EdgeX Device REST is a device service which exposes RESTful endpoints for applications to push data into EdgeX over HTTP. This is useful for a variety of 3rd applications such as Point of Sale and CV Analytics allowing textual or binary data ingestion into EdgeX.
Enable snaps on Raspberry Pi and install edgex-device-rest
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 edgex-device-rest
To install edgex-device-rest, simply use the following command: