AWS supported software that extends cloud capabilities to local devices.
AWS IoT Greengrass seamlessly extends AWS onto edge devices so they can act locally on the data they generate, while still using the cloud for management, analytics, and durable storage.
AWS IoT Greengrass snap v1.11.5 enables you to run a limited version of AWS IoT Greengrass with all necessary dependencies in a containerized environment.
The AWS IoT Greengrass snap doesn’t support connectors and machine learning (ML) inference.
Enable snaps on Raspberry Pi and install AWS IoT Greengrass
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
On a Raspberry Pi running the latest version of Raspbian snap can be installed directly from the command line:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
You will also need to reboot your device:
sudo reboot
After this, install the core snap in order to get the latest snapd:
sudo snap install core
Install AWS IoT Greengrass
To install AWS IoT Greengrass, simply use the following command: