Set up open-source integrations with Docker (Linux) - AWS IoT SiteWise
Docker setup prerequisitesDeploy the servicesVerify the deployment

Set up open-source integrations with Docker (Linux)

For a streamlined deployment process, you can use Docker to set up Node-RED®, InfluxDB®, and Grafana® on a Linux environment. This method uses pre-configured containers, allowing for rapid deployment and easier management of the components.

Docker setup prerequisites

Before you begin, verify that have the following:

Deploy the services

This deployment runs SiteWise Edge, InfluxDB, Node-RED, and Grafana on the same host.

Set up the environment

  1. Gain root access:

    sudo -i

  2. Create a .env file or export these environment variables:

    export INFLUXDB_PASSWORD=your-secure-influxdb-password
export INFLUXDB_TOKEN=your-secure-influxdb-token
export GRAFANA_PASSWORD=your-secure-grafana-password

Configure the Docker network

  • Create a bridge network using the name SiteWiseEdgeNodeRedDemoNetwork.

    docker network create --driver=bridge SiteWiseEdgeNodeRedDemoNetwork

Prepare the Docker Compose file

Copy the contents of the following YAML file to your SiteWise Edge gateway device.

services:
  influxdb:
    image: influxdb:latest
    container_name: influxdb
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:8086:8086"
    volumes:
      - influxdb-storage:/.influxdbv2
    environment:
      - DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE=setup
      - DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_USERNAME=admin
      - DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD=${INFLUXDB_PASSWORD}
      - DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG=iot-sitewise-edge
      - DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET=WindFarmData
      - DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_RETENTION=0
      - DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ADMIN_TOKEN=${INFLUXDB_TOKEN}
    networks:
      - SiteWiseEdgeNodeRedDemoNetwork
    restart: unless-stopped

  grafana:
    image: grafana/grafana:latest
    container_name: grafana
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:3000:3000"
    volumes:
      - grafana-storage:/var/lib/grafana
      - ./grafana/provisioning:/etc/grafana/provisioning
    environment:
      - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_USER=admin
      - GF_SECURITY_ADMIN_PASSWORD=${GRAFANA_PASSWORD}
      - GF_INSTALL_PLUGINS=grafana-clock-panel,grafana-simple-json-datasource
      - GF_PATHS_PROVISIONING=/etc/grafana/provisioning
      - GF_PATHS_CONFIG=/etc/grafana/grafana.ini
      - GF_LOG_LEVEL=info
    configs:
      - source: grafana_datasource
        target: /etc/grafana/provisioning/datasources/influxdb.yaml
      - source: grafana_preload_dashboard_config
        target: /etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/dashboard.yml
      - source: grafana_preload_dashboard
        target: /etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards/demo_dashboard.json
    depends_on:
      - influxdb
    networks:
      - SiteWiseEdgeNodeRedDemoNetwork
    restart: unless-stopped

  nodered:
    build:
      context: .
      dockerfile_inline: |
        FROM nodered/node-red:latest
        RUN npm install node-red-contrib-influxdb
    container_name: nodered
    ports:
      - "127.0.0.1:1880:1880"
    volumes:
      - node_red_data:/data
    environment:
      - NODE_RED_ENABLE_SAFE_MODE=false
      - NODE_RED_ENABLE_PALETTE_EDIT=true
      - NODE_RED_AUTO_INSTALL_MODULES=true
    configs:
      - source: nodered_flows
        target: /data/flows.json
      - source: nodered_settings
        target: /data/settings.js
      - source: nodered_flows_cred
        target: /data/flows_cred.json
    depends_on:
      - influxdb
    networks:
      - SiteWiseEdgeNodeRedDemoNetwork
    restart: unless-stopped

volumes:
  influxdb-storage:
  grafana-storage:
  node_red_data:

networks:
  SiteWiseEdgeNodeRedDemoNetwork:
    external: true

configs:
  grafana_datasource:
    content: |
      apiVersion: 1
      datasources:
        - name: windfarm-demo
          type: influxdb
          access: proxy
          url: http://influxdb:8086
          jsonData:
            version: Flux
            organization: iot-sitewise-edge
            defaultBucket: WindFarmData
            tlsSkipVerify: true
          secureJsonData:
            token: ${INFLUXDB_TOKEN}
          editable: false

  grafana_preload_dashboard_config:
    content: |
      apiVersion: 1
      providers:
        - name: "Dashboard provider"
          orgId: 1
          type: file
          options: 
            path: /etc/grafana/provisioning/dashboards

  grafana_preload_dashboard:
    content: |
      {
        "annotations": {
          "list": [
            {
              "builtIn": 1,
              "datasource": {
                "type": "grafana",
                "uid": "-- Grafana --"
              },
              "enable": true,
              "hide": true,
              "iconColor": "rgba(0, 211, 255, 1)",
              "name": "Annotations & Alerts",
              "type": "dashboard"
            }
          ]
        },
        "editable": true,
        "fiscalYearStartMonth": 0,
        "graphTooltip": 0,
        "id": 1,
        "links": [],
        "panels": [
          {
            "datasource": {
              "type": "influxdb",
              "uid": "PEB0DCBF338B3CEB2"
            },
            "fieldConfig": {
              "defaults": {
                "color": {
                  "mode": "palette-classic"
                },
                "custom": {
                  "axisBorderShow": false,
                  "axisCenteredZero": false,
                  "axisColorMode": "text",
                  "axisLabel": "",
                  "axisPlacement": "auto",
                  "barAlignment": 0,
                  "barWidthFactor": 0.6,
                  "drawStyle": "line",
                  "fillOpacity": 0,
                  "gradientMode": "none",
                  "hideFrom": {
                    "legend": false,
                    "tooltip": false,
                    "viz": false
                  },
                  "insertNulls": false,
                  "lineInterpolation": "linear",
                  "lineWidth": 1,
                  "pointSize": 5,
                  "scaleDistribution": {
                    "type": "linear"
                  },
                  "showPoints": "auto",
                  "spanNulls": false,
                  "stacking": {
                    "group": "A",
                    "mode": "none"
                  },
                  "thresholdsStyle": {
                    "mode": "off"
                  }
                },
                "mappings": [],
                "thresholds": {
                  "mode": "absolute",
                  "steps": [
                    {
                      "color": "green"
                    },
                    {
                      "color": "red",
                      "value": 80
                    }
                  ]
                }
              },
              "overrides": []
            },
            "gridPos": {
              "h": 8,
              "w": 12,
              "x": 0,
              "y": 0
            },
            "id": 1,
            "options": {
              "legend": {
                "calcs": [],
                "displayMode": "list",
                "placement": "bottom",
                "showLegend": true
              },
              "tooltip": {
                "hideZeros": false,
                "mode": "single",
                "sort": "none"
              }
            },
            "pluginVersion": "11.6.0",
            "targets": [
              {
                "datasource": {
                  "type": "influxdb",
                  "uid": "PEB0DCBF338B3CEB2"
                },
                "query": "from(bucket: \"WindFarmData\")\n  |> range(start: v.timeRangeStart, stop: v.timeRangeStop)\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_measurement\"] == \"TurbineData\")\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"_field\"] == \"value\")\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"name\"] == \"/Renton/WindFarm/Turbine/WindSpeed\")\n  |> filter(fn: (r) => r[\"quality\"] == \"GOOD\")\n  |> aggregateWindow(every: v.windowPeriod, fn: mean, createEmpty: false)\n  |> yield(name: \"mean\")",
                "refId": "A"
              }
            ],
            "title": "Wind Speed",
            "type": "timeseries"
          }
        ],
        "preload": false,
        "schemaVersion": 41,
        "tags": [],
        "templating": {
          "list": []
        },
        "time": {
          "from": "now-6h",
          "to": "now"
        },
        "timepicker": {},
        "timezone": "browser",
        "title": "Demo Dashboard",
        "uid": "eejtureqjo9a8c",
        "version": 2
      }

  nodered_flows:
    content: |
      [
        {
          "id": "95fce448fdd43b47",
          "type": "tab",
          "label": "Demo Flow",
          "disabled": false,
          "info": ""
        },
        {
          "id": "5f63740b66af3386",
          "type": "mqtt out",
          "z": "95fce448fdd43b47",
          "name": "Publish to MQTT broker",
          "topic": "/Renton/WindFarm/Turbine/WindSpeed",
          "qos": "1",
          "retain": "",
          "respTopic": "",
          "contentType": "",
          "userProps": "",
          "correl": "",
          "expiry": "",
          "broker": "5744207557fa19be",
          "x": 830,
          "y": 200,
          "wires": []
        },
        {
          "id": "8f2eb590d596679b",
          "type": "function",
          "z": "95fce448fdd43b47",
          "name": "Translate to SiteWise payload",
          "func": "let input = msg.payload;\nlet output = {};\n\noutput[\"propertyAlias\"] = input.name;\n\nlet propertyVal = {}\n\nlet timeInSeconds = Math.floor(input.timestamp / 1000);\nlet offsetInNanos = (input.timestamp % 1000) * 1000000;\n\npropertyVal[\"timestamp\"] = {\n    \"timeInSeconds\": timeInSeconds,\n    \"offsetInNanos\": offsetInNanos,\n};\n\npropertyVal[\"quality\"] = input.quality\n\nlet typeNameConverter = {\n    \"number\": (x) => Number.isInteger(x) ? \"integerValue\" : \"doubleValue\",\n    \"boolean\": (x) => \"booleanValue\",\n    \"string\": (x) => \"stringValue\", \n}\nlet typeName = typeNameConverter[typeof input.value](input.value)\npropertyVal[\"value\"] = {}\npropertyVal[\"value\"][typeName] = input.value;\n\noutput[\"propertyValues\"] = [propertyVal]\n\nreturn {\n    payload: JSON.stringify(output)\n};",
          "outputs": 1,
          "timeout": "",
          "noerr": 0,
          "initialize": "",
          "finalize": "",
          "libs": [],
          "x": 530,
          "y": 200,
          "wires": [
            [
              "5f63740b66af3386"
            ]
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "4b78cbdea5e3258c",
          "type": "inject",
          "z": "95fce448fdd43b47",
          "name": "Turbine Simulator",
          "props": [
            {
              "p": "payload.timestamp",
              "v": "",
              "vt": "date"
            },
            {
              "p": "payload.quality",
              "v": "GOOD",
              "vt": "str"
            },
            {
              "p": "payload.value",
              "v": "$$random()",
              "vt": "jsonata"
            },
            {
              "p": "payload.name",
              "v": "/Renton/WindFarm/Turbine/WindSpeed",
              "vt": "str"
            }
          ],
          "repeat": "1",
          "crontab": "",
          "once": false,
          "onceDelay": "",
          "topic": "",
          "x": 270,
          "y": 200,
          "wires": [
            [
              "8f2eb590d596679b"
            ]
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "b658bf337ea2e316",
          "type": "influxdb out",
          "z": "95fce448fdd43b47",
          "influxdb": "2f1c38495035d2e4",
          "name": "Store data in InfluxDB",
          "measurement": "TurbineData",
          "precision": "",
          "retentionPolicy": "",
          "database": "",
          "retentionPolicyV18Flux": "",
          "org": "iot-sitewise-edge",
          "bucket": "WindFarmData",
          "x": 840,
          "y": 340,
          "wires": []
        },
        {
          "id": "9432d39af35b202f",
          "type": "function",
          "z": "95fce448fdd43b47",
          "name": "Translate to InfluxDB payload",
          "func": "let data = msg.payload;\n\nlet timeInSeconds = data.propertyValues[0].timestamp.timeInSeconds;\nlet offsetInNanos = data.propertyValues[0].timestamp.offsetInNanos;\nlet timestampInMilliseconds = (timeInSeconds * 1000) + (offsetInNanos / 1000000);\n\nmsg.payload = [\n    {\n        \"timestamp(milliseconds_since_epoch)\": timestampInMilliseconds,\n        \"value\": data.propertyValues[0].value.doubleValue\n    },\n    {\n        \"name\": data.propertyAlias,\n        \"quality\": data.propertyValues[0].quality\n    }\n]\n\nreturn msg",
          "outputs": 1,
          "timeout": "",
          "noerr": 0,
          "initialize": "",
          "finalize": "",
          "libs": [],
          "x": 560,
          "y": 340,
          "wires": [
            [
              "b658bf337ea2e316"
            ]
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "b689403d2c80816b",
          "type": "mqtt in",
          "z": "95fce448fdd43b47",
          "name": "Subscribe to MQTT broker",
          "topic": "/Renton/WindFarm/Turbine/WindSpeed",
          "qos": "1",
          "datatype": "auto-detect",
          "broker": "5744207557fa19be",
          "nl": false,
          "rap": true,
          "rh": 0,
          "inputs": 0,
          "x": 290,
          "y": 340,
          "wires": [
            [
              "9432d39af35b202f"
            ]
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "4f59bed8e829fc35",
          "type": "comment",
          "z": "95fce448fdd43b47",
          "name": "Data Publish Flow",
          "info": "dfgh",
          "x": 270,
          "y": 160,
          "wires": []
        },
        {
          "id": "b218c7fc58c8b6e7",
          "type": "comment",
          "z": "95fce448fdd43b47",
          "name": "Data Retention flow",
          "info": "",
          "x": 270,
          "y": 300,
          "wires": []
        },
        {
          "id": "5744207557fa19be",
          "type": "mqtt-broker",
          "name": "emqx",
          "broker": "emqx",
          "port": "1883",
          "clientid": "",
          "autoConnect": true,
          "usetls": false,
          "protocolVersion": "5",
          "keepalive": 15,
          "cleansession": true,
          "autoUnsubscribe": true,
          "birthTopic": "",
          "birthQos": "0",
          "birthPayload": "",
          "birthMsg": {},
          "closeTopic": "",
          "closePayload": "",
          "closeMsg": {},
          "willTopic": "",
          "willQos": "0",
          "willPayload": "",
          "willMsg": {},
          "userProps": "",
          "sessionExpiry": ""
        },
        {
          "id": "2f1c38495035d2e4",
          "type": "influxdb",
          "hostname": "influxdb",
          "port": 8086,
          "protocol": "http",
          "database": "",
          "name": "InfluxDB",
          "usetls": false,
          "tls": "",
          "influxdbVersion": "2.0",
          "url": "http://influxdb:8086",
          "timeout": "",
          "rejectUnauthorized": false
        }
      ]

  nodered_flows_cred:
    content: |
      {
        "2f1c38495035d2e4": {
          "token": "${INFLUXDB_TOKEN}"
        }
      }

  nodered_settings:
    content: |
      module.exports = {
        flowFile: 'flows.json',
        credentialSecret: false,
        adminAuth: null,
        editorTheme: {
          projects: {
            enabled: false
          }
        }
      }

Update the SiteWise Edge deployment

  1. Navigate to the AWS IoT console

  2. Choose Greengrass devices in the left navigation menu under the Manage section, then Core devices.

  3. Select the core device connected to your SiteWise Edge Gateway.

  4. Choose the Deployments tab, then select the Deployment ID value.

  5. Choose Actions, then select Revise.

  6. Read the pop up message and then choose Revise Deployment.

  7. In Step 2 - Select components, select the following components and then choose Next.

    • aws.greengrass.clientdevices.mqtt.EMQX

    • aws.iot.SiteWiseEdgePublisher

  8. In Step 3 - Configure components, select the aws.greengrass.clientdevices.mqtt.EMQX component value and add the following network configuration:

    {
    "emqxConfig": {
        "authorization": {
            "no_match": "allow"
        },
        "listeners": {
            "tcp": {
                "default": {
                    "enabled": true,
                    "enable_authn": false
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "authMode": "bypass",
    "dockerOptions": "-p 127.0.0.1:1883:1883 --network=SiteWiseEdgeNodeRedDemoNetwork",
    "requiresPrivilege": "true"
}

  9. Choose Next.

  10. In Step 4 - Configure advanced settings, choose Next.

  11. Choose Deploy

Launch the services

  1. Start the services using the Docker Compose file. Run the following command under the directory containing the compose.yaml file.

    docker compose up -d

  2. Create an SSH tunnel to access the services:

    ssh -i path_to_your_ssh_key -L 1880:127.0.0.1:1880 -L 3000:127.0.0.1:3000 -L 8086:127.0.0.1:8086 username@gateway_ip_address

This deployment creates the following services in the SiteWiseEdgeNodeRedDemoNetwork network:

InfluxDB v2 (port 8086)

Includes pre-configured organization (iot-sitewise-edge), WindFarmData InfluxDB bucket, and admin credentials

Node-RED (port 1880)

Includes InfluxDB nodes and pre-configured flows for AWS IoT SiteWise integration

Grafana (port 3000)

Includes admin user, InfluxDB datasource, and monitoring dashboard

Access the services

After deployment, access the services using the following URLs and credentials:

Note

You can access each service from your host or the gateway machine.

Service access details
Service URL Credentials
Node-RED http://127.0.0.1:1880 No credentials required
InfluxDB http://127.0.0.1:8086

Username: admin

Password: $INFLUXDB_PASSWORD
Grafana http://127.0.0.1:3000

Username: admin

Password: $GRAFANA_PASSWORD

Verify the deployment

To ensure your deployment is successful, perform the following checks:

  1. For Node-RED, verify the presence of two preloaded flows:

    • Data publish flow

    • Data retention flow

  2. For AWS IoT SiteWise, in the AWS IoT SiteWise console, confirm the presence of a data stream with the alias /Renton/WindFarm/Turbine/WindSpeed.

  3. For InfluxDB, use the Data Explorer to verify data storage in the TurbineData measurement within the WindFarmData bucket.

  4. For Grafana, view the dashboard to confirm the display of time series data generated from Node-RED.