Overview - Architecture - Containers

The Blinky-Lite architecture is based on Linux containers. A Linux container is a set of one or more processes that are isolated from the rest of the system. All the files necessary to run them are provided from a distinct image, meaning Linux containers are portable and consistent. Because of their popularity and ease of use, Linux containers make Blinky-Lite very extendable. Containers are also an important part of IT security. For example, all the Linux containers in Blinky-Lite communicate on an isolated container network.

Blinky-Lite Linux containers are managed by Portainer which itself is a linux container with an easy-to-use web interface. The core containers of Blinky-Lite are the application server, the database for storing data and application configuration, and the notification server for alarm handling.

Portainer container in Blinky-Lite

Application server container in Blinky-Lite

Mongo-DB Database container in Blinky-Lite

Notification container in Blinky-Lite.