CANcloud - Open Source Telematics Platform

CANcloud is an open source portal for managing your CANedge2 IoT CAN loggers and data.

The tool is a simple front-end that can be hosted on a web server and accessed via your browser.

At CSS Electronics, we always host the latest version of CANcloud - but you can build, customize & host it yourself as well.

Key features

1. Securely login to any S3 server by providing your endpoint, credentials and bucket name
2. List all objects within an S3 bucket in a folder structure hierarchy
3. Easily navigate between connected CANedge2 devices via the sidebar
4. Download, share & delete objects - or upload files (e.g. firmware.bin for firmware over-the-air)
5. Configure CANedge devices via an online editor - and submit for easy over-the-air updates
6. Encrypt configuration passwords using the built-in encryption tool
7. Add device meta data (incl. pictures and searchable name/group/subgroup)
8. Easily customize the portal with your own logo and CSS styling (see `src/browser/index.html`)
9. Build the offline configuration editor, usable without an internet connection

Documentation

For more details on CANcloud and the CANedge2 see below:

• CANcloud intro
• CANcloud docs
• CANedge2 CAN logger

Simple self-hosting

You can easily host CANcloud on your own web server by unzipping the latest release contents to your target folder.

Style customization

If you wish to customize your self-hosted version of CANcloud, you can do so without building the tool. To add your own logo, simply replace the logo files in the images/ folder. Further, in the customize-css folder you'll find a customize.css file that lets you easily modify the most relevant styles to create custom branding for your self-hosted CANcloud solution.

Installation

Deployment (development mode)

1. Clone the repository
2. Run npm install in the folder to install application dependencies
3. Run npm start to run application in development mode

Deployment (production)

1. Run npm run build
2. Copy the contents of the site folder to your web server

You can now access your own self-hosted version of CANcloud - incl. any customizations made.

Example of login details

If you have set up e.g. an AWS S3 server and bucket, your login details could look as below:

endpoint: https://s3.amazonaws.com
accessKey: LBIDJHBOIZQ3XBJ23UUQ
secretKey: Jxasdeue3324e3/wqe9wewdcxsa219421Hsj
bucket: aws-cancloud-bucket

Note the following:

• When logging into a MinIO server the port should be included (e.g. http://5.123.138.42:9000)
• You need to create your bucket before you can login (i.e. outside of CANcloud, e.g. in your AWS console)
• For some S3 servers (e.g. AWS), you may need to change the CORS config - see the getting started docs

Versioning

The CANcloud versioning is inspired by the semantic versioning system.

Each version is assigned three two digit numbers: MAJOR, MINOR, PATCH:

• MAJOR: Incompatible changes (e.g. requires new browser settings)
• MINOR: New backwards-compatible functionality (e.g. new features)
• PATCH: Backwards-compatible bug fixes (e.g. minor patches)

Example: version 04.01.01

Contribution & support

Feature suggestions, pull requests or questions are welcome!

You can contact us at CSS Electronics below:

• www.csselectronics.com
• Contact form
• contact[at]csselectronics.com

Dependencies

CANcloud uses a number of libraries - the most important are:

• minio: CANcloud utilizes some of the core structure & S3 SDK calls from the MinIO browser
• config-editor-base: This library serves as the basis for the built-in configuration editor
• config-editor-tools: This library adds various supporting config editor tools