gittyup

Hackathon project to perform device management using GitOps!

The flow is simple;

1. Clone the configuration git repository
2. Update the git repository (e.g. git pull)
3. Apply device profile using local thin-edge.io operation

That's it. Now, if you make changes to the configuration git repository, then gittyup will fetch the change and apply the changes.

Information about the device, like what repo/branch/commit is applied on the device is stored on the digital twin. Below shows an example of this information:

{
    "gittyup": {
        "commit": "fd296db59f94ad46b370a02ac74250f03bb1af54",
        "branch": "tedge_rugpi_rpi-tryboot-containers",
        "url": "https://github.com/thin-edge/gittyup-linux-mainstream.git"
    }
}

Or you can check the status locally on the thin-edge.io MQTT broker using the following command:

tedge mqtt sub te/+/+/+/+/twin/gittyup

Installation and configuration

1. Install the gittup service

   apt-get update
   apt-get install gittyup

   Note

   If apt can't find the package, then you will need to run the following command to setup the thin-edge.io community repository:

   curl -1sLf \
   'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/thinedge/community/setup.deb.sh' \
   | sudo -E bash

2. Configure the git repository which

   file: /etc/gittyup/config.toml

   [repository]
   url = "https://github.com/thin-edge/gittyup-linux-mainstream.git"
   # Optional branch, otherwise the tedge device.type will be used as the branch name
   # branch = "main"

   You can fork the gittyup-linux-mainstream repository to build your own.

3. Start/restart the service

   systemctl enable gittyp.service
   systemctl start gittyp.service

Screenshots

Events are used to show progress when a device profile is being applied locally.

And you can check if the gittyup service is functional by checking the status on the service page.