Register and setup an Edge device
Here is the process to follow to set up and configure your edge device;
- As a prerequisite, to register your device to Wizata you need first to install an Azure IoT Edge agent on a linux virtual or physical machine (see requirements).
- Add your device on Wizata by declaring it
- Register your deviceby connecting it to Wizata
Add your device
Once you have your device ready, go to user interface on your web browser and open Data Hub > Edge Devices. Then + Add a new device.

You need to specify an id, a name and a twin ;
The edge device id must contains only alphanumerical and '_' characters. It must be unique across your app. The twin unit linked to your edge should represent the physical location used as the scope of the edge (e.g. a plant, a production line, ...).

Once your device is declared it's status should be Unregistered.
Register your device
To register your device connect to it and open a terminal (e.g. through ssh), and prepare the following command:
sudo iotedge config mp --connection-string 'YOUR_CONNECTION_STRING_HERE'Then you can copy the Connection String to be used to register your device to Wizata.

Then you can run the following command to apply it:
sudo iotedge config apply -c '/etc/aziot/config.toml'Deploy Modules
Once your edge is "Registered (417)" please click on "Deploy Modules":

And select the type of modules:

Then wait until your edge status refreshed to "Deployed".
Updated 7 months ago