Volttron Restricted

Volttron Restricted adds a broader security layer on top of the volttron platform. If you are interested in this package please contact the volttron team at volttron@pnnl.gov.

• NOTE: Once the package is installed all aspects of the package will be enforced. To override the behavior add no-verify, no-mobility, or no-resource-monitor to the configuration file.

The Volttron Restricted package contains the following security enhancements:

• The creation and usage of platform specific Certificate Authority (CA) certificates.
• Multi-level signing of agent packages.
• Multi-level verification of signed packages during agent execution.
• Command line and agent based mobility.
• Allows developer to customize an execution contract for required resources on the current and move requested platform.

The following pages describe the functionality exposed by the Volttron Restricted package:

• Signing and Verification of Agent Packages
• [Resource Monitor](Resource Monitor)
• PingPongAgent

Note: VOLTTRON-Restricted supports VOLTTRON 2.x. It will be updated when VOLTTRON 3 is released.

Installation

VOLTTRON-Restricted requires a software development tool called SWIG (>=2.0.4). To install VOLTTRON-Restricted, follow the steps below. Enter all terminal commands from the VOLTTRON directory.

• Extract the VOLTTRON-Restricted code to a new directory. These steps assume the location is ~/volttron-restricted

• Install VOLTTRON-Restricted dependency:

  sudo apt-get install swig

• Activate the VOLTTRON Platform (note the space after the period):

  . env/bin/activate

• Install VOLTTRON-Restricted:

  pip install -e ~/volttron-restricted