mrluc / nerves_hub_web

Manage firmware updates for Nerves devices

nerves_hub_www

A domain independent back end solution for rolling out software updates to edge devices connected to IP based networking infrastructure.

This project is not ready for general use

If you are interested in collaborating. please inquire on the #nerves-dev channel on the elixir-lang slack for the time being. We're in the process of building out main features and getting the project into a form where it can be used and maintained by multiple companies.

Project Overview and Setup

Language Versions

• Elixir 1.6+

Initial App Setup

• Create directory for local data storage: mkdir ~/db
• Start the database (if not started): docker-compose up -d
• Copy dev.env to .env and customize as needed
• Run command mix deps.get
• Run command make reset-db
• Compile web assets (this only needs to be done once and requires python2): cd apps/nerves_hub_www/assets && npm install
• Start web app: make server or make iex-server to start the server with the interactive shell

Starting App

• Start the database (if not started): docker-compose up -d
• Compile web assets (this only needs to be done once): cd apps/nerves_hub_web/assets && npm install
• Start web app: make server or make iex-server to start the server with the interactive shell
  • The whole app will need to be compiled the first time you run this, so please be patient

Client-side SSL Device Authorization

NervesHub uses Client-side SSL to authorize and identify connected devices. Devices are required to provide a valid certificate that was signed using the trusted certificate authority NervesHub certificate. This certificate should be generated and kept secret and private from Internet-connected servers.

For convenience, we use the pre-generated certificates for dev and test. Production certificates can be generated by following the SSL certificate instructions in test/fixtures/README.md and setting the following environment variables to point to the generated key and certificate paths on the server.

NERVESHUB_SSL_KEY
NERVESHUB_SSL_CERT
NERVESHUB_SSL_CACERT

Tags

Tags are arbitrary strings, such as "stable" or "beta". They can be added to Devices and Firmware.

For a Device to be considered eligible for a given Deployment, it must have all the tags in the Deployment's "tags" condition.

Simulating a Device

The nerves_hub_client is an example OTP application that simulates a device. It will connect to the NervesHub server via a Phoenix Channel and can be used to exercise the server for development and test.

See the nerves_hub_client/README.md for more information.