You're reading from Real-World Edge Computing Scale, secure, and succeed in the realm of edge computing with Open Horizon

Product type Paperback

Published in Jun 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781835885840

Length 296 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

Java

Tools

EdgeDB

Concepts

Edge Computing

Authors (2):

Robert High

Sanjeev Gupta

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Table of Contents (24) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1: Managing the Edge FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Edge Computing

3. Chapter 2: Practicalities of Edge Computing

4. Chapter 3: Designing and Building Edge Software

5. Chapter 4: Edge Container Platforms

6. Chapter 5: Application Placement and Life Cycle Management

7. Part 2: Working on the Edge

8. Chapter 6: Installing an Edge Agent on an Edge Node

9. Chapter 7: Registering an Edge Node

10. Chapter 8: Using the Open Horizon CLI and API

11. Chapter 9: Autonomous and Flexible Management of Edge Services

12. Chapter 10: Managing Edge Scale with Policy-Based Workload Placement

13. Part 3: Advancing the Edge System

14. Chapter 11: Machine Learning Workload and Model Deployment

15. Chapter 12: Security at the Edge

16. Chapter 13: Network Connectivity at the Edge

17. Part 4: Edge Management in Practice

18. Chapter 14: Building a Real-World Example Application

19. Chapter 15: Troubleshooting at the Edge

20. Chapter 16: Follow-on Topics

21. Chapter 17: Using the IBM Edge Application Manager Web UI

22. Index

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Open Horizon is a deployment management system designed specifically to address a number of security challenges. We will discuss those capabilities now. However, it is also important to understand that Open Horizon does not intermediate your own application code or any communication it performs with other services in other nodes. You are responsible for ensuring your own code is adhering to good security practices.

Device attestation

As discussed in the Components of the Management Hub section of Chapter 4, Open Horizon supports the FIDO Device Onboard (FDO) system to enable zero-touch provisioning of the Open Horizon agent.

The core of FDO is built on the idea that device manufacturers will create a non-repudiable, secure token representing the authenticity of the individual device. The voucher, and the subsequent registration mechanism supported by Open Horizon, can be used to attest to the authenticity of the device. It is not subject...