· The Background of IoT and Our Focus

· How Many Platforms Are Out There?

· Platforms Supporting Network Servicing

· Platforms Sitting Between Networks and Applications

· Application-Layer Development Platforms

· Why Should You Build Your Own IoT Platform?

· Summary

Chapter 2: The Building Blocks of an IoT Solution

· The Functional Blocks of an IoT Solution

· The Detailed Block Diagram of an IoT Platform

· Is Everything from this Block Architecture Mandatory?

· Summary

Chapter 3: The Essentials for Building Your Own Platform

· Deciding Cloud Instance Specifics

· Additional Specifications

· Where Do We Get this Cloud Instance?

· What About Our Own Machine?

· Expanding on the IoT Platform Block Diagram

· Edge Interface, Message Broker, and Message Bus

· Time-Series Storage and Data Management

· REST API Interface

· Microservices

· Rule Engine

· Device Manager and Application Manager

· Our Own IoT Platform Block Diagram

· Summary

Chapter 4: Let's Create Our Platform Wish List

· Connecting with the Platform in Real Time

· Using MQTT as the Message Broker

· How Do We Want to Store the Data?

· Data Storage Schema

· Accessing Platform Resources Through APIs

· Data Accessing APIs

· Elementary Microservices and Utilities

· Routing and Filtering Data and Messages

· Updated Block Diagram of Our IoT Platform

· Summary

· Initializing the Cloud Instance

· Register and Create

· Choosing an Operating System Image

· Choosing the Size

· Choosing a Datacenter Region

· Finalizing and Creating the Instance

· Connecting to Our Cloud Instance

· Installing Basic Software Stacks

· Installing Apache

· Installing MySQL

· Installing PHP

· Securing the Instance and Software

· It's Easier with a Domain Name

· Add Virtual Hosts to Our Web Server

· Installing SSL Certificates

· Installing [...] and Node-RED

· Modifying Node-RED Settings

· Securing our Node-RED Editor

· Summary

Chapter 6: The Message Broker

· What Is MQTT?

· Publish and Subscribe Paradigm

· Other Features of a Message Broker and MQTT

· Quality of Service

· Keep Alive Period

· Last Will and Testament

· The Retained Message

· The Best Part: WebSocket

· Are We Using the Best Message Broker Option?

· When to Utilize a Message Broker and When Not To

· Installing a Message Broker

· Securing a Message Broker

· Summary

Chapter 7: Building the Critical Components

· Creating a Time-Series Core Database

· Installing Required Nodes in Node-RED

· Creating First Flow for Our Platform

· Adding MQTT Publish Capability

· REST API Message Publisher

· Creating the Database Listener

· REST API Message Retriever

· Verifying that Everything Is Working as Expected

· Running Node-RED in the Background Continuously

· Summary

· The Difference Between WebSocket and Normal MQTT

· Why Is WebSocket Important?

· Adding WebSocket to Our MQTT Configuration

· Testing WebSocket

· Let's Add User Access Controls

· Let's Check If This Is Working

· Using the Forever Tool with the Message Broker

· Summary

· Data Access APIs

· Adding Time-Based Filters

· Data Deletion APIs

· Removing Data Records Completely

· Adding Microservices to the Platform

· Getting the Current Timestamp

· Random Code Generator

· Adding New Modules to Node-RED

· UUID Generator

· Email and Text Message Microservice APIs

· Configuration of Nodes

· SMS Sending Utility

· Email-Sending Utility

· Summary

· Start with the Rule Engine Logic

· Creating a Database

· Building the Flow Sequence

· Testing the Rule Engine

· Rule Management APIs

· Enable and Disable a Specific Rule

· Enable and Disable All Rules

· Create a New Rule

· Building Another Rule Engine with Node-RED

· Adding Authentication to the Data API

· What Are Our Options?

· What Is the Plan?

· Adding Authentication Middleware

· Enable and Test Authentication

· Our Core Platform Is Ready Now

· Summary

Chapter 11: Documentation and Testing

· Preparing a Valid OpenAPI Specification Document

· Platform API Specification File Explained

· Preparing Distribution Package for Final Upload

· Upload API Docs and Make It Live

· Authorize and Test API

· Summary

· Why learn hardware alongwith IoT platform?

· Available hardware options

· Creating bespoke designs

· Choosing the best option for your project

· Connectivity options and suitability for project

The "why" behind each topology and arrangement

· Connecting our hardware to the platform

o Using REST API

o Using MQTT

o Can you use both? Why and when?

Requirements for each mode

o Circuit specific

o Firmware specific

How to incorporate them in hardware

o Circuit specific

o Firmware specific

· Other considerations for connecting the hardware

· Summary

· Backstory of better mousetrap case study

How I got this opportunity

What does "better" mean?

How I decided to approach this problem

· System architecture

High level system design process

· Hardware selection

What are different scenarios

What is on our shortlist

· Connectivity choice

What are different scenarios

What are potential options

· Front-end application

What are different scenarios

What is on our shortlist

· Hardware arrangement

Hardware construction (overview)

How it works

· Backend buildup on the platform

What additions we need on the platform side

Testing the backend

· Dashboard for visualization

Building a basic dashboard

How to pool the data

· Additional services I built in the mousetrap application

Workflow for CRM

Client alert mechanism

Compliance reporting

Machine learning provision for intelligent pest management

Other business benefits

· Project takeaways - real life and for you (as a reader)

· Summary

· What do I mean by unlimited possibilities?

· Why is this platform so capable?

· Five ideas you can work on

One button - based on my 1btn project

o The concept

o Block diagram

o Key ideas and things to work on

o Potential applications

Smart street lamps

o The concept

o Block diagram

o Key ideas and things to work on

o Potential applications

Council garbage collection management

o The concept

o Block diagram

o Key ideas and things to work on

o Potential applications

Datacenter climate control

o The concept

o Block diagram

o Key ideas and things to work on

o Potential applications

People counter for Covid-19 gathering compliance in shops & stores

o The concept

o Block diagram

o Key ideas and things to work on

o Potential applications

· Summary

· Increasing Security for the Cloud Instance

· What About SQL Injection Through APIs?

· Should We Have Used MongoDB Instead of MySQL?

· Some Experts Might Still Try to Talk You Out of This

· How Is Our Platform Different from AWS, Google, and Azure?

· My Platform Is Ready. Now What?

· The Next Big Thing

· If You Need to Find More Resources

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