iotedge-localdashboard

Azure IoT Edge module which ingests routed messages and displays values on a dashboard which is running locally.

To show a dashboard, we need an HTML file loaded from disk. You can provide your own HTML file by using the one in this module as an example.

port 4242

The local dashboard can be reached at port 4242. Try 'http://localhost:4242' in your favorite browser.

tempSensor

By default, the tempSensor example module from Microsoft is supported: 'mcr.microsoft.com/azureiotedge-simulated-temperature-sensor:1.0.4'.

Note: this temperature sensor simulation only sends 500 messages in a row by default.

Routing

Messages must be routed to input route 'input1'. The same messages are passed through using output route 'output1'.

Use the following routes as an example:

"sensorToWebNode": "FROM /messages/modules/tempSensor/outputs/temperatureOutput INTO BrokeredEndpoint(\"/modules/ld/inputs/input1\")",
"route": "FROM /messages/modules/ld/outputs/output1 INTO $upstream"

Container Create Options

Use the following create options:

{
  "ExposedPorts": {
    "4242/tcp": {}
  },
  "HostConfig": {
    "Binds": [
      "c:/iiotedge/ldb:/appdata"
    ],
    "PortBindings": {
      "4242/tcp": [
        {
          "HostPort": "4242"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

This makes the port accessible from outside the container.

Note: The port number is 'hardcoded'.

You can change the binding. In this case, the binding name 'appdata' is pointing to the local directory 'c:\iiothedge'.

Note: The binding name 'appdata' is obligated.

Note: if the file can not be found in the folder provided, the default dashboard for the tempSensor is shown.

Module twin, desired properties

By default, the module will load the dashboard file named 'index.html'

You can override the filename with this property:

"fileName": "indexlocal.html"

When accepted, the filename is shown in the reported twin properties.

Note: if the file can not be found, the default dashboard is for the tempSensor shown.

Custom dashboard

Provide your own HTML file by using the one in this module as an example.

If you change the HTML file, a refresh of the browser page should be sufficient to see the changes. Or perform an 'iotedge restart ld' where 'ld' is the alias of your local dashboard module.

Code junkie? Slacker?

We have you covered both.

If you like to dig into the code, zip it, clone it, extend it or even make a pull request, we made it open source.

If you only want to use it the easy-going way, pull it from docker eg. 'svelde/localdashboard:1.0.1-amd64'. At this moment, only Linux containers are supported.