How To: Register A Device

Keywords: EdgeOS, Product Registration, Kognitive Cloud, New device registration

The registration process associates the EdgeOS System with the user’s account and installation location, facilitating management in:

Kognitive Cloud: Cloud-Based Service Portal

Edge: Mobile App

Konnect: VPN service

Pre-requisites for Registration

Group Account: Account setup is performed by Sales Team as of the onboarding process

User Account / Mobile App: User has an active user account with the Mobile App installed on a mobile device -OR- login access to Kognitive Cloud

EdgeOS System is Online: The device being registered is powered on with an active internet connection

Registration through Kognitive Cloud

All newly procured devices should be listed in the Inventory > Warehouse tab of the Kognitive Cloud Portal.

• Login to Kognitive Cloud using a web browser at https://cloud.kognitive.net

• Select Inventory from the left menu bar.

• Select the Warehouse tab to see the list of devices available for registration.

• Select the appropriate Organization and find the device to be registered by matching the Device ID (DID) printed on the device with the row in the table.

• Select the icon under the Operations column to Register the device, and fill in the registration values.

• In the Select Organization field, select the required organization from the dropdown menu.

• Next the user has to select the site. A Site is a Vessel, Store, Car, Truck, etc. where the Edge System will remain present and can reliably be identified by the management. Multiple Edge nodes can be in a single Site. The options here are to use an existing Site or add a new Site.

• In the Create/Search Site field, type the name of the required site.

• Select the site from the list of existing sites in the system.

• To add a new Site, enter the name of the site and click Add.

• This will create a new site and assign the device to that site.

• Enter a Device Name.

• In the Select License field, select a License type from the dropdown menu .

• Select the Term from the dropdown menu.

• In the Upgrade EOS field, select the Yes radio button to update the EOS Version of the device. Click No to continue with the existing EOS Version.

• In the Apply Default Config field, select the Yes radio button to apply the default configuration for that site.

• Select the No radio button to let the device continue in its current configuration.

• Select the Other radio button to select any configuration from the list of available Backup Configurations taken and stored by the user.

• In the Select Configuration field, select the required configuration from the dropdown menu.

• Click Register button to assign the device to the selected site and complete the registration process.

• Once assigned, the device gets moved from the Warehouse tab and is displayed under the Inventory > Deployed tab.

• The newly registered device will also appear in the Sites > Topology screen.

• After successful registration, the device can be powered on and connected to the internet.

• After the registration is complete, the table in the Deployed Tab displays the Site Name, Device Type, Serial Number, Registration Date, Organization, etc.

Registration through the Mobile App

• Power up and connect EdgeOS system to the internet, e.g., plug WAN 1 into an ethernet internet source.

Steps for Registration