Setup Edge Agent

  1. If required in your environment, set a proxy in /etc/environment.
    • Set http_proxy and https_proxy to the internet address and port of your proxy. Also, set the value for no_proxy for addresses that should not go through the proxy. For example:
      http_proxy=http://10.9.8.7:6543
      https_proxy=http://10.9.8.7:6543
      no_proxy=localhost,127.0.0.1,mycompany.com
    • Reboot or re-login to apply proxy variables.
  2. (Optional) Create a device model.
    • You can choose to create a custom device model on Edge Manager, which can be useful for organizing your inventory of devices. Instructions for doing this can be found here
  3. Enroll your device.
    • Create your device on Edge Manager. Note the device ID, secret, and URL of your Edge Manager instance as this information will be required later.
    • Ensure the system time is correct. Edge-to-cloud communications will fail if your Edge device and your Edge Manager instance are not at least relatively close in time.
    • Run the Helper Script as "root".
      • The script will notify on success or failure of the operation.
      • For more information, see Enrolling a device.

Edge Agent should begin communicating with Edge Manager, which should show your device as Online after a short wait. This can be verified on Edge Manager by navigating to Device Manager > Devices and searching for your new device.