Azure IoT Edge 1.0.8 releases with updates to the supported OS and more

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Azure IoT Edge was recently updated to version 1.0.8. With this update, several new OS distributions are now supported by the Azure IoT Edge client:

  • Preview support for ARM64 on Linux
  • Windows Server 2019 support is GA (as of 1.0.7)
  • Windows IoT Core x64 support is GA

Other improvements include:

  • Performance improvements for uploading messages from the Edge Hub to the cloud
  • Increased reliability for syncing twin updates with the cloud
  • Improved stability on ARM32
  • Installation has been improved for Linux ARM32 and ARM64
    • All packages are now hosted on packages.microsoft.com and can be installed with simple apt-get commands instead of downloading the packages and manually installing them.
  • Module twins are now encrypted at rest when cached on an Edge device.

 

Complete release notes - https://github.com/Azure/azure-iotedge/releases

Update instructions - Update the IoT Edge security daemon and runtime

Azure IoT Edge GitHub home - https://github.com/Azure/azure-iotedge

Azure IoT Edge documentation - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/

 

Find more Intelligent Edge resources for device builders at the Intelligent Edge Device Builder Resource Center.

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