Manage Edge Services

Edge Service

Edge service NeuronEX can realize data collection, data preprocessing, edge computing and other capabilities. In many industrial scenarios, a large number of edge services need to be deployed to achieve data interconnection, global optimization and agile production.

ECP supports the batch creation and management of hundreds of edge service instances in Kubernetes, docker and other environments, and supports edge service configuration management and batch configuration distribution, and accelerate the rapid deployment and implementation of IIOT projects.

ECP supports the management of edge services through managed and hosted:

• Managed: Managed refers to the edge service created and deployed by users.
• Hosted: Hosted refers to the edge service created and deployed by the ECP platform. The hosted edge service supports deployment, start, stop, and upgrade by ECP.

Managed mode, ECP supports two methods: Managed - Direct Connection and Managed - Agent. Users can choose the appropriate management method according to the actual scenario.

Hosting mode, ECP supports Host Edge Services By Docker method.

For the functional differences between hosted and managed edge services, see Functional Difference Between Managed and Hosted Edge Services.

Please refer to the following chapters for the specific content of this chapter:

• Managed Edge Services
• Managed Edge Services By Agent
• Host Edge Services By Docker
• Upgrade Edge Services
• Edge Service Operations
• Edge Service Config Management and Delivery
• Edge Service Monitoring
• Authenticate Edge Services
• Tags
• Edge Cloud Tunnel

Access Edge Services Workspace

After logging in, you can find the Workspace option in the ribbon area. Click on it to navigate to the Workspace - Edge Services page. This page provides an overview of the edge services hosted or managed by ECP and displays the current number of members in your organization.

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System admin, organization admin, project admin, and regular users all can access this page, however, regular users do not have access to the administration page.

For the permission of each role, see Permissions and Roles.

There are some functional differences between ECP deployments based on Kubernetes and those based on Docker. For details, see Kubernetes vs. Docker Deployments.

NeuronEX Information Sync and Search

Sync NeuronEX Information

On the edge services list page, ECP provides the Sync All NeuronEX Information feature to batch collect and store detailed information from all online NeuronEX instances.

After clicking the first button in the upper right corner, ECP will automatically call the interfaces of all online NeuronEX to collect and store the following information:

• South Driver Name
• Group Name
• Tag Name
• North Application Name
• Source Name
• Rule Name
• Rule Id

After synchronization is complete, all information will be stored in the ECP platform for subsequent search and management.

Search NeuronEX Information

The edge services list page provides powerful search functionality to quickly locate NeuronEX information.

Search Methods:

1. Fuzzy Search: Enter keywords in the search box, and the system will automatically perform fuzzy matching across all fields and return relevant edge service nodes.

2. Specified Field Search: Supports precise search by the following fields:

   • Edge Service Name
   • Edge Node Name
   • South Driver
   • North Application
   • Source Name
   • Rule Name
   • All

Search Results:

After performing a search, the edge services list page will only display NeuronEX nodes that match the search conditions, and nodes that do not match will be filtered out to quickly locate target edge services.

Functional Difference Between Managed and Hosted Edge Services

Hosted Edge Services: Hosted edge services are edge services NeuronEX created and deployed by the ECP platform.

Managed Edge Services: Managed edge services are edge services NeuronEX created and deployed by users and then added to ECP for management.

ECP supports deploying edge services directly by ECP through Docker and Kubernetes (under development). The functional differences between hosted and managed edge services are as follows:

Function Category	Function Name	Hosted Edge Service	Managed Edge Service
Edge Management Service	Edge Service NeuronEX Management	✅	✅
	Edge Service Monitoring	✅	✅
	Edge Service Alarm	✅	✅
	Edge Service Log Management	✅	✅
	Edge Service Configuration Delivery	✅	✅
	Tags	✅	✅
	Batch Installation	✅	❌
	Batch Upgrade	✅	❌
	Batch Start/Stop Control	✅	❌