Provisioning a Device

2 min

to create a device, step 1 click on the create device button step 2 if you have defined metadata, you should see a form to key in the desired values for metadata keys optionally, you can also skip adding metadata key values choose to create a duplicate device by unchecking the "do not create duplicate device" option click submit to create a device step 3 upon successful creation of a device, the device should be listed in the devices table the device configuration file should be downloaded automatically onto your computer the contents of the file will look similar to this { "project id" "demo", "broker" "cloud bytebeam io", "port" 8883, "device id" "1230", "authentication" { "ca certificate" " begin certificate \nmiifrdcca5sgawibagicb+mwdqyjkozihvcnaqelbqawdzeomawga1uebhmfsw5k\nawexetapbgnvbagtcethcm5hdgfrmriweaydvqqhewlcyw5nywxvcmuxfzavbgnv\nbaktdln1ymjpywggr2fyzgvumq8wdqydvqqrewy1njawmtexfdasbgnvbaotc0j5\ndgvizwftlmlvmb4xdtixmdkwmjexmdyym1oxdtmxmdkwmjexmdyym1owdz< cert file contents >crtoel2riz4vpurnf/0e2vts1f\npo7v1vy2qin998nwqkxdsll0glteee9huyvk1f8u+fgjj3rjn4bxncn4ocrdjoma\njcaysahv7eeimqryp4jh6rzqzoxld0m9nal8a/y9z2a96fwpzzu/feeoh71t3eo3\nv/cklysialmtshfzdwhnpa6g0nqngn5irl/w1ts1izzjzgwhr6r8wx8oplrzhnrz\n2hdbtxgysem0ihc0b8uzujohthcbwsfxzumpgjg8iycjlfppdwbdw8qrgu8lenux\na0cievjvyatvysoxinv0kg==\n end certificate \n", "device certificate" " begin certificate \nmiieajccalkgawibagicb+mwdqyjkozihvcnaqelbqawdzeomawga1uebhmfsw5k\nawexetapbgnvbagtcethcm5hdgfrmriweaydvqqhewlcyw5nywxvcmuxfzavbgnv\nbaktdln1ymjpywggr2fyzgvumq8wdqydvqqrewy1njawmtexfdasbgnvbaotc0j5\ndgvizwftlmlvmb4xdtiymdkzmdexmjuzofoxdtmymdkzmdexmjuzofowhj< cert file contents >5m44ohgnu0xwdxce3aeirtyeagj4gwunu3f+ex/c0lhaukf2b2kk\nazmtlyfzofyf+tnwfr3+i8akf4jwfesx2koi1hwm9lyzpwoqxgtfqh+suxn3h8zb\nui/z+qfuy3gz+qlwc23cmypfmq6jvwtvkkx50bxkp4bqz32zfyw8nedjgadzqi8+\nxptvzhy5fxq/cnma+s5ahexylxzezpokowoj0l8n\n end certificate \n", "device private key" " begin rsa private key \nmiiepaibaakcaqeax607rt+vpchjbnfvtumxab7gixyltgpdsrptj1vut0daq+hn\nok8lsulwclyijer7uq6zugf3bn7pv+x5wbnfvjkvpb2xgft/bw8nyx/lwyekce0b\nzcxiv5aev3pncrmc1vhqnhcltvjrgw154t9kfvbsceu3d02wvn6/rkkhiosc+yo7\nbh3+r8ohajsqvazvkg3uxylojplg4ez8c4jeza3q2k3mzrelsp/n9iqohq< cert file contents >yopy1h2jfu4jfbadninmbsim3rpwsykt/p++fd4exihm+haf3ycy+\nshhs0jkswihe3p0eq1fy4ttycioj2uoyv7yw6oettpblrgmoh45lui87smukdx4h\noxrqdyecgya/nypqsowcphyuqe0jbqgkexrhhrvuivgieefnoi2efctu0afybeu/\n8mi5xc8t9r0fn99zn8d4ovr/sby32qthmlxfqnvp6cro3uovmmmrkwvwqwvtl4wo\nmdyxtdwwey6mkmwqv/kebokn8plz9wsa8fn7zgbc2czkmwjh2zotaq==\n end rsa private key \n" } } this file is used by the bytebeam device sdk to establish a connection with the cloud platform