Questions about snappy app sandbox

[Sergio Schvezov]

On Wed, May 06, 2015 at 10:57:37AM +0800, LongkerDandy wrote:
> Hi
> 
>     We're starting a IoT gateway project and evaluating different platforms.
> I've read some docs at https://developer.ubuntu.com/en/snappy/guides/
> But still little bit confused.
>     In our project, we have different module for different connected
> devices,
> and allow 3rd party module installed. We want to use snappy's app/framework
> to help us with this.
> So questions is:
> 
> 1. Is snappy apps can talk to each other?
>     eg, in one app, we start a socket server, other apps can connect and
> communicate.

Yes, snappy apps can talk to each other, but since there are no
dependencies between apps I suggest that communication be mediated
through a framework.

> 2. Is that possible to have a database accessed by multiple apps?
>     eg, have a redis-server installed (as app/framework/something else),
> apps can connect and seeing the same data.

Yes, make your database engine live inside the framework.