| ID | product.edge.edge_agent |
|---|---|
| Description | Containerized agent running on local gateways. |
| Key | edge_agent |
| Type | microservice:service |
| Team | Edge Platform |
| Owner | edge-platform@iotgateway.example |
| Status | active |
| Technologies | Rust, MQTT, SQLite, Protobuf |
| Attributes | footprint: 48MB, language: Rust, runtime: container |
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Table of contents
Guide
Edge Agent
The Edge Agent is the workhorse process on every gateway. It loads the device drivers, pulls readings off the local bus, persists them durably so nothing is lost during a network blip, and streams them up to cloud ingestion over MQTT. It is also the channel through which firmware and config updates land on the box.
Store-and-forward by default
The agent never assumes the network is up. Every reading is written to the Local Buffer first, then published. On reconnect the backlog drains in order — at-least-once, oldest-first.