The components of the Management Hub
The Management Hub is comprised of six subsystems that collaborate to provide management of the overall system. These are as follows:
- Agreement Bot (Agbot)
- Exchange
- Switchboard
- Model Manager
- Secrets Manager
- FIDO Device Onboard
We will discuss these further here.
Agbot
Agbot is the heart of the Hub. It is responsible for monitoring all the Edge nodes (through their respective Agents) for node registrations, and any changes that affect the placement of services at any of the nodes. It evaluates the policies and patterns that you have published to make placement decisions continuously. Agbot negotiates agreements with the individual Agents for the placement of specific services.
Agreements
Important note
Agreements are an important concept within Open Horizon. An agreement is a contract, documented in JSON, between an Agent and the Agbot to place a workload at the Edge node. This agreement can be used...
