Limitations

The following limitations exist when using Niagara containers.

Scalability

  • Niagara containers do not provide horizontal scalability. It is a single instance of Niagara. You can increase the capacity by allocating additional memory or using a faster CPU.

  • Containerized Niagara uses IP-based drivers only.

  • Serial drivers and custom drivers such as BACnet MS/TP, CCN, BPort are not supported. The container engine does not permit applications running in container direct access to serial ports.

No data recovery service

If the container is terminated or the hosting platform has a power loss, there is no support for data recovery. All data will be lost since the last station backup.

Station only

Containerized Niagara is not suitable for deploying Workbench. You need another laptop or PC to interact with the container and run Workbench.

Outbound internet connectivity required

A container deployment must be able to connect to the Entitlement Server to validate its license.