Dell Edge Gateway

Overview

The Edge Gateway 5000 Series for the Internet of Things (IoT) offers cost-effective security and manageability tools for operation professionals.

The following sections describe how to configure the Edge Gateway for use with Cumulocity and how to connect your gateway to your Cumulocity account.

Info: Dell Ubuntu Core image must be installed in the Edge Gateway. In case it is not installed, follow Dell’s Edge Gateway Installation and Operation Manual for instructions on how to install it.

Configuration

Download the Cumulocity Snap Agent and copy it to a USB stick.

Insert the USB stick into the Edge Gateway and enter the following command in the terminal:

	mkdir usb

Then search for the USB name:

sudo fdisk -l

The USB partition name should be similar to “/dev/sdb..”. Identify the partition name in the system and enter the following:

sudo mount /dev/sdb1 usb
sudo snap install usb/cumulocity-agent_1.0.2_amd64.snap --devmode
sudo unmount usb
tail -f /var/snap/cumulocity-agent/common/cumulocity-agent.log

The last command will display the device ID, which will be required to register the device in the Cumulocity platform. This is what the output should look like:

Jan 06 17:15:33 DEBUG: HTTP: post: 61, <device_id>
Jan 06 17:15:33 DEBUG: HTTP: recv: 50,1,404,Not Found

The agent will start automatically every time the system restarts.

Connecting to Cumulocity

To connect your device to the Cumulocity platform, you first need to register it in your Cumulocity account.

Follow the instructions in Device Management > Connecting devices in the User guide to register and connect your device.