Eclipse Kanto - Yocto Layer

This layer provides support for building the necessary Eclipse Kanto components.

The layer depends on the meta-virtualization one. If the edge containerization (i.e. Eclipse Kanto container management) is to be included in your target Yocto image, you need to enable the required by this layer virtualization. To do that, add in the configuration file the following line:

DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " virtualization"

For further fine-tuning and options see the meta-virtualization README.

Dependencies

Required for enabling the cloud connectivity and virtualization. Could be used as a single dependency if only suite connector is needed to be built.

URI: git://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded.git layers:

• meta-networking

Required for enabling edge containerization

URI: git://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-virtualization

Table of Contents

1. Adding the meta-kanto layer to your build
2. Required image configurations
3. Example image configuration

Adding the meta-kanto layer to your build

Run:

bitbake-layers add-layer meta-kanto

Required image configurations

The following configurations are required so that the included recipes from the meta-kanto layer are properly installed and enabled:

1. Configure the system initialization manager to systemd https://www.yoctoproject.org/docs/3.1/dev-manual/dev-manual.html#using-systemd-exclusively

2. Since kernel configurations are required, you need to set the MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS variable to include kernel modules. To do that, add in the configuration file the following line:

MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-modules"

Example image configuration

# Add the required DISTRO_FEATURES
DISTRO_FEATURES:append = " virtualization systemd"

# Configure the kernel modules required to be included
MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_EXTRA_RRECOMMENDS += "kernel-modules"

# System initialization manager setup
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_init_manager = "systemd"
DISTRO_FEATURES_BACKFILL_CONSIDERED = "sysvinit"
VIRTUAL-RUNTIME_initscripts = "systemd-compat-units"

# Add the Eclipse Kanto components
IMAGE_INSTALL:append = " suite-connector"

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