Mount a Windows Folder to an Azure IoT Edge Module

Question

Hi, maybe really trivial question, but I am not able to solve it….sorry.

I want to use my windows 10 pc as an "Azure IoT Edge Device" and make use of "Azure IoT Edge Modules" on this to send data from a Node Red Module to Azure IoT Hub to store it there in an Azure Database.

Setup/Installation:
I followed this tutorial (https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/azure/iot-edge/quickstart?view=iotedge-2018-06). The result is, that I install over Windows Admin Center a Linux VM (include Azure IoT Edge Runtime), which then runs the Azure IoT Edge Modules as Container.

Windows 10 -> Linux VM (IoT Edge Runtime) -> Azure IoT Edge Module (Container).

Question/Use Case:
I use as an Azure IoT Module the Node Red Module (https://github.com/iotblackbelt/noderededgemodule). This works fine and I can access it via <Linux VM IP>:1880.

What can I do to access my .CSV files which are located on my Windows 10 OS in folder C:\Users\u500570\Desktop\Test_IoT? I cannot Bind this Folder to the IoT Edge Module Container, because the Linux VM is the Host of the IoT Azure Edge Module(?).

A Bind like this is not working under "create options" in the deployment manifest:

{  
    "HostConfig":{  
        "Privileged":true,  
        "Binds":[  
            "/C/Users/u500570/Desktop/Test_IoT:/data"  
        ],  
        "PortBindings":{  
            "1880/tcp":[  
                {  
                    "HostPort":"1880"  
                }  
            ]  
        }  
    }  
}  

A Volume mounting like described here (https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52572289/mount-path-to-azure-iot-edge-module) leads to 500 Error and the module is not even starting.

I tried https://learn.microsoft.com/de-de/azure/iot-edge/how-to-access-host-storage-from-module?view=iotedge-2020-11 but I cannot get it runnig.

Is it maybe this: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/iot-edge/how-to-access-host-storage-from-module?view=iotedge-2018-06
If so, it would be great if I can get a little example :)

Any help is really much appreciated.

Answer 1

Hello @maei , Thank you for providing the workaround on this which we discussed offline. For the benefit of the community with a similar issue, we are posting the outcome of this discussion over here.

This is something that we are investigating and plan to provide, unfortunately, we do not have a timeline for this just yet.
The suggested workaround is 'Switching to an Ubuntu OS on the edge devices'.

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