Prerequisites: The
Niagara Network Prototype View (for a prototype job) is open.
CAUTION: The ordering of the steps is important. So, these steps should be added in the order indicated here.
Perform the following steps:
- Add the Set System Passphrase step, enter the following:
- Enter the current passphrase:
niagara (the default passphrase for out-of-the-box Edge devices).
- Enter the new passphrase you would like to use.
- Add the Set Platform Credentials step, enter the platform credentials (
username / password) that you would like to use.
- Add the Set Station User Password step, enter the password that you would like to use .
- Add the Upgrade Out-of-date Software step.
This step has no configuration options.
- Add the Rename Station step.
This step has no configuration options.
- Add the Setup Reciprocal Station step and enter the
username / password of your Supervisor station. You can enter the public IP address of your Supervisor station, or leave it blank to have the reciprocal connection auto-detect
the IP address of the Supervisor.
- Add the Set Time step and do one of the following:
- Click the checkbox option to “Use supervisor time” to set the Edge device to the same time as your Supervisor.
- Deselect the checkbox and enter a time manually to set the Edge device to another time.
- Add the Generate Certificate step.
To setup secure communication with the Edge devices, you need to create a self signed certificate for the device. At a minimum, you need to enter an alias for the certificate,
an Organization, and a County Code. The Common Name (CN) should be left as “<hostname>”.
- Add the Set Certificate Alias step and enter the certificate alias of the certificate you would like to use for your device. .
The alias should be the same alias entered for the certificate that was generated in the “Generate Certificate step”.
You are finished adding steps to this provisioning job.