Picarro Platform Server API

The gRPC interface to the host computer underneath a Picarro SAM deployment. `platformserver` exposes NetConfig for network connectivity and Wi-Fi management, SysConfig for product/version information, host name, time and timezone configuration and command invocation, VirtualFileSystem for downloading logs and uploading upgrade packages, and Upgrade for scanning for and installing Picarro .picpac release packages. Interface definitions and Python clients are published on GitHub.

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name: Picarro Platform Server API
description: The gRPC interface to the host computer underneath a Picarro SAM deployment. `platformserver`
  exposes NetConfig for network connectivity and Wi-Fi management, SysConfig for product/version information,
  host name, time and timezone configuration and command invocation, VirtualFileSystem for downloading
  logs and uploading upgrade packages, and Upgrade for scanning for and installing Picarro .picpac release
  packages. Interface definitions and Python clients are published on GitHub.
humanURL: https://github.com/picarro/sam-foup-public
baseURL: grpc://localhost:7528
x-deployment: on-premise-edge
x-deployment-note: platformserver accepts plaintext gRPC on TCP 7528 (P-L-A-T) on the customer's own host.
  There is no Picarro-hosted endpoint.
tags:
- gRPC
- Protobuf
- System Management
- Device Management
properties:
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/picarro-sam-foup-netconfig.proto
  name: NetConfig service
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/picarro-sam-foup-sysconfig.proto
  name: SysConfig service
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/picarro-sam-foup-vfs.proto
  name: VirtualFileSystem service
- type: Protobuf
  url: grpc/picarro-sam-foup-upgrade.proto
  name: Upgrade service
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/picarro/sam-foup-public
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/picarro/sam-foup-public/blob/master/README.md