Agenda

• Supply Beremiz runtime software on an edge server
• Request a Beremiz runtime software instance on an edge server
• Start and stop Beremiz runtime

Requirements

• an account on Rapid.Space
• an edge server (x86 architecture) registered into Rapid.Space

Goal

This how to explains how to setup a Beremiz runtime using SlapOS on an edge server which you can use in automation projects.

Supply Beremiz runtime software on an edge server

Step 1: Supply via SlapOS Panel

1. Login to the panel and click on Servers (c)
2. Select the machine on which you want to supply the Beremiz runtime

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1. Click on Proceed.
2. Wait until the compilation process has finished.

Step 6: Monitor compilation

You can monitor the process on the respective machine by running

tail -f /opt/slapos/log/slapos-node-software.log

Request a Beremiz runtime software instance on an edge server

Once Beremiz runtime software release is installed in order to use it we need a Beremiz instance. For the moment this instance does not need any configuration thus using defaults is good enough for a start.

Step 1: Request via SlapOS Panel

1. Go to the SlapOS dashboard and click on the Services (l) button. 
2. Click on the "Add" button

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1. Don't forget to correctly fill in your computer reference and instance name.
2. In "Parameters" form we define the URL to the archived PLC program, in this case it is the basic one which increments a count at rPLC coupler running on localhost. The PLC program is here.
3. Click Proceed to request the instance.

Step 5: Monitor instantiation

You can monitor the process on the respective machine by running

tail -f /opt/slapos/log/slapos-node-instance.log

Step 6: View Beremiz runtime Instance

1. This step can take some time.  
2. In your SlapOS dashboard you can see you newly requested instance.
3. Instance is ready when the the Monitoring Status is green.

Start and stop the Beremiz runtime

Once your instance is ready you will see following (it might be different in your case) SlapOS processes on your edge server.

Using proper start and stop arguments of "slapos node" command one can respectively start and stop beremiz runtime process.

Success

Your Beremiz runtime is running in background your PLC project.