Architecture and migration
Sizing, target environment, data transfer, cutover and recovery are resolved before production operations.

WZ-IT plans, installs and operates ThingsBoard as managed hosting, in your cloud or on premises. Depending on the target design, we also provide migration, secure network and identity integration, monitoring, backups, updates, integrations and further development.
The following are trademarks of their respective owners: ThingsBoard (ThingsBoard, Inc.). WZ-IT is an independent service provider and has no business, partnership, or contractual relationship with these companies. We offer independent migration, installation, hosting, and operations services.

ThingsBoard is an open-source IoT platform for data collection, processing, visualization, and device management. The platform enables device connectivity via industry standard IoT protocols - MQTT, CoAP and HTTP and supports both cloud and on-premises deployments.
ThingsBoard combines device management, dashboards, a rule engine and interfaces for IoT projects. We design scaling, fault tolerance, data retention and recovery around the load profile, edition and availability target.
We install, host and operate ThingsBoard for your company - either on our secure, privacy-focused infrastructure in Germany or other locations, as well as on-premise in your own environment.
We provide 24/7 monitoring, backups and maintenance for your ThingsBoard instance. Human response times and support coverage follow the selected service level.
Provision, monitor and control your IoT entities securely using rich server-side APIs. Define relations between devices, assets, customers or any other entities.
Visualize your data with over 600 customizable widgets and flexible dashboards. Create custom visualizations and share dashboards with your customers.
Process incoming device data with flexible rule chains based on entity attributes or message content. Define your application logic with the drag-and-drop designer.
Tenants, customers, devices and administrators can be separated structurally. Sustainable scale depends on the edition, data model and cluster architecture.
Monitor and control your industrial processes in real time with SCADA. Use SCADA symbols on dashboards for full flexibility in designing and monitoring workflows.
Supports transport encryption for both MQTT and HTTP(s) protocols. Provides device authentication and device credentials management for secure IoT communication.
Professional installation on your infrastructure - on-premise, cloud or hybrid
In your data center
AWS, Azure, Hetzner & more
Advanced architecture after technical and licence assessment
Secure access and access control for your installation
WireGuard, NetBird or Tailscale
Directly or through an upstream identity layer
Depends on application, edition and identity provider
Fail2Ban, Rate Limiting, IP Whitelisting
We set up secure VPN access to your installation - ideal for remote work and external employees.
Full-service installation with no hidden costs
We do more than provide an application. WZ-IT designs the technical architecture, integrates network and identity, operates the agreed scope and develops integrations when the standard product is not enough.
Sizing, target environment, data transfer, cutover and recovery are resolved before production operations.
SSO, secure access, internal systems and existing security components are integrated appropriately.
Updates, backups, technical monitoring and response paths follow a transparent operational scope.
APIs, automation and custom extensions can be delivered beyond basic deployment.
The exact scope depends on the application, edition, infrastructure and criticality. Vendor licences and non-standard components are quoted separately.
IoT platforms connect devices, gateways, message transport, time-series data and business systems through controlled network and data paths.
Sensors, equipment and edge components send telemetry and receive approved control information.
TLS, firewall rules, reverse proxies or private network paths are designed around the platform's exposure.
Local accounts, SSO, directories, service accounts and emergency access are connected through clear roles.
Device management, rules, processing and tenants are operated for the fleet and data volume.
MQTT, LoRaWAN, HTTP or further protocols with governed device identities.
Time series, retention, aggregation, capacity and recovery.
Visualisation, alerting, APIs and integration into operational processes.
The diagram is a resilient target model. Its implementation depends on edition, data flows, load, availability objectives and existing infrastructure.
A clearly defined operating scope instead of an opaque hosting flat fee.
Compute, applications, storage and response are shown separately. You can see what ongoing operations include and which requirements need a technical assessment.
We also design custom ThingsBoard architectures, integrations and migrations. Contact us for a technical assessment.
One managed standard ThingsBoard application is included in the Starter workload. Every service level also includes flexible expert time for planned work during regular service hours. Select compute, additional applications, storage and the appropriate service level.
A workload is one compute instance with the applications agreed for it.
One standard app per workload is already included. Additional dedicated servers count as separate workloads.
€79.90 per started TB and month, including daily encrypted offsite backup with 7-day retention.
Whether you run ThingsBoard in-house or need to host confidentiality-professional data §203-ready - we build, operate and maintain ThingsBoard on an encrypted on-site server. Data never leaves the building in cleartext.
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ThingsBoard is an open-source IoT platform for data collection, processing, visualization, and device management. It supports industry-standard protocols like MQTT, CoAP and HTTP and offers both cloud and on-premises deployments.
ThingsBoard is used for Smart Energy, Environment Monitoring, Industrial IoT (SCADA), Smart Metering, Smart Farming, Fleet Tracking and many other IoT applications.
ThingsBoard supports MQTT, CoAP and HTTP for device connectivity. Additionally, there is support for LwM2M and other protocols through extensions.
The Rule Engine enables processing of incoming device data with flexible rule chains. You can transform data, trigger alarms, forward data and define complex logic with a visual drag-and-drop designer.
ThingsBoard provides over 600 customizable widgets for data visualization: line charts, bar charts, maps, digital and analog gauges, tables and much more. You can also create custom widgets with the built-in editor.
ThingsBoard supports multi-tenancy. The viable number of tenants, devices and telemetry events depends on the edition, data model, architecture and workload and is validated through sizing and load testing for production environments.
ThingsBoard provides SCADA functionality (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) for real-time industrial process monitoring and control. With SCADA symbols, you can create complete workflows on dashboards.
ThingsBoard integrates with AWS IoT, Azure IoT Hub, IBM Watson, OPC-UA, Kafka, RabbitMQ, REST APIs and many other systems. There is also a REST API and WebSocket API for custom integrations.
Yes, ThingsBoard can scale horizontally in microservices mode. Additional instances can increase capacity, but scaling behaviour and any required maintenance window depend on the database, queue, workload profile and deployment architecture and are tested in advance.
ThingsBoard provides comprehensive APIs for registering and managing devices. You can monitor client-side attributes, provision server-side attributes and send RPC commands between server and devices.
ThingsBoard can collect and store telemetry data (time series), attributes (key-value pairs) and events from any sensors, connected devices or applications.
Dashboards are customizable visualizations with widgets. You can create multiple dashboards, share them with customers, define access control and add interactive features with the toolbar API.
Yes, ThingsBoard offers comprehensive alarm management. You can create alarms based on telemetry data, attribute changes or device inactivity and send them via email, SMS, Slack or custom integrations.
ThingsBoard supports both cloud and on-premises deployments. You can run it on your own servers, in private data centers or in public clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, Hetzner).
ThingsBoard supports PostgreSQL, Cassandra and TimescaleDB for data storage. You can choose where to store main entities and where to store telemetry data (SQL, NoSQL or Hybrid).
ThingsBoard supports both monolithic deployments (for smaller environments) and microservices architecture for high availability and horizontal scalability.
For small installations: 2 CPU cores, 4GB RAM. For medium installations: 4 CPU cores, 8GB RAM. Production environments with many devices require more resources and ideally a cluster configuration.
ThingsBoard is open-source and can be operated in a privacy-focused manner. At WZ-IT, we host ThingsBoard on privacy-focused servers in Germany with appropriate technical and organizational measures.
ThingsBoard supports username/password and additional authentication methods. OAuth2, LDAP/AD, SAML and two-factor authentication depend on version and edition; we verify the required scope before implementation.
Yes, ThingsBoard supports transport encryption for MQTT and HTTP(s). You can configure TLS/SSL certificates and encrypt all communication between devices and server.
ThingsBoard provides building blocks for device authentication, credential management and transport encryption. Roles, permissions and audit capabilities vary by edition and are specified in the target architecture.
We provide installation, architecture, managed hosting, monitoring, backups, maintenance and integration for ThingsBoard. Support windows and human response times follow the selected service level; required ThingsBoard licences are quoted separately.
We offer Essential, Business, Production and Critical with clear service windows and contractually agreed response targets. 24/7 monitoring is separate from the support window; a specific availability commitment applies only when explicitly agreed.
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