Austrian IoT tech specialist has expanded its Linux-based KontronOS operating system, adding new functionality to IoT and embedded computing. Thanks to this expansion of KontronOS, Kontron susietec IoT Bundles now offer greater flexibility for cross-industry IoT applications. With the susietec IoT Bundles, Kontron supports international digital transformation projects with specially matched solutions consisting of software and hardware products.

The latest update of KontronOS allows secure installation and update of native applications in addition to Docker containers, while the subsystem remains in read-only mode. This ensures a significantly higher level of security, because the system core remains impenetrable.

The KontronOS update function includes both the operating system and customer applications. This provides a flexible and secure environment for the widest range of applications. The integration of this new functionality makes KontronOS a stronger platform for secure operation of device fleets over the long term. In conjunction with the remoting solution, updates and maintenance can also easily be carried out remotely.

The new version of the KontronOS operating system based on hardened Linux sees the range of KontronGrid IoT Bundles for fleet management of edge devices expanded to include the box PCs KBox A-151-TGL and KBox A-151-EKL. This is designed to give customers greater flexibility when choosing their hardware, for both low-power IoT applications and data-intensive IoT edge and AI applications.

By orchestrating container automation, the KontronGrid IoT Bundle simplifies installation and deployment for complex applications. Environment variables, bind mounts, and remote files no longer need to be configured manually. Existing Docker sets can be used for template configurations to efficiently carry out mass updates.

Moreover, thanks to the extended REST APIs, the templates for mass updates can now also be triggered automatically. For this purpose, template components such as Docker containers, Docker Compose and remote files are managed directly via the REST API and then rolled out to edge devices.

The FabEagleConnect interface integration solution now supports the secure KontronOS operating system and the KontronGrid fleet management solution in the Connect IoT Bundle. This allows customers to combine the three IoT core elements – connectivity, security and IoT device management – with the KBox series hardware.