Manufacturing Connect Edge Appliance and Docker Models Compared

review the table below to see which components the manufacturing connect edge (mce) docker model doesn't have compared to the standard manufacturing connect edge appliance version feature mce appliance version mce docker version notes dashboard yes yes dashboard > device up time yes no dashboard > service status yes yes but limited (see note) for the docker version, only the following services display a status devicehub flows manager analytics integrations opc ua dm (data management) devicehub > drivers yes yes devicehub > tags yes yes devicehub > device discovery yes no devicehub > utilities yes no datahub > configurations datahub > db management datahub > db users yes yes flows manager yes yes analytics > instances analytics > instances table analytics models yes yes integrations yes yes applications yes no opc ua yes yes system > info yes no system > certificates yes yes system > network yes no for the docker version this is managed at the host system system > wifi yes no for the docker version this is managed at the host system system > remote yes no for the docker version this is managed at the host system system > device management yes yes but limited (see note) the docker version only has cloud activation, and doesn't have the following reboot factory reset software update system > ldap/ad yes yes system > users yes yes system > tokens nats proxy rest api keys access accounts yes yes nats proxy available for manufacturing connect edge version 3 3 1 and later system > services yes no for the docker version this is managed at the host system system > external storage yes no for the docker version this is managed at the host system system > policy management yes no system > licenses yes yes but limited (see note) a 15 day trial license is available for the vm version, but isn't available for the docker version system > events yes yes system > zerotouch yes no manufacturing connect edge version 3 5 2 and later system > support yes yes but limited (see note) the file downloads section isn't available for the docker version system > backup/restore yes no system > template yes yes but limited (see note) default connectors aren't included for the vm and docker versions the following template components aren't available for the docker version country dns docker dtwin marketplace ntp timezone user profile yes yes