Simplifying IoT Application Deployment in Edge Computing Environment

Abstract

Currently, deploying IoT Application in Edge Computing Environment is facing many challenges. For instance, the limited capabilities of Edge device alongside distributed nature of its Environment where all Edge devices needs to be programmed separately. As a result, edge Environment deployment tools needs to be lightweight and able to orchestrate the deployment effectively. Therefore. I decided to deploy Edge Computing Environment by using docker. Docker proved to be the most suitable tool. This is because Docker is lightweight and ability to run on the Edge . Then, I decided to simplify the deployment by using scripting, to allow the deployment to take place in on device rather than programming several devices. Finally, I will use REST api to capture the user’s requirements to generate and run a script based the that requirements. This will the user to deploy the Edge Environment with a single URL request.