A Secure and Intuitive IoT Architecture for Container Farm

In this paper, we propose an IoT architecture based on an open-source cloud platform, MCS lite, and low-cost application development boards, LinkIt 7697. The messages between the original cloud platform and the boards are not encrypted so there exists a serious risk. We establish a secure channel among them to protect the messages. In addition, a web server is incorporated to provide a scene functionality which helps users intuitively watch/control the sensors/actuators in his/her container farms.