Offline Installation Digital Factory Demo

7 min

Offline Installation Digital Factory Demo

Estimated time: 15 minutes, most of it uploading

Overview

Use this path when Litmus Edge has no internet access. A single installer image carries every Digital Factory Demo component as bundled tarballs. It loads them into Litmus Edge, starts the stack, and template_applyer configures Litmus Edge automatically. There are no manual configuration steps.

The energy dashboards fetch weather and utility rates from public APIs, so their weather and price panels stay empty without internet. Everything else works offline.

1. Download

Download Files For OFFLINE Installation v4.0.0 from the Digital Factory Demo solution page. The zip contains demo_install_offline.tar.gz (~3 GB) and a README.

2. Upload the installer image

In Litmus Edge, go to Applications > Images > (+) > Upload > Select Docker image and upload demo_install_offline.tar.gz.

If the browser upload of a file this size fails, upload it over FTP instead. See Manage FTP and System Services, Add an FTP User and Manage FTP Users.

3. Run the installer

Go to Applications > Containers > Run and enter:

docker run --rm \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -e EDGE_API_TOKEN=init \
  -e EDGE_URL=172.29.0.1:8443 \
  litmus/demo_install_offline:latest

EDGE_API_TOKEN=init makes template_applyer generate its own Litmus Edge API token on first login. To use an existing token instead, pass it as EDGE_API_TOKEN.

Allow a few minutes for the images to load and the stack to start.

4. Verify

You should see four containers in Litmus Edge:

simulation_servers
demo_postgres
demo_grafana
template_applyer   (Exited 0 - this is correct)

In Litmus Edge, DeviceHub > Devices lists 16 devices (P1_L1_Machine1_1_OPC through P2_L2_Machine4_1_Rockwell), and Flows Manager shows four flows: 1. Production, 2. Process Control, 3. Startup and Maintenance and 4. Energy Monitoring, CBM and CDM.

5. Open Grafana

Browse to http://<le-ip>:3000.

Change the password, or skip.

Dashboards fill in as data accumulates. SPC panels show data within minutes; daily production, OEE and downtime summaries become meaningful after the stack has run for a few hours.

Uninstall

docker run --rm -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -e COMPOSE_COMMAND=DOWN litmus/demo_install_offline:latest