Requesting Predix Edge Manager

Provide the information required to request Edge Manager.

About this task

Note: If you have a Predix Europe account, you must contact support to request Edge Manager. You must also contact support if you are requesting a Edge Manager with APM account. See Contacting Support.
Note: Edge Manager has the following prerequisites:
  • You must have a Predix account with an org and space. See Registering for a Predix Account.
  • Predix UAA and TMS services are required for Edge Manager. You can use your existing UAA and TMS service instances, if you have them, or you can request new service instances when you request Edge Manager.
  • Edge

Procedure

  1. Go to the Predix services catalog, and click Subscribe.
  2. Fill out the required information in the New Subscription form:
    • Org – The organization email associated with the Predix account that has been created for your business.
    • Space – The space created in your Predix account org.
    • User Account & Authentication (UAA) – The UAA service instance to use for Edge Manager. You can use an existing UAA service instance if you have one.

      If you do not have an existing UAA service instance, click Subscribe to New UAA.

      For a new UAA service instance, enter the following information:

      FieldDescription
      OrgSelect your organization.
      SpaceSelect the space for your application.
      Service instance nameEnter a unique name for this UAA service instance.
      Service planSelect a plan.
      Admin client secretEnter a client secret (this is the admin password for this UAA instance). The client secret can be any alphanumeric string.
      Note: Record the client secret in a secure place for later use.
      Subdomain(Optional) Enter a subdomain you might need to use in addition to the domain created for UAA. You must not add special characters in the name of the subdomain. The value of sub-domain is case-insensitive.
      Your UAA service instance is created with the following specifications:
      • The client identifier ("admin").
      • The client secret (that you specified while creating the service).
    • Tenant Management Service – The TMS service instance to use for Edge Manager. You can use an existing TMS service instance (as long as it is bound to the same UAA service instance you are using for Edge Manager) if you have one.

      If you do not have an existing TMS service instance, click Subscribe to New TMS.

    • Time Series – Optionally, select an existing Time Series service instance, or click Subscribe to New Time Series to create a new Time Series service instance.
    • Event Hub – Optionally, select an existing Event Hub service instance, or click Subscribe to New Event Hub to create a new Event Hub service instance.
    • UAA client id – The client identifier ("admin") of the UAA service instance associated with Edge Manager.
    • UAA client secret – The client secret you specified for the UAA service instance associated with Edge Manager.
    • Edge Manager tenant name – This will be used as a custom sub-domain name in the provisioned Edge Manager URL and cannot be changed.
      Note: The tenant name can contain only alphanumeric characters and hyphens, and must be more than two characters but less than 32 characters long.

      The tenant name cannot contain the word "edgemanager."

  3. Click Subscribe.
    You will receive an email containing the provisioned Edge Manager URL.

What to do next

Sign into Edge Manager.