"Designing Scalable IoT Solutions with ThingsBoard"
"Designing Scalable IoT Solutions with ThingsBoard" is an authoritative guide for professionals, architects, and engineers seeking to develop and manage large-scale Internet of Things solutions. Beginning with foundational principles for achieving scalability, reliability, and high availability in IoT environments, the book comprehensively examines modern system architectures—including distributed, hybrid, and cloud-native models. Through clear explanations of horizontal scaling, workload partitioning, and the unique challenges of throughput, latency, and real-time data processing, readers will gain the insight needed to architect robust IoT systems that can handle millions of connected devices.
The book delves deeply into ThingsBoard, a leading open-source IoT platform, providing a detailed exploration of its architecture, core components, and extensibility. Through focused chapters on device connectivity, data ingestion, edge/cloud processing, and rule engine implementation, the guide illustrates how to leverage ThingsBoard's powerful features for scalable data handling and device management. From bulk onboarding and secure provisioning to advanced analytics and custom dashboard visualizations, readers will learn how to optimize every stage of the IoT data lifecycle while ensuring rigorous security, privacy, and compliance across complex deployments.
Further, the book addresses the operational realities of running IoT platforms at scale, including DevOps best practices, automated CI/CD pipelines, and resilience engineering. Advanced integration techniques for legacy OT systems, third-party services, and cutting-edge AI/ML applications are explored alongside future trends such as federated architectures, zero trust security, quantum-resilient protocols, and sustainable design. With actionable patterns, real-world use cases, and forward-looking perspectives, "Designing Scalable IoT Solutions with ThingsBoard" is an indispensable resource for building future-ready IoT infrastructures.