<s>
EdgeX	B-Language
Foundry	I-Language
is	O
a	O
vendor-neutral	O
open-source	B-License
platform	O
hosted	O
by	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
,	O
providing	O
a	O
common	O
framework	O
for	O
industrial	B-Device
IoT	I-Device
edge	B-Device
computing	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
core	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
loosely	B-Application
coupled	I-Application
microservices	O
organized	O
in	O
different	O
layers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
the	O
project	O
is	O
the	O
simplification	O
and	O
standardization	O
of	O
edge	B-Device
computing	I-Device
architectures	O
applicable	O
in	O
industrial	B-Device
IoT	I-Device
scenarios	O
,	O
where	O
a	O
heterogeneous	O
set	O
of	O
devices	O
,	O
sensors	O
,	O
actuators	O
and	O
other	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
objects	O
(	O
the	O
so-called	O
South	O
Side	O
)	O
produce	O
data	O
that	O
should	O
be	O
computed	O
,	O
and	O
eventually	O
analyzed	O
,	O
stored	O
or	O
aggregated	O
on	O
the	O
fog	B-Device
and	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
cloud	B-Architecture
(	O
the	O
so-called	O
North	O
Side	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
backend	B-Architecture
for	O
many	O
different	O
industry	O
protocols	O
is	O
provided	O
,	O
while	O
new	O
backends	B-Architecture
can	O
be	O
included	O
by	O
using	O
the	O
provided	O
SDK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
EdgeX	B-Language
Foundry	I-Language
provides	O
also	O
two	O
additional	O
layers	O
,	O
focused	O
on	O
system	O
administration	O
and	O
security	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Security	O
layer	O
contains	O
services	O
for	O
secret	O
storage	O
(	O
passwords	O
,	O
access	O
keys	O
,	O
certificates	O
)	O
and	O
an	O
API	B-Application
gateway	O
acting	O
as	O
a	O
secure	O
proxy	O
to	O
all	O
other	O
internal	O
services	O
through	O
authentication	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
EdgeX	B-Language
Foundry	I-Language
is	O
compatible	O
with	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
and	O
Linux	B-Application
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
developers	O
provide	O
docker	B-Language
containers	O
to	O
ship	O
pre-built	O
and	O
ready	O
to	O
go	B-Application
images	O
of	O
each	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Repositories	O
provide	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
docker-compose	O
files	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
easily	O
setup	O
the	O
entire	O
platform	O
by	O
selecting	O
the	O
release	O
version	O
to	O
target	O
.	O
</s>
