Software Provisioning

Provisioning software in a scalable, containerized way facilitates automated software deployment onto devices. Tracking multiple versions of binaries and configurations becomes exponentially difficult as the number of devices and applications increase.

Software provisioning involves defining custom software configuration recipes, describing the sequence of jobs and processes to execute on device boot. This includes the following:

• Define the boot order of jobs and processes

• Configure jobs for automatic restart upon process failure

• Manage and switch between multiple software configurations

• Manage over-the-air (OTA) updates

PSYGIG Mobility IoT SDK includes tools to manage the complexity of software provisioning.

Using angelo

With a single command, angelo automatically provisions software onto a device specified by a configuration file angelo.yml. An example file is as follows.

version: '1.0'

services:
  obstacle-detection:
    command: objdetect --people --cars
  slam:
    command: slam --config default.cfg
  path-finding:
    command: pf --algorithm a-star

Under services, an arbitrary name is defined for each service, along with the command line to execute.

Once the recipe has been configured, run angelo start to start all services.

See angelo man page for a complete list of options.