# README

EdgeX Foundry Core Data Service

Core Data provides a centralized persistence facility for data readings collected by devices and sensors. Device services for devices and sensors that collect data, call on the Core Data service to store the device and sensor data on the edge system (such as in a gateway) until the data can be moved "north" and then exported to Enterprise and cloud systems.

Install and Deploy Native

Prerequisites

Serveral EdgeX Foundry services depend on ZeroMQ for communications by default. The easiest way to get and install ZeroMQ is to use or follow the following setup script: https://gist.github.com/katopz/8b766a5cb0ca96c816658e9407e83d00.

Note: Setup of the ZeroMQ library is not supported on Windows plaforms.

Installation and Execution

To fetch the code and build the microservice execute the following:

cd $GOPATH/src
go get github.com/Circutor/edgex
cd $GOPATH/src/github.com/Circutor/edgex
# pull the 3rd party / vendor packages
make prepare
# build the microservice
make cmd/core-data/core-data
# get to the core data microservice executable
cd cmd/core-data
# run the microservice (may require other dependent services to run correctly)
./core-data