Greengrass V2: Do sub-deployments inherit component versions/config from parent deployments?

Question

Hi,

We are looking at using GG subdeployments to help manage different GG deployment configurations across different groups of sensors. My question is: do subdeployments inherit deployment configs from it's parent, and overwrite these if the component is present in the subdeployment?

Alternatively, are different deployments targeting different thing groups a better approach here? If we were to go down this route, is there any way to support "inheritance" of component configs as described above?

MichaelDombrowski-AWS · Accepted Answer

Hi,

Subdeployments are meant to be a way to debug issues on small numbers of devices, not as a way to configure these devices as part of your usual strategy.

I'd recommend you read this article that I wrote for configuring individual devices: https://dev.to/iotbuilders/managing-per-device-configuration-with-an-aws-iot-greengrass-fleet-4obk.

Cheers,

Michael

Greengrass V2: Do sub-deployments inherit component versions/config from parent deployments?

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