Install VPX Agent on NVIDIA Jetson (Jetpack 4.6)

Install JetPack 4.6.0

Flash the system image JetPack 4.6.0 (L4T 32.6.1) onto your Jetson device. Follow the . Depending on your hardware capability, you have the option to use an SD card or internal storage.

Make sure to match the exact JetPack version. Don't use newer or older versions.

Free up hard disk space on your Jetson device (optional)

Some Jetson devices don't have enough hard disk space for the VPX agent. You can run the following script which removes non-essential applications. (At your own risk)

Alternative: Use an SSD with >32GB for storage.

sudo apt update && sudo apt install curl -y
curl http://get-vpx.swarm-analytics.com/clean_jetson.sh > clean_jetson.sh  && chmod +x clean_jetson.sh 
./clean_jetson.sh

Install VPX Agent

With our installer script, installing the VPX agent is easy. Make sure to get the serial(s) from us in advance.

sudo apt update && sudo apt install curl -y
curl http://get-vpx.swarm-analytics.com/install.sh > install.sh  && chmod +x install.sh 
./install.sh

After the installation script is complete, the IoT Edge runtime will pull four docker containers as outlined below.

Make sure that the container curiosity-arm64-tensorrtis used.

swarm@VPX:~$ sudo docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE                                             COMMAND                   CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                                                                  NAMES
57eec104e917        swarm.azurecr.io/curiosity-arm64-tensorrt:5.3.0   "./curiosity"             2 weeks ago         Up 5 minutes                                                                               curiosity
82b106f9d3d7        swarm.azurecr.io/azure-module-arm64:1.1.0         "java -jar app.jar"       6 weeks ago         Up 10 days                                                                                 azure-module
27ffd61ab021        mcr.microsoft.com/azureiotedge-hub:1.0.10.3       "/bin/sh -c 'echo \"$…"   6 weeks ago         Up 10 days          0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp, 0.0.0.0:5671->5671/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8883->8883/tcp   edgeHub
5e96e96eb440        mcr.microsoft.com/azureiotedge-agent:1.0.10.3     "/bin/sh -c 'exec /a…"    6 weeks ago         Up 10 days                                                                                 edgeAgent

Downloading curiosity might take a while

You will see in the SWARM Control Center an "Unnamed Device" with the corresponding registration ID:

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swarm@VPX:~$ sudo docker ps -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES 57eec104e917 swarm.azurecr.io/curiosity-arm64-tensorrt:5.3.0 "./curiosity" 2 weeks ago Up 5 minutes curiosity 82b106f9d3d7 swarm.azurecr.io/azure-module-arm64:1.1.0 "java -jar app.jar" 6 weeks ago Up 10 days azure-module 27ffd61ab021 mcr.microsoft.com/azureiotedge-hub:1.0.10.3 "/bin/sh -c 'echo \"$…" 6 weeks ago Up 10 days 0.0.0.0:443->443/tcp, 0.0.0.0:5671->5671/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8883->8883/tcp edgeHub 5e96e96eb440 mcr.microsoft.com/azureiotedge-agent:1.0.10.3 "/bin/sh -c 'exec /a…" 6 weeks ago Up 10 days edgeAgent