Apache Edgent

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What Is Apache Edgent ?

• An open source programming model
• Runtime for edge devices
• Analyze data and events at the device
• Open source / Apache 2.0 license
• Save money by analyzing data at the edge
• Only send essential data from the edge
• Edgent pre processes edge based data

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Apache Edgent Use Cases

• When cound Edgent be used ?
• IOT analyze data at the edge i.e.
• Distributed devices
• Mobile devices
• Process data at the device
• Only transmit post processed data
• Embed in application server
• Process logs at source
• Server rooms and machine rooms
• Monitor machines at source

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What Is The Edge ?

• The edge of the data network
• Devices
• Gateways
• Equipment
• Vehicles
• Systems
• Appliances
• Sensors
• All IOT devices at the edge of the network
• Providing potential data for the center

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Edgent Connections

• Edgent provides connectors
• For data sources and data sinks, available for
• MQTT
• HTTP
• JDBC
• File
• Apache Kafka
• IBM Watson IoT Platform
• Edgent is extensible, you can create connectors

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Edgent Architecture
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Edgent Applications

• Edgent is an open source programming model
• Use the Edgent API to develop applications
• To process data streams
• Basic Edgent Applications follow a common
  structure
• Get a provider
• Create the topology
• Compose its processing graph
• Submit the topology for execution
• See the next slide for code sample

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Edgent Applications
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Edgent Console

• Edgent supplies a console
• Run as an HttpServer within the application
• Can be used to
• Visualise topology
• Monitor flowing data
• Topology oplets and stream tags are visible
• The console URL is generated by application build
  i.e.
• http//host_nameport_number/console

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Edgent Console
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Edgent Cookbook

• Edgent provides an API Cookbook, see
• https//edgent.incubator.apache.org/recipes/recipe
  _hello_edgent.html
• From writing a first function to detecting
  sensors
• Splitting and combining streams
• Using configuration files
• Using filters
• Analytics processing
• Writing connectors

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Available Books

• See Big Data Made Easy
• Apress Jan 2015
• See Mastering Apache Spark
• Packt Oct 2015
• See Complete Guide to Open Source Big Data
  Stack
• Apress Jan 2018
• Find the author on Amazon
• www.amazon.com/Michael-Frampton/e/B00NIQDOOM/
• Connect on LinkedIn
• www.linkedin.com/in/mike-frampton-38563020

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Connect

• Feel free to connect on LinkedIn
• www.linkedin.com/in/mike-frampton-38563020
• See my open source blog at
• open-source-systems.blogspot.com/
• I am always interested in
• New technology
• Opportunities
• Technology based issues
• Big data integration