Install Guide
Table Of Contents
- Edge Device Manager Version R17 Quick Start Guide
- Introduction
- Install Edge Device Manager on private cloud
- Uninstall Edge Device Manager
- Troubleshooting
- Remote database
- Custom installation
- Feature list
- Create and configure DHCP option tags
- Create and configure DNS SRV records
- Supported devices
- Support matrix
- Terms and definitions
a. Click Edit Policies.
b. Select the operating system that is running on the devices. For example, select Ubuntu Core to apply the policy on
devices running Ubuntu Core.
c. Select System Personalization and click Configure this item.
d. Set up the required configuration parameters.
e. Click the Save and Publish button to save the configuration.
NOTE:
For more details on various configuration policies supported by Edge Device Manager, see Edge Device Manager R17
Administrator’s Guide.
Register devices to Edge Device Manager
Devices can be registered with EDM using the following methods:
● Configuring appropriate option tags on DHCP server
● Configuring appropriate DNS SRV records on DNS server
● USB based registration
● File based registration
NOTE:
● For public cloud you must register your thin clients by providing Wyse Management Suite URL and the group token for
the group to which you want to register this device.
● For private cloud you must register your thin clients by providing Wyse Management Suite URL and optionally the group
token for the group to which you want to register this device. Devices are registered to the unmanaged group if the
group token is not provided.
Register devices by using DHCP option tags
About this task
You can register the devices by using the following DHCP option tags:
NOTE:
For detailed instructions on how to add DHCP option tags on the Windows server, see Creating and configuring DHCP
option tags.
Table 2. Registering device by using DHCP option tags
Option Tag Description
Name—WMS
Data Type—String
Code—165
Description—CCMServer
This tag points to the Edge Device Manager server URL. For example,
edmserver.acme.com:443, where edmserver.acme.com is fully qualified
domain name of the server where Edge Device Manager is installed. For links
to register your devices in Edge Device Manager in public cloud, see EDM on
public cloud.
NOTE: Do not use https:// in the server URL, or the device will not
register in Edge Device Manager.
Name—MQTT
Data Type—String
Code—166
Description—MQTTServer
This tag directs the device to the Edge Device Manager Push Notification
server (PNS).
To register your devices in Edge Device Manager public cloud, the device must
point to the PNS (MQTT) servers in public cloud. For example,
US1:us1-pns.wysemanagementsuite.com
EU1:eu1-pns.wysemanagementsuite.com
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