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EdgeX Foundry announced the California release, its second. The main features of this release include lowering the footprint, startup time, memory and CPU usage as well as introduction of a few key security features. The first security elements include a reverse proxy that helps protect the REST API communications and a secrets store. With the EdgeX reverse proxy in place – as provided by incorporating an open source product called Kong – any external client of an EdgeX micro service must first authenticate themselves before successfully calling on an EdgeX API.
The secure storage facility was provided by incorporating the open source Vault (Hashicorp) product, and it allows items such as username/password credentials, certificates, secure tokens, etc. to be persisted and protected within EdgeX. These types of “secrets” will allow EdgeX to, for example, encrypt data, make HTTPS calls to the enterprise, or connect EdgeX to a cloud provider in a secure manner.
Artifacts for this release carry a 0.6.X version. Key features for the California release include:
- Reverse proxy
- Secure storage
- Go-based microservice replacements for core, supporting and export services
- Improved documentation, documentation management and documentation delivery
- Additional northbound connectors
- Additional blackbox tests
- ARM 64 support
- Upgrade to Consul
- Device Service SDK requirements definition
The next release, code named Delhi, is slated for release in October 2018.