Middleware

The Middleware components provide the storage, messaging, schema, and observability infrastructure that the VSS microservices and agents depend on.

• Video IO & Storage (VIOS) - Video ingest, storage, and retrieval services.

• API Gateway / MCP - Programmatic access to video analytics data and capabilities via REST and MCP.

• Message Broker - Exchanges data and control messages between services.

• NvSchema - The metadata schema used across the pipeline.

• Database - Persistence for analytics, incidents, and verified results.

• Observability - The Grafana, Prometheus, cAdvisor, DCGM Exporter, and Node Exporter stack deployed with the Blueprint.