ELIOT R4 - IoT Gateway Release Notes
- Srinivasan Selvam
- khemendra kumar
Release Notes for ELIOT IoT Gateway Blueprint
Summary
In ELIOT - IoT Gateway Blueprint Release 4.0, providing One Click Deployment (OCD) from Deployment node to automate installation, lightweight Kubernetes (k3s) is provided on the IoTgateway node, Hawkbit for software rolling updates on Iot Gateway , Edge Gallery and services are added. (Refer to Features Table)
What is released
Components of the release (Akraino new)
ELIOT IoT Gateway Node Components
K3s Cluster Provided and we migrated from kubernetes to lightweight kubernetes (K3S) on IotGateway node / Edge Node
Dependencies of the release (upstream version, patches)
- Kubernetes
- K3s
- Hawkbit
- EdgeX
- Edge Gallery
Upgrade Procedures
The ELIOT Cluster installed using Release 4.0 packages has to be uninstalled using uninstall scripts provided in the Release 4.0 .
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 is provided to automate the installation of the components on ELIOT |
| 2. | Lightweight Kubernetes (K3S) | Platform Feature | Inorder the make the Edge / IoTGateway nodes lightweight we have migrated from k8s to K3S |
| 3 | Hawkbit | Platform Feature | Hawkbit from eclipse community used on the Master node to provide software rolling update |
| 4 | Edge Gallery | Platform Feature | To support MEC deployment for Industrial IOT use cases. |
Functionality changes
Not Applicable
Software Version Changes
# | Name | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Kubernetes | Software Enhancement | Version upgraded from 1.16+ to 1.17.2 |
Enhancements
Not Applicable
Version change
1.0.0
Module version changes
N/A
Document Version Changes
Version No. | Date | Author | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 04-Dec-2020 | ELIOT Blueprint Team | First Draft |
Deliverable
Software Deliverable
Software is available in https://gerrit.akraino.org/r/admin/repos/eliot
Documentation Deliverable
- ELIOT R4 IoT Gateway Architecture Document
- ELIOT R4 IOTGateway API documentation
- ELIOT R4 IoT Gateway Installation Guide
- ELIOT IoT Gateway Release Notes
- ELIOT R4 IoT Gateway Test Document
Fixed Issues and Bugs
N/A
Known Limitations, Issues and Workarounds
System Limitations
N/A
Known Issues
N/A