fn-uns Documentation

Build a manufacturing data backbone using serverless functions, MQTT, and GitOps. 9 independent functions that capture, process, and report on real-time factory data.

What is fn-uns?

This project implements a complete Unified Namespace (UNS) — the modern approach to manufacturing data integration — using fnkit as the development and deployment platform.

Instead of point-to-point integrations between machines, databases, and dashboards, the UNS creates a single source of truth for all operational data. Every machine, sensor, and system publishes to a shared MQTT topic hierarchy, and lightweight serverless functions process, store, and report on that data.

The 9 Components

Each function does one thing well — they compose through shared infrastructure (MQTT, Valkey, PostgreSQL), not through each other.

Architecture at a Glance

Data flows through three stages: Capture (machines publish to MQTT, framework caches to Valkey), Process (functions detect changes and write to PostgreSQL), and Report (KPI function queries all tables on demand).

All functions run as Docker containers on a shared fnkit-network. Deployed via git push using fnkit's GitOps workflow.

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