REST API Message Publisher

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intro; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewer; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 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. Edge Interface, Message Broker, and Message BusMessage Router and Communication Management; Time-Series Storage and Data Management; Rule Engine; The REST API Interface; Microservices; Device Manager; Application and User Management; Is Everything from this Block Architecture Mandatory?; What Is the Proposed Approach?; Summary; Chapter 3: The Essentials for Building Your Platform; Deciding Cloud Instance Specifics; Additional Specifications; Where Do We Get this Cloud Instance?; What About Our Machine?; Expanding on the IoT Platform Block Diagram. Edge Interface, Message Broker, and Message BusMessage 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 PlatformSummary; Chapter 5: Here We Go!; Initializing the Cloud Instance; Register and Create; Choosing an Operating System Image; Choosing the Size; Choosing a Datacenter Region; Finalizing and Creating the Instance; Connecting to Our Cloud Instance; Installing Basic Software Stacks; Installing Apache; Installing MySQL; Installing PHP; Securing the Instance and Software; It's Easier with a Domain Name; Add Virtual Hosts to Our Web Server; Installing SSL Certificates; Installing Node.js and Node-RED; Modifying Node-RED Settings; Securing our Node-RED Editor