72    ipv4         10.121.7.152/27

# ssh from your laptop
ssh -i pcei-emco onaplab@10.121.7.152

Deploy Azure CRD:

helm install edge-crd --repo https://edgek8s.blob.core.windows.net/staging edge-kubernetes-crd 
NAME: edge-crd
LAST DEPLOYED: Thu Dec 24 21:43:12 2020
NAMESPACE: default
STATUS: deployed
REVISION: 1
TEST SUITE: None

kubectl get crd
NAME                                             CREATED AT
edgedeployments.microsoft.azure.devices.edge     2020-12-24T21:43:13Z

Defining Azure IoT Edge Service in PCEI

To define Azure IoT Edge Service in PCEI, connect to EMCO UI and select "Projects → Add Project":

Select the project you just created (PCEI-AZURE-IOT-1 in the above example), select "Add Service", specify the Name and click on "Add App":

Click on Add App tp specify the App Name.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Please ensure that the "App Name" string matches the name of the tar file (without the .tar extension" created earlier with the Helm charts for Azure IoT Edge ("azureiotedge1" in this example".

Click "Create".

You should see the screen below:

Click on the "azureiotedge1" Service and attach application definition files. Add App file "azureiotedge1.tar" and profile file "profile.tar.gz". DO NOT CLICK "SUBMIT".

In order to select the tar file please use the "Options" button on the Mac and select "All files":

Add the App tar file and the Profile tar file

Select the "Placement" tab on the left.

Select the "EDGE-K8S-1" cluster that was registered earlier:

Click "SUBMIT" in the upper right corner:

After clicking "SUBMIT" you should see the screen below:

Deploying Azure IoT Edge PCE App on Edge Cluster

To deploy Azure IoT Edge App onto the Edge K8S Cluster (EDGE-K8S-1 in this example), select "Deployment Intent Groups" tab on the left side of the previous screen:

Click on the Blue Down Arrow on the right to deploy Azure IoT Edge App:

After successful deployment, you should see a message in GREEN stating that the deployment has been successful.

SSH to the EDGE-K8S-1 VM and verify the Azure IoT Edge pods started:

ssh onaplab@10.121.7.152

# Verify Azure IoT Edge pods are Running in the default namespace
kubectl get pods
NAME                         READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
edgeagent-59cf45d8b9-tc5g9   2/2     Running   1          2m8s
edgehub-97dc4fdc8-t5qhf      2/2     Running   0          110s
iotedged-6d9dcf4757-h474r    1/1     Running   0          2m17s
loraread-d4d79b867-2ft2v     2/2     Running   0          110s

# Verify services. Note the TCP port for the loraread-xxxxx-yyyy pod (31230 in the example below):
kubectl get svc
NAME             TYPE           CLUSTER-IP      EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)                                       AGE
awsggc-service   NodePort       10.244.1.182    <none>        8883:30883/TCP                                9d
edgehub          LoadBalancer   10.244.12.125   <pending>     5671:30252/TCP,8883:31342/TCP,443:30902/TCP   3m
iotedged         LoadBalancer   10.244.36.143   <pending>     35000:32275/TCP,35001:32560/TCP               32d
kubernetes       ClusterIP      10.244.0.1      <none>        443/TCP                                       32d
loraread         LoadBalancer   10.244.3.167    <pending>     50005:31230/TCP

Verifying Azure IoT Edge End-to-End Operation

To verify Azure IoT Edge end-to-end operation, perform the following tasks:

Note the EDGE-K8S-1 Cluster IP and the service port for the loraread service:

On the Host Server list the IP address for the edge_k8s-1 VM:

sudo virsh domifaddr edge_k8s-1
 Name       MAC address          Protocol     Address
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 vnet1      52:54:00:19:96:72    ipv4         10.121.7.152/27

ssh onaplab@10.121.7.152

kubectl get svc loraread
NAME       TYPE           CLUSTER-IP     EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)           AGE
loraread   LoadBalancer   10.244.3.167   <pending>     50005:31230/TCP   8m28s
onaplab@localhost:~$ 

onaplab@localhost:~$ logout
Connection to 10.121.7.152 closed.

Start the simulated IoT Client. This can be done directly on your laptop (for convenience) or the python script for the IoT Client - STM32SimAzureEMCO.py - can be copied to a RaspberryPi device.

#Clone PCEI repo to a local directory:

git clone "https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/pcei"
cd pcei/iotclient/
ls -l
total 8
-rw-r--r--  1 oberzin  108493823  3230 Dec 26 16:15 STM32SimAzureEMCO.py

# Run the LPWA IoT Client. Specify the IP address (be sure to enclose the IP address in double quotes) of the edge_k8s-1 VM and the port number for the loraread service:

python2 STM32SimAzureEMCO.py
ENTER SERVER IPv4: "10.121.7.152"
ENTER SERVER PORT: 31230
31230
SENDING...
2020-12-26T16:20:47-99
d2
62
21
######## COUNT: 1
{u'txtime': u'2020-12-26T16:20:47-99', u'datarate': 3, u'ack': u'false', u'seqno': 60782, u'pdu': u'007321E7016700d2026862', u'devClass': u'A', u'snr': 10.75, u'devEui': u'0004A30B001BAAAA', u'rssi': -39, u'gwEui': u'00250C00010003A9', u'joinId': 90, u'freq': 903.5, u'port': 3, u'channel': 6}
CLOSED
SEND RESULT: None
NEXT INTERVAL
2020-12-26T16:20:58-25
dc
62
21
######## COUNT: 2
{u'txtime': u'2020-12-26T16:20:58-25', u'datarate': 3, u'ack': u'false', u'seqno': 60782, u'pdu': u'007321E7016700dc026862', u'devClass': u'A', u'snr': 10.75, u'devEui': u'0004A30B001BAAAA', u'rssi': -39, u'gwEui': u'00250C00010003A9', u'joinId': 90, u'freq': 903.5, u'port': 3, u'channel': 6}
CLOSED
SEND RESULT: None

Note that the LPWA IoT Client is generating Temperature, Humidity and Pressure readings in the encoded format: u'pdu': u'007321E7016700d2026862'.

On the EGGE-K8S-1 cluster (edge_k8s-1 VM) veryfy that the Azure IoT Edge LoRaRead pod is receiving LPWA IoT messages and decoding their contents:

ssh onaplab@10.121.7.152

kubectl get pods
NAME                         READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
edgeagent-59cf45d8b9-tc5g9   2/2     Running   1          26m
edgehub-97dc4fdc8-t5qhf      2/2     Running   0          26m
iotedged-6d9dcf4757-h474r    1/1     Running   0          26m
loraread-d4d79b867-2ft2v     2/2     Running   0          26m

kubectl logs loraread-d4d79b867-2ft2v loraread
Listening
('Connection address:', ('10.244.64.1', 7117))
('received data:', '{\n   "ack": "false", \n   "channel": 6, \n   "datarate": 3, \n   "devClass": "A", \n   "devEui": "0004A30B001BAAAA", \n   "freq": 903.5, \n   "gwEui": "00250C00010003A9", \n   "joinId": 90, \n   "pdu": "007321E7016700d2026862", \n   "port": 3, \n   "rssi": -39, \n   "seqno": 60782, \n   "snr": 10.75, \n   "txtime": "2020-12-26T16:20:47-99"\n}')
{u'txtime': u'2020-12-26T16:20:47-99', u'datarate': 3, u'ack': u'false', u'seqno': 60782, u'pdu': u'007321E7016700d2026862', u'devClass': u'A', u'snr': 10.75, u'devEui': u'0004A30B001BAAAA', u'rssi': -39, u'gwEui': u'00250C00010003A9', u'joinId': 90, u'freq': 903.5, u'port': 3, u'channel': 6}
007321E7016700d2026862
00d2
62
21E7
{"Pressure": 867, "TIMESTAMP": "2020-12-26T16:20:47-99", "Humidity": 49, "Temperature": 69.80000000000001, "Device EUI": "0004A30B001BAAAA"}
sent!
Listening
Confirmation[0] received for message with result = OK
    Properties: {}
    Total calls confirmed: 1
('Connection address:', ('10.244.64.1', 24020))
('received data:', '{\n   "ack": "false", \n   "channel": 6, \n   "datarate": 3, \n   "devClass": "A", \n   "devEui": "0004A30B001BAAAA", \n   "freq": 903.5, \n   "gwEui": "00250C00010003A9", \n   "joinId": 90, \n   "pdu": "007321E7016700dc026862", \n   "port": 3, \n   "rssi": -39, \n   "seqno": 60782, \n   "snr": 10.75, \n   "txtime": "2020-12-26T16:20:58-25"\n}')
{u'txtime': u'2020-12-26T16:20:58-25', u'datarate': 3, u'ack': u'false', u'seqno': 60782, u'pdu': u'007321E7016700dc026862', u'devClass': u'A', u'snr': 10.75, u'devEui': u'0004A30B001BAAAA', u'rssi': -39, u'gwEui': u'00250C00010003A9', u'joinId': 90, u'freq': 903.5, u'port': 3, u'channel': 6}
007321E7016700dc026862
00dc
62
21E7
{"Pressure": 867, "TIMESTAMP": "2020-12-26T16:20:58-25", "Humidity": 49, "Temperature": 71.6, "Device EUI": "0004A30B001BAAAA"}
sent!
Listening
Confirmation[0] received for message with result = OK
    Properties: {}
    Total calls confirmed: 2

Note that the Azure IoT Edge PCE App is decoding the IoT Client readings from the Low Power encoding into clear text JSON format and forwarding the decoded readings to the Azure IoT Hub in the core cloud:

{"Pressure": 867, "TIMESTAMP": "2020-12-26T16:20:58-25", "Humidity": 49, "Temperature": 71.6, "Device EUI": "0004A30B001BAAAA"} sent!

Verify that the IoT message count is increasing in Azure Portal for the IoT Edge:

Deploying AWS GreenGrass Core with PCEI

The process of deploying AWS GreenGrass Core with PCEI is similar to the process described for Azure IoT Edge.

Provision AWS Cloud (PCC).
1. Provision Greengrass Group.
2. Provision Greengrass Core.
Package AWS GreenGrass Core application.
1. Pull GGC Docker Image from AWS.
2. Push GGC Docker Image to PCEI Docker Registry.
3. Download Helm charts.
4. Modify template files with AWS GGC image and authentication parameters.
5. Package Helm charts into a tar file.
Define AWS GGC Service and PCE App in EMCO.
Deploy AWS GGC onto Edge K8S Cluster using EMCO.

Provisioning AWS Public Cloud Core (PCC) IoT Environment

Login to AWS Console and select AWS IoT service.

Select "Greengrass" on the left hand side, select "Classic (V1)":

Create a Group by clicking on "Create a Group":

Select "Use default creation" and specify the Group Name:

Confirm the "Core Function" and create the Group and Core:

Download the Core Security Resources tar file to your local directory:

Next, chose a root CA by clicking the button and right clicking on "Amazon Root CA" link on the next page. Select "Save Link As" and save the file in your local directory

At this point your AWS Greengrass Group and Core have been provisioned.

Packaging AWS GGC Public Cloud Edge (PCE) Application

Prepare Edge Cluster and Download AWS GGC Docker Image

Perform the following tasks on the edge_k8s-2 VM/Cluster. For the purposes of this guide, a local Docker registry is deployed on the edge cluster. Any other registry can be used.

# SSH to the EMCO Cluster (use the ssh key is ssh-ing from you laptop:

ssh -i ~/.ssh/pcei-emco onaplab@10.121.7.146

## Install AWS CLI on EMCO cluster

curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o "awscliv2.zip"
unzip awscliv2.zip
sudo ./aws/install

## Configure AWS auth - supply Access Key and Secret Access Key:

aws configure
Access Key ID:
XXXXXXX
Secret Access Key:
YYYYYYY

## Pull GGC docker image from AWS ACR

awspass=`sudo aws ecr get-login-password --region  us-west-2`

sudo docker login --username AWS --password $awspass https://216483018798.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com

sudo docker pull 216483018798.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/aws-iot-greengrass:latest

### Start local docker repo on worker cluster

sudo docker run -d -p 5000:5000 --restart=always --name registry registry:2

## Tag AWS GGC docker image
sudo docker tag 216483018798.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/aws-iot-greengrass localhost:5000/aws-iot-greengrass

## Push AWS GGC docker image to local registry

sudo docker push localhost:5000/aws-iot-greengrass

Prepare and Package AWS GGC Helm Charts

# Clone PCEI repo to your local directory

git clone "https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/pcei"
cd pcei
mkdir awsggc1
cp -a awsggc/. awsggc1/
cd awsggc1
ls -al
total 16
-rw-r--r--  1 oberzin  108493823  116 Nov 23 10:55 Chart.yaml
drwxr-xr-x  9 oberzin  108493823  306 Nov 24 23:10 templates
-rw-r--r--  1 oberzin  108493823  376 Nov 24 13:32 values.yaml

# Modify template files:
cd templates/
(base) USMBB6G8WL-3:templates oberzin$ ls -l
total 56
-rw-r--r--  1 oberzin  108493823  1042 Nov 23 10:55 _helpers.tpl
-rw-r--r--  1 oberzin  108493823  1443 Nov 24 22:37 awsggc-cert.yaml
-rw-r--r--  1 oberzin  108493823  1939 Nov 24 22:34 awsggc-privkey.yaml
-rw-r--r--  1 oberzin  108493823  1405 Nov 24 22:22 awsggc-rootca.yaml
-rw-r--r--  1 oberzin  108493823  1086 Nov 24 22:30 configmap.yaml
-rw-r--r--  1 oberzin  108493823  1701 Nov 24 23:10 deployment.yaml
-rw-r--r--  1 oberzin  108493823   407 Nov 23 10:55 service.yaml

# Modify config.yaml file.
# Update the "thingArn", "iotHost" and "ggHost" valuses based on the config.json file from your GGC configuration. 
# LEAVE ALL OTHER LINES UNCHANGED.
vi configmap.yaml

apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
  name: {{ include "awsggc.name" .}}-configmap
data:
  config.json: |-
    {
      "coreThing" : {
        "caPath" : "root.ca.pem",
        "certPath" : "cert.pem",
        "keyPath" : "private.key",
        "thingArn" : "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:XXXXX",
        "iotHost" : "XXXXX-ats.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",
        "ggHost" : "greengrass-ats.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com",
        "keepAlive" : 600
      },
      "runtime" : {
        "cgroup" : {
          "useSystemd" : "yes"
        }
      },
      "managedRespawn" : false,
      "crypto" : {
        "principals" : {
          "SecretsManager" : {
            "privateKeyPath" : "file:///greengrass/keys/private.key"
          },
          "IoTCertificate" : {
            "privateKeyPath" : "file:///greengrass/keys/private.key",
            "certificatePath" : "file:///greengrass/certs/cert.pem"
          }
        },
        "caPath" : "file:///greengrass/ca/root.ca.pem"
      }
    }

# Update awsggc-cert.yaml file
# Paste the contents of "<awsggcid>-setup/cert/<awsggcid>-cert.pem" file
# into the awsggc-cert.yaml file
# Be sure to maintan indentation as shown in the example below:

vi awsggc-cert.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
#  name: {{ include "awsggc.name" .}}-configmap
  name: awsggc-cert
data:
  cert.pem: |-
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    Paste cert here
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

# Update awsggc-privkey.yaml file
# Paste the contents of "<awsggcid>-setup/cert/<awsggcid>-private.key" file
# into the awsggc-privkey.yaml file
# Be sure to maintan indentation as shown in the example below:

vi awsggc-privkey.yaml
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
#  name: {{ include "awsggc.name" .}}-configmap
  name: awsggc-privkey
data:
  private.key: |-
    -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
    Paste key here
    -----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----

# Update awsggc-rootca.yaml file
# Paste the contents of "AmazonRootCA1.pem" file
# into the awsggc-rootca.yaml file
# Be sure to maintan indentation as shown in the example below:

vi awsggc-rootca.yaml

apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
#  name: {{ include "awsggc.name" .}}-configmap
  name: awsggc-rootca
data:
  root.ca.pem: |-
    -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
    MIIDQTCCAimgAwIBAgITBmyfz5m/jAo54vB4ikPmljZbyjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQsF
    ADA5MQswCQYDVQQGEwJVUzEPMA0GA1UEChMGQW1hem9uMRkwFwYDVQQDExBBbWF6
    b24gUm9vdCBDQSAxMB4XDTE1MDUyNjAwMDAwMFoXDTM4MDExNzAwMDAwMFowOTEL
    MAkGA1UEBhMCVVMxDzANBgNVBAoTBkFtYXpvbjEZMBcGA1UEAxMQQW1hem9uIFJv
    b3QgQ0EgMTCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoCggEBALJ4gHHKeNXj
    ca9HgFB0fW7Y14h29Jlo91ghYPl0hAEvrAIthtOgQ3pOsqTQNroBvo3bSMgHFzZM
    9O6II8c+6zf1tRn4SWiw3te5djgdYZ6k/oI2peVKVuRF4fn9tBb6dNqcmzU5L/qw
    IFAGbHrQgLKm+a/sRxmPUDgH3KKHOVj4utWp+UhnMJbulHheb4mjUcAwhmahRWa6
    VOujw5H5SNz/0egwLX0tdHA114gk957EWW67c4cX8jJGKLhD+rcdqsq08p8kDi1L
    93FcXmn/6pUCyziKrlA4b9v7LWIbxcceVOF34GfID5yHI9Y/QCB/IIDEgEw+OyQm
    jgSubJrIqg0CAwEAAaNCMEAwDwYDVR0TAQH/BAUwAwEB/zAOBgNVHQ8BAf8EBAMC
    AYYwHQYDVR0OBBYEFIQYzIU07LwMlJQuCFmcx7IQTgoIMA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUA
    A4IBAQCY8jdaQZChGsV2USggNiMOruYou6r4lK5IpDB/G/wkjUu0yKGX9rbxenDI
    U5PMCCjjmCXPI6T53iHTfIUJrU6adTrCC2qJeHZERxhlbI1Bjjt/msv0tadQ1wUs
    N+gDS63pYaACbvXy8MWy7Vu33PqUXHeeE6V/Uq2V8viTO96LXFvKWlJbYK8U90vv
    o/ufQJVtMVT8QtPHRh8jrdkPSHCa2XV4cdFyQzR1bldZwgJcJmApzyMZFo6IQ6XU
    5MsI+yMRQ+hDKXJioaldXgjUkK642M4UwtBV8ob2xJNDd2ZhwLnoQdeXeGADbkpy
    rqXRfboQnoZsG4q5WTP468SQvvG5
    -----END CERTIFICATE-----

Create a tar file with Helm charts for AWS Grrengrass Core App:

# Change to the "pcei" directory:

cd ../..
# Create the tar file

tar -czvf awsggc1.tar awsggc1/
awsggc1
awsggc1/Chart.yaml
awsggc1/.helmignore
awsggc1/templates
awsggc1/values.yaml
awsggc1/templates/deployment.yaml
awsggc1/templates/service.yaml
awsggc1/templates/awsggc-rootca.yaml
awsggc1/templates/configmap.yaml
awsggc1/templates/_helpers.tpl
awsggc1/templates/awsggc-privkey.yaml
awsggc1/templates/awsggc-cert.yaml

Defining AWS GGC Service in PCEI

Access EMCO UI → Projects → Create Project:

Select the just created Project - "PCEI-AWSGGC-IOT-1" in this example and click "Add Service":

Click on "+ Add App" and add the "awsggc1" app. Make sure to use the "awsggc1" name to match the app tar file name without the extension:

Define the AWS GGC app by adding the App tar filr and the Profile tar file:

Select "Placement" on the left and select the EDGE-K8S-2" cluster:

Click "SUBMIT" in the upper right cornet.

Deploying AWS GGC PCE App on Edge Cluster

Go to "Deployment Intent Groups"on the left and deploy the AWS GGC App by clicking on the blue down-arrow:

You should see the message in GREEN below:

Verifying AWS GGC End-to-End Operation

Connect to the EDGE-K8S-2 cluster (edge_k8s-2 VM):

ssh onaplab@10.121.7.146

# Verify that the AWS GGC pod is Running in the default namesopace
kubectl get pods
NAME                        READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
v1-awsggc-5c84b4ccf-vqn5x   1/1     Running   0          3m34s

# Identify the AWS GGC Docker container:

onaplab@localhost:~$ sudo docker ps |grep awsggc
e93b85bbbf04        216483018798.dkr.ecr.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/aws-iot-greengrass   "/bin/bash"              4 minutes ago       Up 4 minutes                                 k8s_awsggc_v1-awsggc-5c84b4ccf-vqn5x_default_5dfb86a9-fdd2-479c-9852-3341f9b002b0_0

# Connect to the AWS GGC container:
sudo docker exec -it e93b85bbbf04 /bin/bash
bash-4.2#

# Examine the greengrass core logs:
bash-4.2# cd /greengrass/ggc/var/log/system/            
bash-4.2# ls -l
total 12
drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Dec 30 01:47 localwatch
-rw------- 1 root root 8015 Dec 30 01:47 runtime.log

cat runtime.log
bash-4.2# cat runtime.log 
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.015Z][INFO]-===========================================
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.015Z][INFO]-Greengrass Version: 1.11.0-RC2
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.015Z][INFO]-Greengrass Root: /greengrass
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.015Z][INFO]-Greengrass Write Directory: /greengrass/ggc
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.015Z][INFO]-Group File Directory: /greengrass/ggc/deployment/group
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.016Z][INFO]-Default Lambda UID: 999
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.016Z][INFO]-Default Lambda GID: 997
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.016Z][DEBUG]-Go version: go1.12.11
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.016Z][DEBUG]-CoreThing Connection Config: 
{
	"Region": "us-west-2",
	"ThingArn": "arn:aws:iot:us-west-2:XXXXX",
	"IoTMQTTEndpoint": "XXXXX-ats.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com:8883",
	"IoTHTTPEndpoint": "XXXXX-ats.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com:8443",
	"GGMQTTPort": 8883,
	"GGHTTPEndpoint": "greengrass-ats.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com:8443",
	"GGDaemonPort": 8000,
	"GGMQTTKeepAlive": 600,
	"GGMQTTMaxConnectionRetryInterval": 60,
	"GGMQTTConnectTimeout": 30,
	"GGMQTTPingTimeout": 30,
	"GGMQTTOperationTimeout": 5,
	"GGHTTPTimeout": 60,
	"FIPSMode": false,
	"CoreClientId": ""
}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.016Z][DEBUG]-System Config: 
{
	"tmpDirectory": "",
	"shadowSyncTimeout": 0,
	"useOverlayWithTmpfs": false,
	"disablePivotRoot": false
}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.016Z][DEBUG]-Runtime Config: 
{
	"maxWorkItemCount": 1024,
	"schedulingFrequency": 1000,
	"maxConcurrentLimit": 25,
	"lruSize": 25,
	"cgroup": {
		"useSystemd": true,
		"mountPoint": null
	},
	"postStartHealthCheckTimeout": 60000,
	"allowFunctionsToRunAsRoot": false,
	"onSystemComponentsFailure": 0,
	"systemComponentAuthTimeout": 5000,
	"mountAllBlockDevices": false
}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.016Z][INFO]-===========================================
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.016Z][DEBUG]-[3]Requested certificate load [file:///greengrass/certs/cert.pem] with error: [<nil>]
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.016Z][INFO]-The current core is using the AWS IoT certificates with fingerprint.	{"fingerprint": "10f8f09c63075139b8daff9fcbd1ff8d221cb505f421895171ea2b4c85231b82"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.016Z][INFO]-Will persist worker process info.	{"dir": "/greengrass/ggc/packages/1.11.0/var/worker/processes"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.017Z][INFO]-Will persist worker process info.	{"dir": "/greengrass/ggc/packages/1.11.0/var/worker/processes"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.017Z][DEBUG]-loading subscriptions	{"trie": "map[]"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.017Z][INFO]-No proxy URL found.
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.018Z][DEBUG]-[3]Requested certificate load [file:///greengrass/ca/root.ca.pem] with error: [<nil>]
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.018Z][DEBUG]-[3]Requested key load [file:///greengrass/keys/private.key] with error: [<nil>]
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.018Z][DEBUG]-[3]Requested certificate load [file:///greengrass/certs/cert.pem] with error: [<nil>]
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.018Z][INFO]-No proxy URL found.
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.021Z][INFO]-Connecting with MQTT.	{"endpoint": "a1hd4mq2lxwoaa-ats.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com:8883", "clientId": "PCEI_Core1"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.021Z][DEBUG]-MQTT connection attempt.	{"attemptId": "tcbM", "clientId": "PCEI_Core1"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.021Z][DEBUG]-New MQTT connection attempt
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.021Z][DEBUG]-Acquired lock for connection attempt
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.021Z][DEBUG]-Disconnect client	{"force": false}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.022Z][DEBUG]-Reloading function registry.
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.022Z][DEBUG]-[3]Requested certificate load [file:///greengrass/certs/cert.pem] with error: [<nil>]
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.022Z][INFO]-The current core is using the AWS IoT certificates with fingerprint.	{"fingerprint": "10f8f09c63075139b8daff9fcbd1ff8d221cb505f421895171ea2b4c85231b82"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.212Z][DEBUG]-Connection request is valid
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.212Z][DEBUG]-Finished connection attempt, waiting for OnConnect Handler
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.212Z][DEBUG]-Releasing lock for connection attempt
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.212Z][INFO]-MQTT connection successful.	{"attemptId": "tcbM", "clientId": "PCEI_Core1"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.212Z][INFO]-MQTT connection established.	{"endpoint": "a1hd4mq2lxwoaa-ats.iot.us-west-2.amazonaws.com:8883", "clientId": "PCEI_Core1"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.212Z][DEBUG]-Handle new connection event
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.212Z][DEBUG]-Acquired lock for new connection event
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.212Z][DEBUG]-Update status to connected
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.213Z][DEBUG]-Releasing lock for new connection event
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.213Z][DEBUG]-Entering OnConnect.	{"clientId": "PCEI_Core1", "count": 1}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.213Z][INFO]-MQTT connection connected. Start subscribing.	{"clientId": "PCEI_Core1", "count": 1}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.213Z][INFO]-Daemon connected to cloud.
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.213Z][DEBUG]-Subscribe retry configuration.	{"IntervalInSeconds": 60, "count": 1}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.213Z][INFO]-Start subscribing.	{"numOfTopics": 5, "clientId": "PCEI_Core1"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.213Z][INFO]-Trying to subscribe to topic $aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gda/shadow/get/accepted
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.213Z][DEBUG]-Subscribe	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gda/shadow/get/accepted", "qos": 0}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.263Z][DEBUG]-Subscribed to topic.	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gda/shadow/get/accepted"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.263Z][DEBUG]-Publish	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gda/shadow/get", "qos": 1}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.289Z][INFO]-Trying to subscribe to topic $aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gda/shadow/update/delta
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.289Z][DEBUG]-Subscribe	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gda/shadow/update/delta", "qos": 0}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.373Z][DEBUG]-Subscribed to topic.	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gda/shadow/update/delta"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.373Z][INFO]-Trying to subscribe to topic $aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gcf/shadow/get/rejected
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.373Z][DEBUG]-Subscribe	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gcf/shadow/get/rejected", "qos": 0}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.425Z][DEBUG]-Subscribed to topic.	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gcf/shadow/get/rejected"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.425Z][INFO]-Trying to subscribe to topic $aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gcf/shadow/get/accepted
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.425Z][DEBUG]-Subscribe	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gcf/shadow/get/accepted", "qos": 0}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.494Z][DEBUG]-Subscribed to topic.	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gcf/shadow/get/accepted"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.494Z][DEBUG]-Publish	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gcf/shadow/get", "qos": 1}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.52Z][INFO]-Trying to subscribe to topic $aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gcf/shadow/update/delta
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.52Z][DEBUG]-Subscribe	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gcf/shadow/update/delta", "qos": 0}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.535Z][INFO]-Updating with update request.	{"aggregationIntervalSeconds": 3600, "publishIntervalSeconds": 86400}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.535Z][INFO]-Config update is in pending state.	{"aggregationIntervalSeconds": 3600, "publishIntervalSeconds": 86400}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.535Z][INFO]-Start metrics config updating.	{"aggregationIntervalSeconds": 3600, "publishIntervalSeconds": 86400}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.535Z][INFO]-Metric config update succeeded.
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.536Z][INFO]-Received signal to terminate aggregation schedule
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.536Z][INFO]-Received signal to terminate upload schedule
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.536Z][DEBUG]-Report config update to the topic	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gcf/shadow/update", "data": "{\"state\":{\"reported\":{\"telemetryConfiguration\":{\"publishIntervalSeconds\":86400,\"aggregationIntervalSeconds\":3600}}}}"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.536Z][DEBUG]-Publish	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gcf/shadow/update", "qos": 1}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.562Z][INFO]-Update metric config reported to the cloud.
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.577Z][DEBUG]-Subscribed to topic.	{"topic": "$aws/things/PCEI_Core1-gcf/shadow/update/delta"}
[2020-12-30T01:47:50.577Z][INFO]-All topics subscribed.	{"clientId": "PCEI_Core1"}
bash-4.2#

Deploying Location API App with PCEI

The deployment of the Location API App is an example of deploying a 3rd-Party Edge (3PE) App without the Public Cloud Core (PCC) backend/provisioning. The figure below shows the process of deploying the Location API App. Note that the MNO infrastructure and Location Service are shown for example only (the current implementation of the PCEI Location API App does not support intergration with MNO Location Services).

Preparing the Edge Cluster

Clone the PCEI repo and build the Docker image for the Location API App. Perform the follwing tasks on the EDGE-K8S-2 cluster:

ssh onaplab@10.121.7.146

# Clone the PCEI repo
git clone "https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/pcei"
cd pcei/locationAPI/nodejs

# Build the Docker image

sudo docker build -f Dockerfile . -t pceilocapi:latest

# Push the PCEI Location API image to local Docker repository:
sudo docker tag pceilocapi localhost:5000/pceilocapi
sudo docker push localhost:5000/pceilocapi

Packaging PCEI Location API App

To package PCEI Location API App, we need to download Helm charts to a local directory on your laptop and create a tar App file:

git clone "https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/pcei"
cd pcei
mkdir pceilocapi1
cp -a pceilocapihelm/. pceilocapi1/
cd pceilocapi1
ls -l
total 16
-rw-r--r--  1 oberzin  staff  120 Dec 29 23:24 Chart.yaml
drwxr-xr-x  6 oberzin  staff  192 Dec 29 23:34 templates
-rw-r--r--  1 oberzin  staff  376 Dec 29 23:34 values.yaml

cd ..
tar -czvf pceilocapi1.tar pceilocapi1/ 
a pceilocapi1
a pceilocapi1/Chart.yaml
a pceilocapi1/.helmignore
a pceilocapi1/templates
a pceilocapi1/values.yaml
a pceilocapi1/templates/deployment.yaml
a pceilocapi1/templates/service.yaml
a pceilocapi1/templates/configmap.yaml
a pceilocapi1/templates/_helpers.tpl

Defining Location API App in PCEI

Access EMCO UI. Define a Project and a Service for PCEI Location API:

Add PCEI Location Api App:

Associate the App tar file and the Profile tar file with the PCEI Location API App:

Select "Placement" and place the PCEI Location API App onto the "EDGE-K8S-2" cluster:

Click "SUBMIT"

Deploying PCEI Location API App

Select "Deployment Intent Groups":

Click the blue down-arror to deploy the PCEI Location API App:

Verify the PCEI Location API App deployment on the "EDGE-K8S-2" cluster:

# SSH to egde_k8s-1 VM:

ssh onaplab@10.121.7.146

# Verify that PCEI Location API App pod is Running
kubectl get pods
NAME                             READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
v1-pceilocapi-64477bb5d8-dzjh7   1/1     Running   0          107s
onaplab@localhost:~$ 

# Verify K8S service
kubectl get service
NAME                 TYPE        CLUSTER-IP      EXTERNAL-IP   PORT(S)          AGE
pceilocapi-service   NodePort    10.244.20.128   <none>        8081:30808/TCP   26m

# Verify PCEI Location API logs
kubectl logs v1-pceilocapi-64477bb5d8-dzjh7

> location-api@1.0.0 prestart /usr/src/app
> npm install

audited 147 packages in 1.235s

2 packages are looking for funding
  run `npm fund` for details

found 8 vulnerabilities (2 low, 2 moderate, 4 high)
  run `npm audit fix` to fix them, or `npm audit` for details

> location-api@1.0.0 start /usr/src/app
> node index.js

Your server is listening on port 8081 (http://localhost:8081)
Swagger-ui is available on http://localhost:8081/docs

# Verify PCEI Location API Docker container
sudo docker ps |grep pcei
128842966f27        localhost:5000/pceilocapi                                         "docker-entrypoint.s…"   4 minutes ago       Up 4 minutes             k8s_pceilocapi_v1-pceilocapi-64477bb5d8-dzjh7_default_7732dd43-4e61-48a7-bc2c-70770895fa6f_0

Verifying PCEI Location API App

Access the PCEI Location API App doc page:

http://<EDGE-K8S-1 VM IP Address>:<pceilocapi pod service port>/docs

http://10.121.7.146:30808/docs

PCEI R4 End-to-End Validation Guide

Introduction

Functional Roles

Developers

Operators

Edge Providers

Public Cloud Providers

PCEI Enabler

End-to-End Validation Environment

Provisioning PCEI Orchestration Infrastructure (EMCO)

Accessing EMCO UI

Provisioning Network Controllers

Registering Edge Clusters

Deploying Azure IoT Edge with PCEI

Overall Deployment Summary

Provisioning Azure Public Cloud Core (PCC) IoT Environment

Provisioning Azure Public Cloud Core

Enabling Azure IoT Edge Custom Module

Packaging Azure IoT Edge Public Cloud Edge (PCE) Application

Add Azure CRD to Edge K8S Cluster

Defining Azure IoT Edge Service in PCEI

Deploying Azure IoT Edge PCE App on Edge Cluster

Verifying Azure IoT Edge End-to-End Operation

Deploying AWS GreenGrass Core with PCEI

Provisioning AWS Public Cloud Core (PCC) IoT Environment

Packaging AWS GGC Public Cloud Edge (PCE) Application

Prepare Edge Cluster and Download AWS GGC Docker Image

Prepare and Package AWS GGC Helm Charts

Defining AWS GGC Service in PCEI

Deploying AWS GGC PCE App on Edge Cluster

Verifying AWS GGC End-to-End Operation

Deploying Location API App with PCEI

Preparing the Edge Cluster

Packaging PCEI Location API App

Defining Location API App in PCEI

Deploying PCEI Location API App

Verifying PCEI Location API App