Real-Time IoT Alerts System

A scalable, real-time IoT alerts management system designed to efficiently handle IoT device alerts and notifications using gRPC, WebSockets, Kafka, and Gin. The system provides real-time alerting, Kafka-based message queues, and seamless integration with a PostgreSQL database, all built in Go.

Table of Contents

• Overview
• Features
• Technologies
• Getting Started
  • Prerequisites
  • Installation
  • Configuration
  • Running the Application
• Project Structure
• API Documentation
• Deployment
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
• Testing
• Contributing
• License

Overview

The Real-Time IoT Alerts System is designed to monitor and manage alerts for IoT devices in real time. The system supports:

• gRPC based communication for high-performance API interactions.
• WebSockets for real-time alert notifications.
• Kafka for message streaming and queueing.
• Gin for the HTTP API layer.
• Type-safe database interactions with SQLC.

Features

• Real-Time Alerts: Provides immediate notifications on IoT device status changes via WebSocket and gRPC.
• Scalable Architecture: Designed with Kafka for message streaming and horizontal scaling.
• gRPC API: Efficient and type-safe gRPC API for interacting with the backend.
• WebSocket Support: Real-time alerts pushed to clients over WebSocket.
• Database Integration: PostgreSQL with SQLC for type-safe queries.
• Docker/Kubernetes Support: Ready for containerized deployments and orchestration.

Technologies

• Go (Golang) for backend development.
• gRPC for high-performance, type-safe RPC.
• Kafka for message streaming and queueing.
• Gin for HTTP server and API.
• WebSockets for real-time communication.
• SQLC for type-safe SQL queries.
• PostgreSQL for relational database storage.
• Docker for containerization.
• Kubernetes for orchestration.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure you have the following tools installed:

• Go (v1.18 or higher) for backend development.
• Docker for containerization.
• kubectl (optional, for Kubernetes deployments).
• Kafka (for message streaming).
• PostgreSQL (for the relational database).

You can follow the instructions to install these tools from their respective documentation:

• Go Installation
• Docker Installation
• Kafka Setup
• PostgreSQL Setup

Installation

Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/real-time-iot-alerts.git
cd real-time-iot-alerts