PackML Simulator

The technical documentation of the packml-simulator microservice, which simulates a manufacturing line using PackML over MQTT.

Kubernetes resources

  • Deployment: united-manufacturing-hub-packmlmqttsimulator

Configuration

You shouldn’t need to configure PackML Simulator manually, as it’s configured automatically when the cluster is deployed. However, if you need to change the configuration, you can do it by editing the packmlmqttsimulator section of the Helm chart values file.

Environment variables

Environment variables
Variable nameDescriptionTypeAllowed valuesDefault
AREAISA-95 area name of the linestringAnyDefaultArea
LINEISA-95 line name of the linestringAnyDefaultProductionLine
MQTT_PASSWORDPassword for the MQTT broker. Leave empty if the server does not manage permissionsstringAnyINSECURE_INSECURE_INSECURE
MQTT_URLServer URL of the MQTT serverstringAnymqtt://united-manufacturing-hub-mqtt:1883
MQTT_USERNAMEName for the MQTT broker. Leave empty if the server does not manage permissionsstringAnyPACKMLSIMULATOR
SITEISA-95 site name of the linestringAnytestLocation