Contents About Version Contributors Copyright License Introduction The HCC2 Engineering Skill base for the SDK External References HCC2 Architecture System Architecture Overview SDK Overview Additional Components Hardware Libraries Python C# Design Considerations .Net Version Docker Image selection Programming Techniques Requirements The Development machine Physical requirements Software Requirements VM Deployment Overview In this section Hardware Networking Setup Development SDK VM Creation Installation Procedure Software Installation IDE Installation In Linux In Windows Installing Development Tools Installing Python Installing Git Installing Docker Installing Mender HCC2 Development Tools and Samples Edge SDK Dev Tools Setup Application Overview Modbus Configuration HCC2 Modbus TCP Server Configuration Application Modbus TCP Client Configuration Modbus Client configuration Variable Configuration Alarm Configuration Alarm Mapping Application Development Application Running & Testing Build and Deploy Overview Building Containers Example Dockerfile Creating Images locally (Docker Desktop) Building From Visual Studio 2022 Container Preparation Editing docker-compose.yml Application Signing Pre-Requisites The Packaging and Signing Process Application Deployment (EPM) Downloading the EPM Software Deploying A Signed Application Should Something Go Wrong HCC2 Application Signing Developer Mode License Removal of Developer Mode License HCC2 OEM Signing Keys User Interfaces Rules Best Practices General Application Considerations Storage Considerations Persistent Data Volatile Data Temporary Files Shared Data Setup via Environment Variables and Parameters Base Images c# (.net 6) containers python containers Google Distroless Images Benefits Disadvantages Other Alternatives debian:buster-slim Alpine Multi Stage Builds Docker Labels Open Container Initiative - Annotations Static vs Dynamic Example Docker Inspect Writing Efficient Dockerfiles Minimize Layers Use .dockerignore Package Installation Ordering of Instructions Avoid latest Tags Further reading Resource Limits Required Strongly Suggested Docker Compose File Requirements Version Specification Naming Run the Container in Read Only Container Restart Policy Dependencies Among Containers Network Port Mapping Resource Limits Environment Variables Network and Volume Naming References IP Port Considerations Private subnet Other services Port numbers NAT (Network Address Translation) Inbound (Internal or Docker Services) Application Logging Application Log Format Rules for logging DO DO NOT Feedback