EdgeX Device REST is a device service which exposes RESTful endpoints for applications to push data into EdgeX over HTTP. This is useful for a variety of 3rd applications such as Point of Sale and CV Analytics allowing textual or binary data ingestion into EdgeX.
Enable snaps on elementary OS and install edgex-device-rest
Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.
Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.
Enable snapd
Snap can be installed on elementary OS from the command line. Open Terminal from the Applications launcher and type the following:
sudo apt update
sudo apt install snapd
Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.
Install edgex-device-rest
To install edgex-device-rest, simply use the following command: