Hands-On IoT Solutions with Blockchain

Cover
......Page 1
Title Page......Page 2
Copyright and Credits......Page 3
About Packt......Page 5
Contributors......Page 6
Table of Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 13
Chapter 1: Understanding IoT and Developing Devices on the IBM Watson IoT Platform......Page 18
What is IoT?......Page 19
Connected persons......Page 20
Edge computing......Page 21
Wireless (Wi-Fi) or cabled network......Page 22
Cellular/mobile network......Page 23
Low-power wide-area network (LPWAN)......Page 24
Network summary......Page 26
MQTT......Page 27
Features......Page 28
Devices, gateways, and applications......Page 29
Creating your first IoT solution......Page 30
Creating a gateway......Page 32
Creating an application......Page 34
Creating a device......Page 36
Further reading......Page 40
Technical requirements......Page 41
Solution overview......Page 42
Selecting the equipment......Page 43
Intel Edison......Page 45
Grove sensors......Page 46
Wiring the device......Page 47
Measuring soil moisture......Page 49
Measuring environmental temperature......Page 51
Turning on the relay......Page 52
Publishing events......Page 53
Monitoring the events......Page 54
Subscribing to actions......Page 61
Creating the backend application......Page 63
Creating a Cloud Foundry application in the IBM Cloud Platform......Page 64
Uploading the code......Page 65
Summary......Page 68
Further reading......Page 69
Chapter 3: Explaining Blockchain Technology and Working with Hyperledger......Page 70
What is blockchain?......Page 71
Blockchain and Hyperledger......Page 73
Hyperledger Iroha framework......Page 74
Hyperledger Composer tool......Page 75
Hyperledger Burrow framework......Page 76
Hyperledger Fabric......Page 77
Ordering Cluster......Page 79
SDK/API......Page 80
Selecting a good use case......Page 81
Blockchain – food tracking use case......Page 82
Questions......Page 83
Further reading......Page 84
Chapter 4: Creating Your Own Blockchain Network......Page 85
Creating your own blockchain network with Hyperledger Composer......Page 86
Accessing Hyperledger Composer......Page 87
Exploring the structure of a sample blockchain network......Page 90
Installing your own blockchain network using Hyperledger Fabric and Composer......Page 102
Installing Hyperledger Composer......Page 103
Step 1 – Setting up CLI Tools......Page 104
Step 3 – Hyperledger Fabric......Page 105
Installing Hyperledger Fabric 1.3 using Docker......Page 106
Summary......Page 107
Further reading......Page 108
Regulations, challenges, and concerns in the modern food chain......Page 109
Food safety regulations – ISO 22000......Page 110
How blockchain and IoT can help in a food chain......Page 111
Food ecosystem......Page 112
Opportunities and challenges in a food ecosystem......Page 113
Food manufacturers......Page 114
Regulators......Page 116
Stores and supermarkets......Page 117
Customer......Page 118
Is the food chain a good use case for IoT and blockchain technology?......Page 119
Summary......Page 120
Further reading......Page 121
The business of food......Page 122
Challenges of the process......Page 123
The process at the food factory......Page 124
The process at the distribution center......Page 125
The process at supermarkets and stores ......Page 127
The technological approach ......Page 128
Frontend applications......Page 129
IoT-based asset tracking......Page 130
API/SDK......Page 132
Hyperledger Composer – a high-level overview......Page 133
Composer REST server......Page 134
Hyperledger Composer model......Page 138
The Hyperledger Composer access control language......Page 139
Hyperledger Composer transaction processor functions......Page 140
Summary......Page 141
Questions......Page 142
Further reading......Page 143
Technical requirements......Page 144
Solution overview......Page 145
Creating a blockchain network......Page 146
Concepts and enumerations......Page 147
Participants......Page 148
Deploying and testing the business network for Hyperledger......Page 149
Manipulating assets via transactions in the blockchain......Page 152
Generating and exporting participant business cards......Page 153
Defining access control lists (ACLs)......Page 156
Upgrading the business network to a newer version......Page 158
Setting up Composer REST servers for each participant......Page 160
Hardware setup......Page 161
Firmware development......Page 164
Application development......Page 165
End-to-end testing......Page 167
Creating a FoodBox......Page 169
Transferring the asset to the transporter......Page 170
Transferring the asset to the warehouse......Page 171
Creating a pallet and adding the box to it......Page 172
Tracking the FoodBox......Page 173
Summary......Page 175
Industry 4.0......Page 176
The cloud computing model......Page 177
The IoT......Page 179
Blockchain – simplifying business chains......Page 180
Summary......Page 182
Developing cloud applications......Page 183
Development using the 12–factor application model......Page 186
Serverless computing......Page 187
The Hyperledger Composer toolkit......Page 188
Data source configuration......Page 189
Further reading......Page 190
Other Books You May Enjoy......Page 191
Index......Page 194
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