Peter Ngai, a Senior Staff Software Architect at GE Digital, outlines the use of Docker for packaging and deploying software for edge distribution. The document discusses asset performance management, highlights a new software deployment process through containerization, and shares insights on managing deployments securely. The goal is to simplify the deployment challenges faced by teams and customers in an edge computing environment.

1. PETER NGAI
Sr. Staff Software Architect,
GE Digital
PACKAGING SOFTWARE FOR DISTRIBUTION
ON THE EDGE WITH DOCKER AND
WINDOWS SERVER

2. Who is Peter Ngai
Sr. Staff Software Architect
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterngai/
peter.ngai@ge.com

3. PACKAGING SOFTWARE FOR DISTRIBUTION ON THE EDGE WITH DOCKER
AND WINDOWS SERVER
Agenda
5 mins Asset Performance Management
15 mins Problem Definition
15 mins Solution – Usage of Docker for Windows
10 mins Demo

4. v
Video
Asset Performance Management (APM)

5. Providing End to End Value
(from https://www.ge.com/digital/asset-performance-management)

6. (from https://www.ge.com/digital/asset-performance-management)

7. APM Classic (on-prem) – Generic Component
Architecture
Presentation Tier
Business Logic Tier
Component M Component N
SQL Server
Data
Redis
Cache
Data Tier
Component X Component Y
Component O
Component A Component B Component C
Data Stores /
Caches

8. Purdue Model – OnPrem OT / IT Networks

9. v
Q: How to package software for the Edge?
A: Containerize your software à Easy to deploy

10. Docker Journey at
GE Digital
Develop an easier, self-reliant and
portable software deployment process
for our teams and customers –
incorporate a containerization
technology.
Docker brings about an approach to
package software and helps enable the
deployment of these components to
the Edge.
Innovation

11. Engineer Workstation
Dev to Deploy Ecosystem
APM:0.2.5
IDE
Build System
Github Jenkins APM:0.2.5
QA
Manual
Automated APM:0.2.5
Development Build and Quality Assurance
GE DTR Management Console
Deployment Administration
Deployment
Edge
Edge Server
APM:0.2.5APM

12. Software Deployment Interactions
Deployment Administration
Supporting Deployment Infra
Management Console Edge Commands DB Edge Commands Controller
GE DTRSystem BSystem A
Edge
Edge Agent
1. Poll for instruction (continuous)
2. Publish
instruction
3. Get
instruction
4. Pull image
(from instruction) 5. Run image
Customer Firewall
(*) implicit security
(*) Edge components are highly secure and topics of
provisioning, cert exchange, authentication, white
listing, etc.., per customer tenant are handled and
considered a separate topic.

13. Edge Execution Model
Edge Server – Linux OS
DockerVolumes
GE component Aredis GE component B GE component C GE component D
Windows Server 2016 OS - VM
DockerVolumes
sql_server apm GE component X Other programs
Other programs
Other programs
Legend:
3rd Party
Supplied
Other GE
Component
APM-specific
Component

14. APM Classic (On-Prem) Model
Legend:
3rd Party
Supplied
Windows Server 2016 OS
DockerVolumes
sql_server apm
APM-specific
Component
redis

15. Dockerfile

16. Intercept Docker Container à New Image

17. Demo

18. • Our primary goal was to develop an easier,
self-reliant and portable software deployment
process for our teams and customers –
Managing software deployed to the Edge can
be challenging.
•Containerization tools like Docker on
Windows EE has helped enable that for us –
Docker brings about an approach to package
our software. And, enables the deployment
of these components to the Edge.
Conclusion

19. • Peter Ngai
• Sr. Staff Software Architect
• GE Digital
• peter.ngai@ge.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/peterngai
Thank you