Management Applications

The Ioto source distribution and the Ioto Apps package contain a suite of When the Ioto agent is built, a selected management application will also be built.

Some management apps provide browser-based UIs that are VueJS apps. These apps communicate with either the local Ioto web server or with the cloud-based Ioto service.

Name	Directory	Type	Description
auth	Ioto	Local	Test user login and authentication app.
demo	Ioto	Tailored	Cloud-based demo app for Ioto with data exchange.
eco	Ioto	Tailored	Cloud-based Eco House sample app.
noapp	Ioto	N/A	Headless application without a UI.
cloudkick	Ioto Apps	Complete	Cloud-based version of Kickstart.
console	Ioto Apps	Local	Local developer console for Ioto.
kickstart	Ioto Apps	Complete	Local Kickstart sample "router" management app.
manager	Ioto Apps	Standard	Cloud-based device manager developer console for Ioto.

Building

The Apps bundled with the Ioto distribution have either no UI or use the standard Ioto Device Manager. Read Building for details of how to build the auth, demo, eco and noapp apps.

The other apps are provided as part of the Ioto Apps download package. Read Building Apps for details.

Application Structure

Each application directory is organized with a similar directory /file structure:

Name	Description
Makefile	Top-level makefile for the application
README.md	Integrated documentation for the app
config	Directory containing the ioto.json5 and other configuration files
ui	VueJS user interface app (if present)
src	Device-resident code to integrate with Ioto

If the app provides a user interface, the ui directory will contain:

Name	Description
src	UI VueJS source code for the app
ui/vite.config.js	Vite build configuration instructions
reports	Build assets size metrics
Makefile	UI Makefile
ui/public	Public assets for the UI (html pages, style sheets, images)
ui/public/index.html	UI home page