On-Premise
Thinger.io IoT instances can be deployed on-premise over any kind of cloud or local host, that way the user will have full control over the whole infrastructure. This section describes how to obtain an On-premise license and how to deploy a private Thinger.io On-premise instance within minutes. Just follow the next steps:
On-premise instances can be deployed with different licenses, depending on the project requirements, mainly in terms of platform features like rebrands, custom domains, additional support, plugins, etc. License codes can be purchased here.
| MEDIUM | LARGE | UNLIMITED |
Hardware requirements | 1 Cores, 1GB RAM | 2 Cores, 4GB RAM | Unlimited |
Devices/Assets | 1000 | 2000 | Unlimited |
Plugins | 3 | 5 | Unlimited |
Multitenant | Up to 5 | Up to 5 | Unlimited |
Business Features | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Rebranding | 1 | 5 | Unlimited |
Custom Domain | 1 | 5 | Unlimited |
MQTT Support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
Guest accounts | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Extended support | Available | Available | ✓ |
HA Cluster | | | Available |
Recommended use | Business B2B or B2B2C IoT product | Consultancies with multiple projects | Companies without limits |
After contacting our team you will receive an email with the link to set up the payment method using our subscription management tool which is always available on this link. in order to make modifications to the subscription or the payment method.
Once you have received the license token by email, it is possible to easily deploy Thinger.io on your host with a few commands. Before starting this guide, please, install Docker Engine and Docker Compose in your computer or server.
This guide assumes you are installing Thinger.io on a fresh Linux host with Docker support, as it will run databases like
MongoDB and InfluxDB, and will start listening on several ports: 80, 443, 1883,8883, 25200, 25202, 25204 and 25206 . It will also create a root directory in /data where all the Thinger.io data and database information will be stored.To start, just launch the following command that will download the
docker-compose file associated to your license:curl https://subscriptions.thinger.io/v1/docker-compose.yml?token={LICENSE} -o docker-compose.yml
Never share or publish your LICENSE key as it may consist of a security risk for your host. License keys are issued per host, so do not reuse them between hosts.
Ensure that your
docker-compose file has been downloaded correctly:cat docker-compose.yml
It should display something like the following:
docker-compose.yml
version: '3.7'
services:
# Thinger.io server
thinger:
image: thinger/server:latest
container_name: thinger
user: root
volumes:
# for controlling docker engine
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
# folder for storing thinger generated data (maxmind, certificates, plugins...)
- /data/thinger:/data
entrypoint:
- thinger
- -v0
- --runpath=/data
environment:
- TOKEN=ce84fc9f089227a4828f66c470d9319533611ee37adc41676ba1ef5a92bd1dca0f2258962d19627010525e437c2cbf48a
- HOST_VOLUME=/data/thinger
network_mode: host
restart: always
logging:
driver: "json-file"
options:
max-size: "200k"
max-file: "10"
healthcheck:
test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost/v1/server/healthcheck"]
interval: 1m
timeout: 5s
retries: 3
start_period: 2m
depends_on:
- mongodb
- influxdb
# mongodb
mongodb:
image: mongo:4
container_name: "mongodb"
environment:
- MONGO_DATA_DIR=/data/db
- MONGO_LOG_DIR=/dev/null
- MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_USERNAME=thinger
- MONGO_INITDB_ROOT_PASSWORD=PiIcgpUcl0r5xUb/cXP8WS5G
- MONGO_INITDB_DATABASE=thinger
volumes:
- /data/mongodb:/data/db
ports:
- 127.0.0.1:27017:27017
command: mongod --quiet
restart: always
logging:
driver: "json-file"
options:
max-size: "200k"
max-file: "10"
# influxdb
influxdb:
image: influxdb:2.4
container_name: influxdb2
ports:
# The API for InfluxDB is served on port 8086
- 8086:8086
volumes:
- /data/influxdb2:/var/lib/influxdb2
environment:
- DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_MODE=setup
- DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_USERNAME=thinger
- DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_PASSWORD=PiIcgpUcl0r5xUb/cXP8WS5G
- DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ORG=thinger
- DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_BUCKET=thinger
- DOCKER_INFLUXDB_INIT_ADMIN_TOKEN=ce84fc9f089227a4828f66c470d9319533611ee37adc41676ba1ef5a92bd1dca0f2258962d19627010525e437c2cbf48a
- INFLUXDB_REPORTING_DISABLED=true
restart: always
logging:
driver: "json-file"
options:
max-size: "200k"
max-file: "10"
# ouroboros
ouroboros:
container_name: ouroboros
hostname: ouroboros
image: pyouroboros/ouroboros
environment:
- CLEANUP=true
- INTERVAL=600
- LOG_LEVEL=info
- SELF_UPDATE=true
- MONITOR=thinger
restart: always
volumes:
- /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
logging:
driver: "json-file"
options:
max-size: "200k"
max-file: "10"
depends_on:
- thinger
Then, if everything seems to be correct, just run the following command to start all the processes defined in
docker-compose.yml and run them in detached mode with -d option:docker-compose up -d
If everything goes fine, it should show something like the following information (it may take several minutes to complete depending on your network connection):
[email protected]:~# docker-compose up -d
Creating network "root_default" with the default driver
Pulling thinger (thinger/server:latest)...
latest: Pulling from thinger/server
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Status: Downloaded newer image for thinger/server:latest
Pulling mongodb (mongo:4)...
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Pulling ouroboros (pyouroboros/ouroboros:)...
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Status: Downloaded newer image for pyouroboros/ouroboros:latest
Creating mongodb ... done
Creating ouroboros ... done
Creating influxdb ... done
Creating thinger ... done
Then, the Thinger.io instance and the associated databases will be running:
[email protected]:~# docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
c7075dd45e5d mongo:4 "docker-entrypoint.s…" 43 minutes ago Up 43 minutes 127.0.0.1:27017->27017/tcp mongodb
ff9d6178773b influxdb:2.4 "/entrypoint.sh infl…" 43 minutes ago Up 43 minutes 127.0.0.1:8082->8082/tcp, 127.0.0.1:8086->8086/tcp, 127.0.0.1:8089->8089/udp influxdb
8ee8b4c924dd thinger/server:latest "thinger -v1 --runpa…" 47 minutes ago Up 43 minutes (healthy) thinger
eee1b9479368 pyouroboros/ouroboros "ouroboros" 47 minutes ago Up 47 minutes ouroboros
Then, you can access your on-premise instance by pointing your browser to your host IP address.
The latest versions of Ubuntu come with
UFW (the default firewall configuration tool for Ubuntu). It may be blocking Thinger.io ports by default. Configure it properly or disable it (not recommended) with sudo ufw disableTo start working with your on-premise installation, just follow the next steps:
- 1.Access the server by writing the local IP address of your host, for example: https://192.168.1.100. This step should show the Thinger.io login screen after accepting to use a self-signed certificate (the browser will ask you about a security issue with the certificate).
- 2.Note that this server has never been accessed before, and it is a completely isolated instance so there is not any user account created. Then, it is necessary to click on
Create an accountbutton, and fill the form to create a new user profile using theAdmin Emailaddress provided in the license configuration (any other address will not be authorized to sign up). - 3.After creating the new account it is possible to access the new server. It is not necessary to confirm the mail address.
When working with a private Thinger.io instance, it is necessary to point your devices to the newly created server. If you are using the Arduino or Linux client libraries, i.e., for Arduino, ESP8266, ESP32, Raspberry Pi, etc., you should add a definition on top of your code to point to your host. So, modify your sketch like this:
#define THINGER_SERVER "192.168.1.100"
// the rest of your code goes here
If this host definition is not provided, your devices will try to connect with the public instance.
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