Beginning Azure IoT Edge Computing: Extending the Cloud to the Intelligent Edge

Description

Use a step-by-step process to create and deploy your first Azure IoT Edge solution. Modern day developers and architects in today’s cloud-focused world must understand when it makes sense to leverage the cloud. Computing on the edge is a new paradigm for most people. The Azure IoT Edge platform uses many existing technologies that may be familiar to developers, but understanding how to leverage those technologies in an edge computing scenario can be challenging. Beginning Azure IoT Edge Computing demystifies computing on the edge and explains, through concrete examples and exercises, how and when to leverage the power of intelligent edge computing. It introduces the possibilities of intelligent edge computing using the Azure IoT Edge platform, and guides you through hands-on exercises to make edge computing approachable, understandable, and highly useful. Through user-friendlydiscussion you will not only understand how to build edge solutions, but also when to build them. By explaining some common solution patterns, the decision on when to use the cloud and when to avoid the cloud will become much clearer. What You'll Learn Create and deploy Azure IoT Edge solutions Recognize when to leverage the intelligent edge pattern and when to avoid it Leverage the available developer tooling to develop and debug IoT Edge solutions Know which off-the-shelf edge computing modules are available Become familiar with some of the lesser-known device protocols used in conjunction with edge computing Understand how to securely deploy and bootstrap an IoT Edge deviceExplore related topics such as containers and secure device provisioning Who This Book Is For Developers or architects who want to understand edge computing and when and where to use it. Readers should be familiar with C# or Python and have a high-level understanding of the Azure IoT platform. Front Matter ....Pages i-xix Do I Need an Intelligent Edge? (David Jensen)....Pages 1-15 Azure IoT Edge Core Concepts (David Jensen)....Pages 17-47 Azure IoT Edge Development Environment (David Jensen)....Pages 49-82 Hello Edge (David Jensen)....Pages 83-117 Developing and Debugging Edge Modules (David Jensen)....Pages 119-166 Analytics on the Edge (David Jensen)....Pages 167-187 Device Provisioning Service (David Jensen)....Pages 189-203 Azure IoT Edge Security (David Jensen)....Pages 205-225 Azure DevOps for IoT Edge Solutions (David Jensen)....Pages 227-259 Back Matter ....Pages 261-265