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Shifu is a Kubernetes native framework designed to abstract out the complexity of interacting with IoT devices. Shifu aims to achieve TRUE plug'n'play IoT device virtualization, management, control and automation.
- Shifu let you manage and control your IoT devices extremely easily. Whenever you connect your device, Shifu will recognize it and spawn an augmented digital twin called deviceShifu for it.
- deviceShifu provides you with a high-level abstraction to interact with your device.
- By implementing the interface of the deviceShifu, your IoT device can achieve everything its designed for, and much more! For example, your device's state can be rolled back with a single line of command. (If physically permitted, of course.)
- Shifu is able to abstract deviceShifu horizontally (grouping, batch execute) and vertically (layers, allow high level command to be executed. e.g.:
factory start). For example, we can group deviceShifu of machines into a factoryShifu, and then high-level commands likefactory startwill make the whole factory start manufacturing.
- A simulation feature which allows developer to simulate a scenario before actually running will be available later.
Shifu utilized the Web of Things (WoT)' conception of Thing to describe a device to be connected.
- Within the Shifu framework, user can connect a device to the framework by simply creating a configuration about the device. After the connection is established, Shifu will automatically start managing the device.
- Shifu will need 3 types of descriptions:
- the connection type and driver, which is the "property" of the device;
- the available instructions, which is the "actions" or "services" of the device;
- the telemetries we expect to get from the device for monitoring, which is the "events" of the device.
Currently, Shifu runs on Kubernetes. We will provide more deployment methods including standalone deployment in the future.
Install Shifu on Kubernetes cluster
We prepared a demo for developers to intuitively show how Shifu is able to create and manage digital twins of any physical devices in real world.
- HTTP
- Driver implementation w/ command line execution
- ... More on the way
- Telemetry collection: shifu supports periodic collection of any telemetries from device. What telemetries to collect, how to collect, how frequent is the collection are all customizable in one single configuration file.
- Integration with Kubernetes with CRD: shifu allows any types or forms of configurations for your devices.
- Auto deviceShifu generation
- Declarative API
- Advanced Shifu Controller
- shifud
- Abstraction:
- Horizontal
- Vertical
- Simulation
If you want more features/protocols supported, please open an issue here!
| By | Protocol | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2022 | HTTP Driver w/ command line |
telemetry command proxy CRD integration |
| Q2 2022 | MQTT TCP Socket RTSP Siemens S7 OPC UA |
state machine shifu portal(frontend) |
| Q3 2022 | ONVIF | abstraction shifuController shifud |
| Q4 2022 | gRPC | simulation |
Developers and operators should 100% focus on using their creativity to make huge impacts, not fixing infrastructures and re-inventing the wheels day in and day out. As a developer and an operator, Shifu knows your pain!!! Shifu wants to take out all the underlying mess, and make us developers and operators happy again!
If every IoT device has a Shifu with it, we can leverage software to manage our surroundings, and make the whole world software defined. In a SDW, everything is intelligent, and the world around you will automatically change itself to serve your needs. After all, all the technology we built are designed to serve human beings.
Feel free to open a GitHub issue or contact us in the following ways:
- Email: [email protected]
- Wechat:
- Donoteattoomuchla
- if7369