Enroll a Thing Device to Your Liota Linux Gateway

To enroll a Thing Device to your Linux gateway, perform the following steps:

In this example, we enroll a temperature sensor device.

Prerequisites

You must have created a Thing device template.

Procedure

1. Log in to your gateway and change the directory to /opt/vmware/liota/data/packages.
2. To enroll the Thing device, run:

   python3 liotad/liotapkg.py enroll-device <ThingTemplateName> <NameOfThingDevice> 

   python3 liotad/liotapkg.py enroll-device LightBulbTemplate LightBulb001

3. Alternatively, you can enroll a Thing device using the reg.py file:
   1. Navigate to the Packages folder and open the device package in a text editor.
   2. Replace the deviceName with your device name.

      deviceName = "TemperatureSensor001"

   3. Replace TemperatureSensorTemplate with your device template name.

      d = PulseConnectedDevice(device_name, "TemperatureSensor", self.iotcc_edge_system.reg_entity_id)

   4. Save and close the file.
   5. Navigate to cd /opt/vmware/liota/data/package and run:

      python3 reg.py temperature_sensor

Results

The Thing device is enrolled and connected to your Liota Linux gateway.

What to do next

Run commands on your enrolled Thing device.