jetson nano aws greengrass

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I am new to AWS, I want to install AWS greengrass on my jetson nano. Please tell me the process. I read many links that increased my confusion

Hi garimakaushik134, here is a process to follow to install AWS Greengrass v1.9.1 on Jetson Nano:

  1. Setup your Jetson Nano Developer Kit with the SD card image.
  2. Run the following commands on your Nano to create greengrass user and group:
    $ sudo adduser --system ggc_user
    $ sudo addgroup --system ggc_group
    
  3. Setup your AWS account and Greengrass group during this page: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/greengrass/latest/developerguide/gg-config.html After downloading your unique security resource keys to your Jetson that were created in this step, proceed to #4 below.
  4. Download the AWS IoT Greengrass Core Software (v1.9.1) for ARMv8 (aarch64):
    $ wget https://d1onfpft10uf5o.cloudfront.net/greengrass-core/downloads/1.9.1/greengrass-linux-aarch64-1.9.1.tar.gz
    
  5. Following this page (starting with step #4 from that page), extract Greengrass core and your unique security keys on your Nano:
    $ sudo tar -xzvf greengrass-linux-aarch64-1.9.1.tar.gz -C /
    $ sudo tar -xzvf <hash>-setup.tar.gz -C /greengrass   # these are the security keys downloaded above
    
  6. Download AWS ATS endpoint root certificate (CA):
    $ cd /greengrass/certs/
    $ sudo wget -O root.ca.pem https://www.amazontrust.com/repository/AmazonRootCA1.pem
    
  7. Start greengrass core on your Nano:
    $ cd /greengrass/ggc/core/
    $ sudo ./greengrassd start
    

    You should get a message in your terminal “Greengrass sucessfully started with PID: xxx”

By default, you should be able to run Python-based Lamda functions. If you wanted to run Node.js or Java-based Lamda functions on your Nano, you would need to install those dependencies first.

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I have gotten greengrass working on my Jetson nano. is there any documentation on how I might scale up. There must be a easier way that to create 50 groups with all the subscriptions and lambda functions, and install GGC 50 times on 50 Jetson nanos ?

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As already asked, but not answered, how would we do this process efficiently across 100 Jetson IoT devices. This seems pretty labor intensive.

Thanks!