Using Ubuntu Core OS in production

1. Using Ubuntu Core OS in production Renat Galimov Full-stack developer Screenly, Inc
2. Screenly digital signage • Controlling screens over the internet using RaspberryPi • Web-panel for centralized screen management • Automatic updates • Displaying videos, images, web-sites
3. Ubuntu Core • OS for IoT and containers • Minimalistic • Secure • Easy to use
4. Updates in IoT •Unreliable •Dangerous •Unpredictable •Expensive mistakes
6. Possible solutions • Not updated • Updated by customers/users • Configuration management tools (Puppet, Ansible, ...) • Atomic updates (Docker, Ubuntu Core)
7. Not updated
8. Updated by customers
9. Configuration management tools
10. Atomic updates
11. Updates: Apt
12. Updates: Puppet
13. Updates: Core
16. Security
17. A couple of words about Resin • IoT platform • Docker fork • Needs central server
18. Entry barrier Tools: • Snapcraft • Ubuntu Image Links: • https://snapcraft.io/ • https://docs.snapcraft.io/ • https://forum.snapcraft.io/ • https://github.com/snapcore/snapd/ -> /interfaces/builtin
19. When to use + A lot of equivalent devices + Heterogeneous environment + Hard to reflash
20. Less appliable situations ± No updates, or updates happen very rare ± No access to the internet − Devices are different