Windows iot app updates.

Question

I am in the digital signage business for small businesses. We have created an app that runs digital signage through the raspberry pi using Windows iot. Everything works great but what if one day we wanted to make changes to the app. Is there a way to update the app without having to manually do it on site. I would prefer having the app do it programmically through regular checks but I'm not finding anything. Wish there was a App Store mechanism for the pi to update apps. Any ideas on this?

Answer 1

All devices running Windows IoT Core run a small webserver instance on port 8080. You can reach this by visiting http://DEVICEIPADDRESS:8080

The default credentials are: U:Administrator P:p@ssw0rd

Within the portal, you can provision and deploy apps remotely using the App Manager by selecting "Apps" along the left-hand pane.

If you setup firewall rules to allow outbound traffic to the Windows IoT Core device you may be able to deploy updates remotely.