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title: Eclipse hawkBit 0.2.0 - First Release
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parent: Blog
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weight: 200
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---
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hawkBit is a domain-independent back-end framework for rolling out software updates to constrained edge devices as well
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as more powerful controllers and gateways connected to IP based networking infrastructure. It is part of the Eclipse IoT
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since 2015 and with version _0.2.0_ a first release is available.
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In this article, we want to give an overview of the latest highlights of hawkBit and let you know how you can get
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started in seconds.
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## Finally, it is here!
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After being around in the Eclipse IoT realm for quite some time now, we are more than happy to announce our first release:
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[_Eclipse hawkBit 0.2.0_](https://projects.eclipse.org/projects/iot.hawkbit/releases/0.2.0). The release can be found on [Maven Central](https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/org.eclipse.hawkbit)
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and [Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/hawkbit/hawkbit-update-server/). It includes the following core features:
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* Device and Software Repository
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* Update Management
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* Artifact Content Delivery
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* Rollout Management
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The features are accessible via the following interfaces:
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* Management UI
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* Management API
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* Direct Device Integration (DDI) API
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* Device Management Federation (DMF) API
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## What's new?
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Whenever there is a new release, the first question that comes to mind is: What's new? Since this is our first release,
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one could argue that everything is new. However, most of the features are already well-established. This holds true, for
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example, for our APIs or the Rollout Management. Nevertheless, there have been some recent updates to hawkBit, which we
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do not want to leave unmentioned:
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### Streamlined UI
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The probably most noticeable change has been the removal of the two buttons (`Drop here to delete` and `Actions`) at the
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bottom of the _Deployment_, _Distributions_, and _Upload_ view. This is a major usability improvement! For example,
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deleting an item required (1) dragging an item onto the delete button, (2) opening the delete pop-up, and (3) confirming
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the deletion. Now, an item can be easily removed by clicking on its remove icon and confirming the action. Moreover,
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multiple (or all `CTRL` + `A`) items can be selected and removed at once using the same mechanism. This is not only
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faster and more intuitive, it also saves a lot of display real estate which can now be used to focus on what is important.
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We hope you like this change as much as we do! _(Requires: hawkBit > 0.2.2)_
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### MS SQL Server
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Eclipse hawkBit supports a range of different SQL databases. Up to now, these have been the internal H2 database (which can be
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used for testing, development, or trial) and MySQL/MariaDB for production-grade usage. This list is now extended by
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Microsoft's SQL Server which is also available in production grade, as well as, IBM's DB2 for testing and development.
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### Open Sourced REST docs
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A huge benefit for the community is the recently open sourced REST docs of hawkBit. This has been an [open request](https://github.com/eclipse/hawkbit/issues/480)
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for some time, which we were happy to meet. The documentation is generated using [Spring REST docs](https://spring.io/projects/spring-restdocs), based on unit-tests. These tests, with the respective documentation, are now available in the [code base](https://github.com/eclipse/hawkbit/pull/688).
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Furthermore, the API documentation will be hosted on our new [website](https://www.eclipse.org/hawkbit/) (coming soon).
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### Docker Images
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In order to enable interested parties to get started with hawkBit conveniently, we decided to provide the
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[Update Server as a Docker image](https://hub.docker.com/r/hawkbit/hawkbit-update-server/) on Docker Hub. The image comes
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in two flavors: The default image uses the internal H2 database, while the images with a `-mysql` suffix contain the MySQL
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driver to allow connecting a MySQL database. In addition to the Docker image, the hawkBit repository contains a
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[docker-compose.yml](https://github.com/eclipse/hawkbit/blob/master/hawkbit-runtime/hawkbit-update-server/docker/docker-compose.yml)
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that not only starts the Update Server, but further includes a MySQL database and a RabbitMQ message broker so you're
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able to use Device Management Federation (DMF) as well.
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To start the hawkBit Update Server image, open a terminal and run:
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```
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$ docker run -d -p 8080:8080 hawkbit/hawkbit-update-server
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```
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{{% note %}}
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_Note: This requires a running [Docker deamon](https://docs.docker.com/install/) on your system._
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{{% /note %}}
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Now, browse to [http://localhost:8080](http://localhost:8080) and log-in with `admin:admin`. There you go!
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## Community Updates
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Although features and functionality play a major role in the hawkBit project, there is also some interesting news from
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the community. As of July 2018, there have been:
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* Pull Requests: 587
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* Forks: 54
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* Stars: 137
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* Contributors: 25
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* Gitter Chat members: 119
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### New Project Lead and Committers
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We are happy to announce that the hawkBit project got a new project lead. In addition to
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[Kai Zimmermann](https://projects.eclipse.org/user/6364), project lead from the first hour,
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[Jeroen Laverman](https://projects.eclipse.org/user/10982) joined the lead to support him in this responsibility.
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Moreover, with [Stefan Behl](https://projects.eclipse.org/user/10842) and Jeroen Laverman, two new committers are aboard.
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## What's next?
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Looking ahead, there are two major topics that we want to tackle next: First, there is the migration of our UI from Vaadin
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7 to Vaadin 8, since Vaadin announced the end-of-life for our current version. Another big topic will be the update
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to Spring Boot 2. On the community side, we are in the final stage of updating our [website](https://www.eclipse.org/hawkbit/)
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with a new design, so make sure you stop by in a couple of days to check it out. Finally, the hawkBit team will be
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present at EclipseCon Europe 2018, so if you are interested in meeting us, that is the place to be.
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