Create Device on edge and provision to cloud

Device management on edge

Device entity could be created directly on the edge and pushed to the cloud in case connection established.

In case Edge connected to ThingsBoard CE any tenant administrator user is able to create device entities on the edge.

In case Edge connected to ThingsBoard PE any user that has DEVICE write operation is able to create device entities on the edge.

Once device created on the edge this device is going to be pushed for the creation on the cloud.

If Edge connected to ThingsBoard CE a newly created device will be ‘assigned’ to the edge automatically.

If Edge connected to ThingsBoard PE a newly created device:

• will be created on the cloud
• new device entity group will be created, with specific name template: [Edge] ${NAME_OF_EDGE} All.
• a newly created device will be added to group above
• group above will be ‘assigned’ to the edge automatically.

Next Steps

• Getting started guide - Provide quick overview of main ThingsBoard Edge features. Designed to be completed in 15-30 minutes:

• Installation guides - Learn how to setup ThingsBoard Edge on various available operating systems and connect to ThingsBoard CE server.

• Edge Rule Engine:

  • Overview - Learn about ThingsBoard Edge Rule Engine.

  • Rule Chain Templates - Learn how to use ThingsBoard Edge Rule Chain Templates.

  • Provision Rule Chains from cloud to edge - Learn how to provision edge rule chains from cloud to edge.

  • Push data from edge to cloud and vice versa - Learn how to push data from edge to cloud and vice versa.

• Security:
  • gRPC over SSL/TLS - Learn how to configure gRPC over SSL/TLS for communication between edge and cloud.

• Features:

  • Edge Status - Learn about Edge Status page on ThingsBoard Edge.

  • Cloud Events - Learn about Cloud Events page on ThingsBoard Edge.

• Use cases:

  • Manage alarms and RPC requests on edge devices - This guide will show how to generate local alarms on the edge and send RPC requests to devices connected to edge:

  • Data filtering and traffic reduce - This guide will show how to send to cloud from edge only filterd amount of device data:

• Roadmap - ThingsBoard Edge roadmap.