vIoT: A first step towards a shared, multi-tenant IoT Infrastructure architecture

Abstract

This paper describes a virtualized Internet of Things (vIoT) testbed. We argue in favor of an IoT Infrastructure-as-a-Service as a possible deployment model for future IoTs. The vIoT testbed is being built from open source components, most notably comprising of OpenStack, Linux containers and Raspberry Pi computers. Results demonstrates vIoT infrastructure configured to be shared by multiple users using with LXC/LXD running containers of Ubuntu Trusty Tahr, Ubuntu Xenial Xerus and CirrOS.