Cygnus: Introduction

Cygnus is a component of the FIWARE ecosystem, designed to collect and persist context data into various storage systems. It is typically used in IoT environments where data from different devices or sensors needs to be captured and stored for later processing, visualization, or analysis. Cygnus acts as a bridge between the Orion Context Broker, which manages the context information, and storage systems like MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Apache Kafka, HDFS, and others.

This guide outlines how to configure and use Cygnus, focusing on the key tasks and functionalities essential for users and developers working with context data flows.