Operations on Edge Applications

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Introduction

Just like any other application, software, or operating system, you can edit, clone, or delete the edge application for better compatibility, increased security, and availability of the latest features with different devices or applications enhanced features resulting in enhanced user experience. You can perform these operations through one of ZEDEDA Cloud's supported user agents. User agents communicate with your edge nodes through ZEDEDA Cloud, an EVE controller.
 
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Let's now see how to perform different operations on the Edge Applications.
 

Operations using the ZEDEDA GUI

After you have onboarded (created) the Edge Application, the following are the life cycle operations you can perform through the ZEDEDA GUI.
 

Filter and View Edge Apps

  1. Navigate to Library > Marketplace > Edge Apps in the left navigation menu.
  2. Select the Filter icon in the upper right corner to open search options.
  3. In the Project field, select or enter the project name (for example, test).
  4. Click Filter to display only edge apps associated with the chosen Project, App Type, Update, or Tags.

Update an Existing Edge App

  1. After you have filtered or scrolled, select an edge app card from the list.
  2. Click the Edit icon (pencil symbol).
  3. Update edge app configuration parameters:
    • Tags: Add or update key-value pairs to organize edge app metadata.
    • Deployment Type: Select options such as Standalone deployment.
    • Resource Allocation: Adjust allocated CPU, Memory, and Storage settings as required.
    • Variable Groups / Variable Types: Configure required parameters, data types, and default values.
  4. Click Save to apply the configuration updates.
 

Note: If you edit the Edge Application Type as 'Container', see Add a Container as an Edge App Type to view the field parameters and update them, if required. If you edit the Edge Application Type as 'Virtual Machine', see Add a Virtual Machine as an Edge App Type to view the field parameters and update them if required.

 
You can now see the Edge Application reflect the updated fields, which were updated as a part of this operation.
 

Clone

Instead of creating the same application from scratch, you can clone the already created application. Clone the application using the following steps:
  1. Click on the More (More_icon.png) icon on the top right corner.
  2. From the dropdown, select 'Clone'.
  3. The screen with all the parameters populated appears. Make sure to check if the parameters are appropriate or need to be changed accordingly.
 
Note: The 'Name' of the application has to be changed, as it is unique across the Enterprise.
 

Delete

If you no longer require the particular Edge Application, you could delete using the following steps:
  1. Click on the More (More_icon.png) icon on the top right corner.
  2. From the dropdown, select 'Delete'.
  3. Click the 'Confirm' button.

 

Note: There is no way to reclaim the data, after the delete operation is performed.
 
Deleting the Edge Application results in the removal of this particular application from the 'Edge Apps added in enterprise' in the above screen.
 

Operations Using zCLI

To login to ZEDEDA Cloud through zCLI, see ZEDEDA CLI Overview. 
 

Edit (Update)

You can update the Edge Application using the following command:
zcli> zcli edge-app update <name> [--title=<title>] [--description=<description>] [--manifest=<manifest>]
Options–
  • <name> Edge Application name
  • --title=<title> Edge Application title
  • --description=<description> Description of the Edge Application 
  • --manifest=<manifest> Edge Application manifest file
 

Delete

You can delete the Edge Application using the following command:
zcli> zcli edge-app delete <name> [-f]
 
Note: -f is to forcefully make the delete request to the ZEDEDA Cloud, without prompting the user.
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