Build Your Own IoT Platform : Develop a Flexible and Scalable Internet of Things Platform

Chapter 1: So... You Want to Build Your Own!

- The Background of IoT and Our Focus

- How Many Platforms Are Out There?

- Platforms Supporting Network Servicing

- Platforms Sitting Between Networks and Applications

- Application-Layer Development Platforms

- What Should a Good IoT Platform Have?

- Why Should You Build Your Own IoT Platform?

- Summary



Chapter 2: The Building Blocks of an IoT Solution

- The Functional Blocks of an IoT Solution

- The Detailed Block Diagram of an IoT Platform

- Is Everything from this Block Architecture Mandatory?

- What Is the Proposed Approach?

- Summary



Chapter 3: The Essentials for Building Your Own Platform

- Deciding Cloud Instance Specifics

- Additional Specifications

- Where Do We Get this Cloud Instance?

- What About Our Own Machine?

- Expanding on the IoT Platform Block Diagram

- Edge Interface, Message Broker, and 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