Introduction
The Factry Historian Knowledge Base is your central reference for everything related to Factry Historian. It is designed to help you understand, install, and get the most out of our open industrial data platform.
It is designed to help users, system integrators, and IT/OT specialists get the most out of our open industrial data platform.
Whether you are just evaluating Factry Historian for the first time, running a production deployment, or planning a migration from a legacy historian, this space provides the guidance, reference, and examples you need.
What you will find here
The Knowledge Base is organized into six sections:
- Get Started Hands-on guide to install Factry Historian for evaluation purposes using Docker Compose. Once it runs, walk through collecting sensor data.
- ConceptsConcepts Explanations of the core building blocks of Factry Historian, including collectors, measurements, assets, events, calculations, sinks and forwarders.
- How-TosHow-Tos Practical step-by-step instructions for common tasks such as configuring collectors, managing data retention, and integrating with other systems.
- ReferenceReference Technical details about configuration parameters, environment variables, and deployment options.
- APIsAPIs Complete API documentation with request/response examples to help you query and integrate Historian data into your own applications or analytics pipelines.
- ChangelogChangelog Release notes that track new features, improvements, and fixes across Historian versions.
How to use this Knowledge Base
- Use the search box at the top of the page to quickly find relevant articles.
- The search also includes an AI assistant that can answer your questions in natural language and suggest the right documentation.
- If you’re new to Factry Historian, start with the Get Started section to spin up a local test environment.