Overview

The CODESYS Virtual Control for Linux SL add-on can be used to manage the virtual runtime and gateway instances.

A virtual runtime system is built on Docker or Podman container technology.

For example, Docker distinguishes between an image and a container. An image is the template for a container which runs a process encapsulated from the rest of the system. Encapsulation makes it possible to run multiple containers simultaneously on the same system, independently of hardware.

CODESYS Virtual Control for Linux SL uses these features to provide a hardware-independent controller.

You will find descriptions of how to use the "Runtime Deploy" tool to transfer images to the target system, create instances from the images, and manage these instances.