AWS Greengrass
Local compute, messaging, data caching, sync, and ML inference capabilities for connected devices.
Run IoT applications seamlessly across the AWS cloud and local devices using AWS Lambda and AWS IoT Core.
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AWS Greengrass is software that lets you run local compute, messaging, data caching, sync, and ML inference capabilities for connected devices in a secure way. With AWS Greengrass, connected devices can run AWS Lambda functions, keep device data in sync, and communicate with other devices securely – even when not connected to the Internet. Using AWS Lambda, Greengrass ensures your IoT devices can respond quickly to local events, use Lambda functions running on Greengrass Core to interact with local resources, operate with intermittent connections, stay updated with over the air updates, and minimize the cost of transmitting IoT data to the cloud.
ML Inference is a feature of AWS Greengrass that makes it easy to perform machine learning inference locally on Greengrass Core devices using models that are built and trained in the cloud. To sign up for the preview of ML Inference, click here.
AWS Greengrass seamlessly extends AWS to devices so they can act locally on the data they generate, while still using the cloud for management, analytics, and durable storage. With Greengrass, you can use familiar languages and programming models to create and test your device software in the cloud, and then deploy it to your devices. AWS Greengrass can be programmed to filter device data and only transmit necessary information back to the cloud. AWS Greengrass authenticates and encrypts device data at all points of connection using the security and access management capabilities of AWS IoT Core. This way, data is never exchanged between devices when they communicate with each other and the cloud, without proven identity.
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Benefits
Respond to Local Events in Near Real-time
Operate Offline
Secure Communication
Simplified Device Programming with AWS Lambda
Reduce the Cost of Running IoT Applications
How It Works
AWS Greengrass lets you build IoT solutions that connect different types of devices with the cloud and each other. Devices that run Linux and support ARM or x86 architectures can host the Greengrass Core. The Greengrass Core enables the local execution of AWS Lambda code, messaging, data caching, and security.
Devices running AWS Greengrass Core act as a hub that can communicate with other devices that have the AWS IoT Device SDK installed, such as microcontroller based devices or large appliances.
AWS Greengrass Core devices and the AWS IoT Device SDK-enabled devices can be configured to communicate with one another in a Greengrass Group. If the Greengrass Core device loses connectivity to the cloud, devices in the Greengrass Group can continue to communicate with each other over the local network. A Greengrass Group may represent one floor of a building, one truck, or an entire mining site.
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