Mainflux.mainflux/ws

WebSocket adapter

WebSocket adapter provides an WebSocket API for sending and receiving messages through the platform.

Configuration

The service is configured using the environment variables presented in the following table. Note that any unset variables will be replaced with their default values.

Variable	Description	Default
MF_WS_ADAPTER_CLIENT_TLS	Flag that indicates if TLS should be turned on	false
MF_WS_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS	Path to trusted CAs in PEM format
MF_WS_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL	Log level for the WS Adapter	error
MF_WS_ADAPTER_PORT	Service WS port	8180
MF_NATS_URL	NATS instance URL	nats://localhost:4222
MF_JAEGER_URL	Jaeger server URL	localhost:6831
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_URL	Things service Auth gRPC URL	localhost:8181
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_TIMEOUT	Things service Auth gRPC request timeout in seconds	1

Deployment

The service is distributed as Docker container. The following snippet provides a compose file template that can be used to deploy the service container locally:

version: "2"
services:
  ws:
    image: mainflux/ws:[version]
    container_name: [instance name]
    ports:
      - [host machine port]:[configured port]
    environment:
      MF_NATS_URL: [NATS instance URL]
      MF_WS_ADAPTER_PORT: [Service WS port]
      MF_WS_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL: [WS adapter log level]
      MF_WS_ADAPTER_CLIENT_TLS: [Flag that indicates if TLS should be turned on]
      MF_WS_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS: [Path to trusted CAs in PEM format]
      MF_JAEGER_URL: [Jaeger server URL]
      MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_URL: [Things service Auth gRPC URL]
      MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_TIMEOUT: [Things service Auth gRPC request timeout in seconds]

To start the service outside of the container, execute the following shell script:

# download the latest version of the service
git clone https://github.com/mainflux/mainflux

cd mainflux

# compile the ws
make ws

# copy binary to bin
make install

# set the environment variables and run the service
MF_NATS_URL=[NATS instance URL] \
MF_WS_ADAPTER_PORT=[Service WS port] \
MF_WS_ADAPTER_LOG_LEVEL=[WS adapter log level] \
MF_WS_ADAPTER_CLIENT_TLS=[Flag that indicates if TLS should be turned on] \
MF_WS_ADAPTER_CA_CERTS=[Path to trusted CAs in PEM format] \
MF_JAEGER_URL=[Jaeger server URL] \
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_URL=[Things service Auth gRPC URL] \
MF_THINGS_AUTH_GRPC_TIMEOUT=[Things service Auth gRPC request timeout in seconds] \
$GOBIN/mainflux-ws

Usage

For more information about service capabilities and its usage, please check out the WebSocket paragraph in the Getting Started guide.