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What's New in ioFog 2?Core ConceptsArchitectureQuick Start With Local DeploymentQuick Start On Minikube and Vagrant
iofogctl - ioFog Unified Command Line InterfaceDownload And Install iofogctlGetting Familiar With iofogctliofogctl Resource ManagementConnecting To Existing Edge Compute NetworksLegacy Commands in iofogctl
IntroductionPrepare NetworkPrepare Remote HostsRemote - Deploy Control PlaneKubernetes - Prepare A ClusterKubernetes - Deploy Control Plane Using iofogctlKubernetes - Deploy Control Plane Using HelmSetup Agents
IntroductionAgent ConfigurationAttach / Detach an AgentVolume ManagementDocker Image Pruning
Writing MicroservicesioFog SDKDebugging
IntroductionGet To Know ioFogManage Our MicroservicesCreate Our First Microservice - JavaScriptDeploy Our Microservice
Distributed ApplicationsMicroservice Public PortsMove and Rename MicroservicesMicroservice Updates and LifecycleMicroservice Registry and Catalog ManagementMicroservice Logs
Kinds of ResourcesControl Plane YAML SpecificationAgent configuration YAML SpecificationApplication YAML SpecificationRoute YAML SpecificationCatalog Item YAML SpecificationRegistry YAML Specification
OverviewLegacy Controller CLI UsageController REST API Reference
OverviewLegacy Agent CLI UsageAgent Local API ReferenceAgent ConfigurationsRemote debugging using IntelliJ
System: Diagnostics MicroserviceSystem: Hardware Abstraction Layer MicroserviceSystem: Bluetooth REST API MicroserviceJSON REST API And Open Weather Map Microservices
Contributing GuidelinesCode of Conduct

Overview

An Edge Compute Network (ECN) running ioFog is made up of one or more devices, referred to as nodes. Each node runs a daemon service called an Agent. Each node's Agent locally handles the starting, stopping, and management of the one or more microservices running on that particular node. These microservices are deployed as Linux kernel containers (LXC), commonly using Docker.

While the Agent daemon is a CLI, after setting things up a majority of your management tasks—such as starting/stopping microservices—will instead be done using the Controller, which controls the Agent on your behalf, remotely. This allows you to deploy and maintain microservices without needing to SSH directly onto every edge node device.

For full usage details see the Agent CLI Usage page.