Prerequisites
This guide describes how to install ThingsBoard IoT Gateway on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS / Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. The minimum system requirements match official minimum requirements for the OS.
Step 1. Download the deb file
Download installation package.
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wget https://github.com/thingsboard/thingsboard-gateway/releases/latest/download/python3-thingsboard-gateway.deb
Step 2. Install the gateway using apt
Install ThingsBoard IoT Gateway as package and run it as daemon use the following command:
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sudo apt install ./python3-thingsboard-gateway.deb -y
The deb package will automatically install the necessary libraries for the IOT Gateway to work:
- System libraries: libffi-dev, libglib2.0-dev, libxml2-dev, libxslt-dev, libssl-dev, zlib1g-dev, python3-dev, python3-pip.
- Python modules: importlib, importlib-metadata, jsonschema, pymodbus, lxml, jsonpath-rw, paho-mqtt, pyserial, PyYAML, simplejson, pyrsistent.
Step 3. Check gateway status
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systemctl status thingsboard-gateway
You may notice some errors in the output. However, it is expected, since gateway is not configured to connect to ThingsBoard yet:
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... python3[7563]: ''2019-12-26 09:31:15' - ERROR - mqtt_connector - 181 - Default Broker connection FAIL with error 5 not authorised!'
... python3[7563]: ''2019-12-26 09:31:15' - DEBUG - mqtt_connector - 186 - "Default Broker" was disconnected.'
... python3[7563]: ''2019-12-26 09:31:16' - DEBUG - tb_client - 78 - connecting to ThingsBoard'
... python3[7563]: ''2019-12-26 09:31:17' - DEBUG - tb_client - 78 - connecting to ThingsBoard'
Step 4. Configure the gateway
Now you can go to configuration guide to configure the gateway.
