Tag “open source”

OSTree Static Deltas

May 3, 2021

Posted by Andy Doan in fota

Rolling out big OTA updates efficiently is something we are often asked about. This article will talk about a feature in OSTree called static deltas and how they make platform updates more efficient.

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What's Aktualizr-lite Thinking?

Feb 23, 2021

Posted by Andy Doan in fota

As the creator of aktualizr-lite, I often underestimate the difficulty in understanding what aktualizr-lite is trying to do. Rather than typing the same few things in Slack over and over, I thought I'd try to write down what aktualizr-lite is "thinking".

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FoundriesFactory TUF Keys Rotation

Mar 5, 2020

Posted by Marc Streeter in fota

Built on a vision that the latest software is the most secure, software updates are central to the FoundriesFactory security story. What happens, however, when software delivery is compromised? Is recovery complicated? Enter TUF key rotation!

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FoundriesFactory: Modern tooling for Embedded Linux

Nov 18, 2019

Posted by Tyler Baker in fota, microplatform, foundriesfactory, toradex, lmp, iot, security

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Docker App Support in Aktualizr

Sep 23, 2019

Posted by Andy Doan in fota

Aktualizr has gained support for Docker Apps. This is a powerful feature, but hasn't really been described well ... until now!

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Introducing Aktualizr-lite

Sep 8, 2019

Posted by Andy Doan in fota

Earlier this year, I found myself pushing the idea of an "anonymous mode" for the Aktualizr project which is the OTA agent running in the LMP. This turned into "aktualizr-lite" and has recently become the default OTA agent used by the LMP. This article explains what aktualizr-lite is and why we are using it.

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Adding a REST API to OTA Connect

Aug 9, 2018

Posted by Andy Doan in fota

The OTA blog series left users with a secured OTA Connect server. This article will describe how you can deploy an easy-to-use REST API to manage your devices.

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Securing OTA Connect

Jul 12, 2018

Posted by Andy Doan in fota

Part three of this blog series showed how to deploy an OTA Connect service in Google Kubernetes Engine that had a few security holes. This article will describe how to secure it.

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Deploying OTA Connect

Jun 27, 2018

Posted by Andy Doan in fota

Continuing with the OTA blog series part one and part two, this article shows you how to deploy OTA Connect using the OTA Community Edition into Google's Kubernetes Engine (GKE). After completion of these instructions, you'll have an OTA Connect server available on the internet with a single QEMU device registered to it.

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What Is OTA Connect

Jun 14, 2018

Posted by Andy Doan in fota

Continuing with the OTA blog series, this article will explain what OTA Connect is and how it implements the TUF/Uptane/OSTree specifications.

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