Build Your Own IoT Platform

Message Bus·         Message Router and Communications Management



·         Time-Series Storage and Data Management

·         REST API Interface

·         Microservices

·         Rule Engine

·         Device Manager and Application Manager

·         Our Own IoT Platform Block Diagram

·         Summary

 

Chapter 4: Let's Create Our Platform Wish List

·         Connecting with the Platform in Real Time

·         Using MQTT as the Message Broker

·         How Do We Want to Store the Data?

·         Data Storage Schema

·         Accessing Platform Resources Through APIs

·         Data Accessing APIs

·         Elementary Microservices and Utilities

·         Routing and Filtering Data and Messages

·         Updated Block Diagram of Our IoT Platform

·         Summary

 Chapter 5: Here We Go!



·         Initializing the Cloud Instance

·         Register and Create

·         Choosing an Operating System Image

·         Choosing the Size

·         Choosing a Datacenter Region

·         Finalizing and Creating the Instance

·         Connecting to Our Cloud Instance

·         Installing Basic Software Stacks

·         Installing Apache

·         Installing MySQL

·         Installing PHP

·         Securing the Instance and Software

·         It's Easier with a Domain Name

·         Add Virtual Hosts to Our Web Server

·         Installing SSL Certificates

·         Installing Node.js and Node-RED

·         Modifying Node-RED Settings

·         Securing our Node-RED Editor

·         Summary

 

Chapter 6: The Message Broker

·         What Is MQTT?

·         Publish and Subscribe Paradigm

·         Other Features of a Message Broker and MQTT

·         Quality of Service

·         Keep Alive Period

·         Last Will and Testament

·         The Retained Message

·         The Best Part: WebSocket

·         Are We Using the Best Message Broker Option?

·         When to Utilize a Message Broker and When Not To

·         Installing a Message Broker

·         Securing a Message Broker

·         Summary

 

Chapter 7: Building the Critical Components

·         Creating a Time-Series Core Database

·         Installing Required Nodes in Node-RED

·         Creating First Flow for Our Platform

·         Adding MQTT Publish Capability

·         REST API Message Publisher

·         Creating the Database Listener

·         REST API Message Retriever

·         Verifying that Everything Is Working as Expected

·         Running Node-RED in the Background Continuously

·         Summary

 Chapter 8: Configuring the Message Broker



·         The Difference Between WebSocket and Normal MQTT

·         Why Is WebSocket Important?

·         Adding WebSocket to Our MQTT Configuration

·         Testing WebSocket

·         Let's Add User Access Controls

·         Let's Check If This Is Working

·         Using the Forever Tool with the Message Broker

·         Summary

 Chapter 9: Creating a REST Interface



·         Data Access APIs

·         Adding Time-Based Filters

·         Data Deletion APIs

·         Removing Data Records Completely

·         Adding Microservices to the Platform

·         Getting the Current Timestamp

·         Random Code Generator

·         Adding New Modules to Node-RED

·         UUID Generator

·         Email and Text Message Microservice APIs

·         Configuration of Nodes

·         SMS Sending Utility

·         Email-Sending Utility

·         Summary

 Chapter 10: Rule Engine and Authentication



·         Start with the Rule Engine Logic

·         Creating a Database

·         Building the Flow Sequence

·         Testing the Rule Engine

·         Rule Management APIs

·         Enable and Disable a Specific Rule

·         Enable and Disable All Rules

·         Create a New Rule

·         Building Another Rule Engine with Node-RED

·         Adding Authentication to the Data API

·         What Are Our Options?

·         What Is the Plan?

·         Adding Authentication Middleware

·         Enable and Test Authentication

·         Our Core Platform Is Ready Now

·         Summary

 

Chapter 11: Documentation and Testing

·         Preparing a Valid OpenAPI Specification Document

·         Platform API Specification File Explained

·         Preparing Distribution Package for Final Upload

·         Upload API Docs and Make It Live

·         Authorize and Test API

·         Summary

 Chapter 12: Connecting Your Hardware



·         Why learn hardware alongwith IoT platform?

·         Available hardware options

·         Creating bespoke designs

·         Choosing the best option for your project

·         Connectivity options and suitability for project·         Various topologies and arrangements



  The "why" behind each topology and arrangement

·         Connecting our hardware to the platform   Two possible modes



o   Using REST API

o   Using MQTT

o   Can you use both? Why and when?

  Requirements for each mode

o   Circuit specific

o   Firmware specific

  How to incorporate them in hardware

o   Circuit specific

o   Firmware specific

·         Other considerations for connecting the hardware

·         Summary

 Chapter 13: Let's Build a Better Mousetrap



·         Backstory of better mousetrap case study

  How I got this opportunity

  What does "better" mean?

  How I decided to approach this problem   Importance of top-down approach



·         System architecture

  High level system design process   Block diagram and explanation



·         Hardware selection

  What are different scenarios   What are potential options



  What is on our shortlist

·         Connectivity choice

  What are different scenarios

  What are potential options   What is on our shortlist



·         Front-end application

  What are different scenarios   What are potential options



  What is on our shortlist

·         Hardware arrangement

  Hardware construction (overview)

  How it works   Testing the hardware



·         Backend buildup on the platform

  What additions we need on the platform side   How to build them (details)



  Testing the backend

·         Dashboard for visualization

  Building a basic dashboard

  How to pool the data

·         Additional services I built in the mousetrap application

  Workflow for CRM

  Client alert mechanism   Operator Scheduling



  Compliance reporting

  Machine learning provision for intelligent pest management

  Other business benefits

·         Project takeaways - real life and for you (as a reader)

·         Summary

 Chapter 14: Unlimited Possibilities



·         What do I mean by unlimited possibilities?

·         Why is this platform so capable?

·         Five ideas you can work on

  One button - based on my 1btn project

o   The concept

o   Block diagram

o   Key ideas and things to work on

o   Potential applications

  Smart street lamps

o   The concept

o   Block diagram

o   Key ideas and things to work on

o   Potential applications

  Council garbage collection management

o   The concept

o   Block diagram

o   Key ideas and things to work on

o   Potential applications

  Datacenter climate control

o   The concept

o   Block diagram

o   Key ideas and things to work on

o   Potential applications

  People counter for Covid-19 gathering compliance in shops & stores

o   The concept

o   Block diagram

o   Key ideas and things to work on

o   Potential applications

·         Summary

 Chapter 15: What We Built and the Takeaways



·         Increasing Security for the Cloud Instance

·         What About SQL Injection Through APIs?

·         Should We Have Used MongoDB Instead of MySQL?

·         Some Experts Might Still Try to Talk You Out of This

·         How Is Our Platform Different from AWS, Google, and Azure?·         There Is a New Version of MQTT



·         My Platform Is Ready. Now What?

·         The Next Big Thing

·         If You Need to Find More Resources

·         Finally