Developing Solutions Using Cisco IoT and Edge Platforms (DEVIOT)

Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

• Explain the fundamentals of Cisco IoT and list common devices involved
• List the common protocols, standards, and data flows of IoT
• Explain the Cisco IoT, common needs, and the corresponding solutions
• Explain how programmability can be used to automate and make operations, deployment, and support of Cisco IoT more effective
• Describe common Cisco IoT applications and how they apply to Cisco IoT use cases
• Explain the functions and use cases for Cisco security applications and Cisco IoT

Prerequisites

Before taking this course, you should have the following knowledge and skills:

• General software development or coding skills
• Basic functional and object-oriented programming skills
• Basic understanding of where applications live and how they are deployed in real-world scenarios
• Basic understand of how networking works
• Basic Linux OS skills: installing code language dependencies, installing code libraries, and general scripting
• Understanding of how to store code using git or another Version-Control System (VCS)

Outline

• Defining Cisco IoT
• IoT Networking and Other Devices
• Examining IoT Protocols
• Examining IoT Standards
• Recognizing Cisco IoT Needs and Solutions
• Using Programmability with Cisco IoT
• Describing Cisco IoT Applications: Cisco IOx
• Describing Cisco IoT Applications: Cisco Kinetic and Cisco Field Network Director
• Defining Cisco Security Applications

Lab outline

• Use an MQTT Consumer to Subscribe to Sensor Data
• Use Cisco IOx Applications to Receive and Process Sensor Data
• Troubleshoot a Sensor Connection
• Use and Interpret Freeboard Data
• Use and Interpret Grafana Data
• Use and Interpret Kibana Data
• Cisco IOx Familiarity Lab
• Develop and Deploy a Cisco IOx Application
• Troubleshoot Cisco IOx
• Navigate Cisco Field Network Director
• Explore Cisco Field Network Director API