Develop, deploy and manage your IoT Fleet with Balena IoT Portugal Meetup May 24th, 2019 by Daniel Andrade

1. Develop, deploy and manage
your IoT Fleet with Balena
Daniel Andrade
Hardware Hacker in Residence
DevOps for IoT

2. Problem
Deploying fleets of IoT devices is easy, until you have to…
… provision physical devices at scale
… deliver updated features or security updates to
software
… manage limited, metered, or inconsistent
network connectivity
… support heterogeneous device types and
hardware architecture
… standardize on base images with consistent
functionality
… run in industrial, automotive, or other
challenging environments
… enforce device security and perform log analysis
… provide a consistent experience to developers

3. at the beginning there was chaos
supporting hundreds of devices, for two years.
Spending weekends, in the snow,
with drills and USB sticks, updating
software...
Balena was the platform the co-founders
wish existed back then

4. THE INTELLIGENT EDGE PLATFORM
Rugged like
embedded systems
...but easy & agile
just like the cloud
For developers to succeed on the edge,
we need a datacenter without walls

5. KEY INGREDIENTS
Edge Compute
Workflows
Linux Container
Breakthroughs
Balena
+ =
● Container deltas
● Edge-native Docker variant
● Multi-architecture builds
● Bootable containers
● Microservices at the edge
● No-friction device provisioning
● Safe & reversible updates
● PaaS-like deployment flow
● Support for diverse HW
platforms
Balena handles the
deep infrastructure
issues of seamlessly
monitoring, managing
& updating a fleet of
devices in the field

6. What is balena?

7. Balena customer base
Diverse customer set across of a variety of verticals and use cases.
Includes a top 5 homeowners insurer and
dozens of promising IoT products.
Consumer
Includes large property owners, LED
manufacturers, building automation vendors,
digital signage providers and more...
Commercial
Global 50 accounts include three major auto
manufacturers, large industrials, top 5 pharma
company, and more.
Industrial

9. ● Minimal Yocto Linux host operating
system
● Docker-compatible container engine,
optimized for the edge
● Supports over 30+ device types across
ARM and x86 architectures
● Proven in production for millions of hours
: Containerize the Edge

10. Demo - Updating the beast

11. Demo - Updating the beast

12. Barrel jack
connector
(6-24v)
Co-processor
USB debug
Gigabit
Ethernet
Dual USB 2.0
uFL antenna
connector
Raspberry Pi
compatible GPIO
HDMI port

15. Any questions?
Contact:
Email: daniel@balena.io
Twitter: @dspillere