QuickStart Guide
Installation and Deployments
6min
the litmus edge operating system can be deployed in several ways litmus edge deployment models the most common installation scenarios are installation on a physical hardware device such as an ipc (industrial pc) installation as a vm (virtual machine) you can install as a vm using the following virtual environments oracle virtualbox vmware esxi vmware workstation player qemu emulator kvm windows hyper v installation on docker installation on kubernetes to determine the best approach for installation, you must first establish how litmus edge is to be used collect data for an asset or line base if litmus edge is used to collect data on an asset or line base, the most common form of deployment is an installation on a physical device such as an ipc (industrial pc) device the ipc is installed close to the asset or line, often within the same cabinet as the data source, such as a plc (programmable logic controller), cnc (computer numerical control), robotic system, or dcs (distributed control system) it is connected through one of its network cards to the vlan of the asset or line the second network card connects the device to the plant ot (operational technology) network and allows for access using the web ui (user interface) collect data for a section or plant if litmus edge is used to collect data for a section or plant level that includes several lines or assets, the choice may be to deploy it as a virtual system this is usually done using managed virtual environments such as vmware esxi the virtual machine runs inside the virtualized environment and connects to the data sources through the plant ot network this requires that routing allows the vm to reach every data source located within isolated vlans development system the installation as virtual machine using oracle virtualbox is another option this is usually a development system for example, in a pov (proof of value) project, or where many stakeholders test the system and it is not feasible to provide a physical device to everyone mixed installation it is also possible to use a mixed installation this combines the deployment of physical devices on an asset or line basis and the deployment of a virtualized system as a consolidation layer see verified vm versions docid\ xf4libp1ms2tlkz7mrokp and validated gateway devices docid d4o9yag8vvgvjdcsitya for more information next steps ova installation on virtual machine docid j4gjysgalza0zbzmrkjc iso installation on hypervisors docid\ no5rrtvn3dfdiiqukmtvq iso installation on an industrial pc (ipc) docid\ f9qx v4ijxs4ufsqudjy4 docker installation docid 0ovl3cad7b566dhnv lmi zerotouch installation docid 42eb 5ywov3d qhktfey kubernetes installation docid\ tvwdm 0alxs7lxq ookqp raspberry pi installation docid\ dik876cghcviyejq2as2j license server installation docid 5zxhxp 3jkexltuujxwqu