Build a custom Raspberry Pi image
Short guide how to build Raspberry PI image for you edge device. There is multiple blog post out there how to do this. There is multiple ways to do this, depending what tools you have available.
Download rpi-imager and install to you workstation. It's a small application that will help you prepare SD card for your device.
Download and build an image
Insert card to device and connect it to the screen and keyboard. You will have to run several commands on your device
Welcome screen
Search for docker and install it. Easier way to do it is open terminal and execute:
curl -sSL https://get.docker.com | sh
# start and enable
systemctl enable docker
systemctl start docker
Open browser and navigate to https://cloud.synpse.net and navigate to Device section so you can copy and paste the Synpse installation command:
Copy provisioning command
Open terminal and paste the command to register to Synpse control plane:
Install synpse
Once the command is run, go to your project's device list. After few minutes (normally it takes seconds but it depends on the internet speed) you should be able to see your device.
When you see your device registered, you can start deploying applications.
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